Earthquake Brochure
Date due: Friday, 9/6/13
You are working for the American Red Cross in San Francisco, CA. Your boss has asked you to
create your own “Earthquake Safety” brochure to help inform people of what to do in an
earthquake and how you should prepare. Your boss would like you to include at least 4 eyecatching, colorful pictures in your brochure. You must include the following information:
1. List those Emergency Supplies items every home should have
2. Describe what a Brief Family Safety plan is
3. Suggest the safest places to go indoors/outdoors
4. Describe the ways earthquakes can cause damage?
5. Three things to do before an earthquake
6. Three things to do during an earthquake
7. Three things to do after an earthquake
8. Community Efforts (suggestions for how a community can prepare)
Use the following reliable websites for research about what to do before, after and during an
earthquake.
Red Cross Sponsored Website:
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_583_,00.html
Federal Emergency Management Agency/US Department of Homeland Security:
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/earthquake/eq_before.shtm
USGS (US Geological Survey) Government Sponsored Website:
http://seagrant.uaf.edu/features/earthquake/reduce.html
The world-wide earthquake locator
http://tsunami.geo.ed.ac.uk/local-bin/quakes/mapscript/home.pl
Understanding earthquakes
http://projects.crustal.ucsb.edu/understanding/
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/neic/
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/teachers.php
Earthquakes
http://www.cdera.org/doccentre/fs_earthquakes.php
Earthquake Safety Brochure Rubric
Category
Attractiveness
&
Organization
(5points)
ContentAccuracy
(10 points)
Writing—
Mechanics:
Spelling
Sentence
Form
Grammar
Puctuation
Capitalization
(2 points)
Graphics and
Pictures
(3 points)
Excellent
The brochure
has attractive
formatting and
has very well
organized
information
Good
The has
attractive
formatting and
has organized
information. 23 pictures that
relates to info.
Almost
The brochure
has adequate
formatting and
is somewhat
organized. 1
picture that
relates to info.
5 points
The brochure
has all of the
required
information
and some
additional
information.
10 points
All of the
writing is in
complete
sentences.
Capitalization,
punctuation
and spelling
are correct
throughout the
brochure.
4 points
The brochure
has all of the
required
information
3 points
The brochure
has half of the
required
information
8 points
Most of the
writing is in
the complete
sentences.
Most of the
capitalization,
punctuation
and spelling
are correct
throughout the
brochure.
2 points
1 point
More than four 2-3 graphics
graphics are
are included
included and
and go well
go well with
with the text.
the text
3 points
2 points
6 points
Half of the
writing is in
the complete
sentences.
Most of the
capitalization,
punctuation
and spelling
are correct
throughout the
brochure.
0 points
1 graphic is
included and
goes well with
the text.
1 point
Not yet
The brochure’s
formatting and
organization of
the material
are confusing
to the reader.
Information is
not in point
form. No
pictures.
2 points
The brochure
has little of the
required
information
2 points
Much of the
writing is not
in complete
sentences.
Much of the
capitalization,
punctuation
and spelling is
not correct
throughout the
brochure.
0 points
No graphics
are used or
graphics do
not go with the
text.
0 points
Total of 20 points x 5 will give your percentage.
Equals a test grade!!!