URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LASunday, Aug. 28, 2005 at 6:56 PM

MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL. PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME WALL AND ROOF FAILURE. HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE.

Urgent

Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.

An interdisciplinary, critical inquiry.

Introduction

A Photo Essay

Landfall

The Water is Rising

Flooding the French Quarter

A city built below sea level is sustained by a complex system of dams serving as a buffer against storm surges and the wetlands of the Mississippi Delta.

Boats travel flooded streets

New Orleans Superdome

Camping on I-10

Oil slicks in the water

Leaving the Superdome

Walking out on I-10

Is this the USA?

Thousands of residents from

New Orleans gather at an

evacuation staging area along

Interstate-10 in Metarie, La.,

on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005.

AP Photo/Dave Martin

School buses flooded in New Orleans

Boat Jam on the road

Stranded on Rooftops

Louisiana State Troops

Evacuation

To the helicopters

U. S. N. S. Comfort

Rooftop Rescues Continue

The Pets• Animal rescues• Animal rights• Animal protection

groups

Thank you for rescuing me!

Jane Garrison of the Humane Society United States is licked by a rescued dog at the Broadmoor neighborhood of New Orleans, September 9, 2005.

Searching for survivors

Foreign Aid to U.S.Members of the Mexican Navy help distribute water

U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan and Mexican marines carry a log as they remove debris

Mexico feeds evacuees in San Antonio

Mexican soldiers prepare food as part of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort for the several thousand evacuees housed at a former United States Air Force base in San Antonio, Texas, September 9, 2005. The Mexican government sent a convoy of unarmed soldiers with 50 trucks that arrived in Texas September 8. The unit will be serving three meals a day to the evacuees for at least the next 20 days. REUTERS/Jeff Mitchell

FEMA

• Why did FEMA fail?• FEMA Director called

back to Washington.• FEMA Director

resigns

President Bush

Big Questions?

These are the questions students seek to answer.

The Big Questions guide student research.

The Big Questions create the need for the disciplines. Students need the information, skills and knowledge of the disciplines in order to answer their Big Questions.

What is a hurricane?

How are hurricanes formed and sustained?

Why is New Orleans an important city?

• History of New Orleans

• Economics – industries, Port of New Orleans

• Culture - religions, languages, music, food, ethnicity/race, arts, architecture . . .

Why did New Orleans flood?

• Scientific studies - geographical, climatological and geological facts

• Government action and inaction

• Economics

What are the environmental issues? • Flood control

• EPA - Pollution – toxic floodwaters

• Coastal erosion

• Fossil Fuels

• Global Warming

• Natural resources

• Waterways

• Wildlife and fisheries

• Agriculture, fishing, shrimping, oyster beds

What are the social issues?

• Race• Class• Age• Ability• How can we end

poverty?• What will be the impact

of the largest displacement of people in U.S. since the Civil War?

Critical Pedagogy

Critical pedagogy considers how education can provide individuals with the tools to better themselves and strengthen democracy, to create a more egalitarian and just society, and thus to deploy education in a process of progressive social change. 

We ask the following questions:

Critical Pedagogy asks . . .

• What is the current state of affairs?

• What are the sociohistorical contexts – i.e., how and why did things get this way?

Learn about Critical Pedagogy at www.21stCenturySchools.com/Critical_Pedagogy.com

• How could - and should - things be?

• What can we do to get from here to there? How can we make this world a better, happier place?

• What specific actions can we take to effect this desired change?

Critical Pedagogy and Hurricane Katrina

Examining issues of the environment, the role of government, the accountability of government, issues of poverty, race, class, ability, the media . . .

How could this happen? Who got left behind? What can we do about it?

Ageism

Discrimination based on age, especially prejudice against the elderly.

Ableism

Discrimination or prejudice against people with disabilities, especially physical disabilities.

Racism

1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.

2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.

Classism

Bias based on social or economic class.

How can we help?

Global Impact? Global Response

• How far-reaching is the impact of Katrina?

• Explore the extent of the impact within the U.S. and globally.

• Explore the response in the U.S. and globally.

Emergency Preparedness

• What disasters might happen

• Family disaster plan• NOAA Weather Radio• Pets and Disasters• Resources

What are the Possibilities and Hope that can come out of

Hurricane Katrina?

Technology

• What role did technology play in this event, before and after the hurricane?

• What role will it play in making changes?

The Media • What is the role of the media in disasters?

• What role did the media play in the Hurricane Katrina disaster?

• Should it have been different, and if so, how?

Economics

What is the economic

impact of Hurricane

Katrina?

Oil • Exploration, drilling

• Refining

• Transporting – train, shipping, pipelines, trucks

• By-products - plastics, Styrofoam,

• Nonrenewable resources

• Alternative energy sources - biodiesel, wind, solar, hydro, hydrogen

Industry

• Agriculture• Fishing• Shipbuilding• Shipping• Hospitality – cruise

lines, hotels, restaurants• Medical• Insurance and more . .

U. S. Government

• What is the role of the U. S. government in this event?

• Branches of government• Levels of government• Agencies, departments

and bureaus• Voter’s responsibilities

DOD

• Life in the military• Divisions of the

military• Military equipment• Military response

Health • No food or water; no formula for babies

• Sanitary and unsanitary conditions

• Hospitals

• Heat

• No potable water

• Toxic flood waters

• Water-borne diseases

Connections

Language Arts

Science

Health

Social Studies

Mathematics

Service-Learning

The Arts

Multimedia

Big Project Ideas

Global Classroom

Multiple Literacies

Multiple Intelligences

Language Arts

• Research• Writing• Literature –

nonfiction, fiction, legends, myths, poetry

• Media – film, commercials, music

Connections

Science• Meteorology• Agriculture• Biodiversity• Geology• Environment• Chemistry• Physics• Microbiology• Engineering

Connections

Health/Nutrition/PE

Connections

Energy

• Electrical Grids• Oil and Gas

Social Studies

• History • Geography • Government/Law• Social Issues

Connections

Mathematics

• Economics• Statistics• Weights and

Measurements• Graphing• Architecture

Connections

The Arts

• Music

• Art

• Film

• Dance

Connections

Benefit concert for the American Red Crosswww.redcross.org/article/0,1072,0_312_2600,00.html

Multimedia

• Documentaries – science, history, social issues, etc.

• Advertising - TV, Radio and Print Ads

• Make a movie

• DVD – recipes ($$$)

• Web site

• Power Point

• Cooking Show – New Orleans Cuisine

Connections

Student filmmaking

Service-Learning

Connections

Schools can design and deliver service-learning projects to help the kids displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

www.21stCenturySchools.com/Hurricane_Katrina_Service_Projects.htm

Global Classroom

Connections

• Collaborate with students in other states or countries on projects.

• Conduct research and online interviews via email or video

• Write to various organizations and companies around the world to request various materials.

Children's Literature

• Hurricanes, David Weisner

• Hurricane & Tornado, Jack Challoner

• Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane, Joanna Cole

• Wild Weather Hurricanes, by Lorraine Jean Hopping

• Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Tornadoes and Cyclones, David Longshore

Organizations

•Congressional Black Caucus - www.congressionalblackcaucus.net/

•NAACP - www.naacp.org

•American Red Cross - www.redcross.org

•Salvation Army - www.salvationarmyusa.org

Many more to added.

Impact on Transportation

• Trucks and Roads

• Taxes

• Government - DOT

• Natural resources – steel, oil, rubber

Multiple Literacies

Connections

Visual Literacy

Photo essays, documentaries, flow charts,

graphic organizers, photography, video, web

sites, clip art, photos, drawings, works of

art, . . . .

Aural LiteracyIncorporating speech, music, song, and

sound effects into products. Analyze,

evaluate, critique and produce aural

messages.

More Aural LiteracyCritically listening to:

• News reports on television and radio

• Politicians statements

• Opinion pieces

• Fact vs. Opinion

• Evaluating validity and credibility of information presented.

• Listening to others in discussions and negotiation, and in Jigsaw Groups.

Ecoliteracy

               

                                          

Floodwaters are pumped over the repaired Metairie Relief Outfall canal in New Orleans September 9, 2005.

Toxic flood waters

Global warming

Pollution

Wildlife refuge

Coastal erosion

Agriculture

Fisheries

Emotional Literacy• Rage

• Fear

• Grief

• Relief

• Joy

Financial Literacy

Costs to:

• Individuals & Families

• Local to national communities

• Industries - shipbuilding, agriculture, shrimping, fishing, oil, . .

• Port of New Orleans

Port of New OrleansPort industry includes: steamship companies, stevedoring companies, railroads, tugboats and barge companies, and freight forwarders.

Everyone in the United States has something, probably in arm’s reach, that was shipped through the Port of New Orleans. (Ali Velshi, CNN Business Reporter)

Media Literacy

How can we use multiple

forms of media to effect

change in the world?

Multicultural Literacy

• Global response• Foreign aid to U.S.• Multicultural roots of

New Orleans culture

Multiple Intelligences

Connections http://www.multi-intell.com//MI_chart.html

VocabularyHere you can build your vocabulary list for this unit.. Starter list:

Hurricane

Coastal Erosion

Barrier islands

Fossil Fuels

Climatology

Meteorology

Racism

Classism