ILA
Kailee Schafer
My GLCE
6-G5.2.1: Describe the effects that a change in the physical
environment could have on human activities and the
choices people would have to make in adjusting to the
change (e.g., drought in the northern Mexico,
disappearance of forest vegetation in the Amazon,
natural hazards and disasters from volcanic eruptions in
Central America and the Caribbean and earthquakes in
Mexico city and Columbia).
Dance, Songs and/or Music!
Volcano Effects
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0cvuDf1Ink
Video Clip!
Hurricane Katrina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCGcLbCOU5U
Poetry
The Drought by Gary Soto
Volcano Poem
The clouds shouldered a path up the mountains
East of Ocampo, and then descended,
Scraping their bellies gray on the cracked shingles of slate.
They entered the valley, and passed the roads that went
Trackless, the houses blown open, their cellars creaking
And lined with the bottles that held their breath for years.
They passed the fields where the trees dried thin as hat racks
And the plow’s tooth bit the earth for what endured.
But what continued were the wind that plucked the birds spineless
And the young who left with a few seeds in each pocket,
Their belts tightened on the fifth notch of hunger—
Under the sky that deafened from listening for rain.
Textbooks
This book goes inside what happens to the earth when a volcano erupts
and how it effects everything. This book also tells the students about
some of the major eruptions and how it changed the earth and the way
people lived.
This book has a list of the natural disaster and how they impact humans.
There is a
cd that goes along with the book that has more detailed pictures.
Lesson Plans
Cause and Effect
Pictures
Volcano eruption in Chile
Drought in Northern Mexico
Websites
Powerpoint on Earthquakes
Powerpoint on Floods
http://www.neok12.com/pres/ZNATDIS2
http://www.neok12.com/pres/ZNATDIS4
More Websites!
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/photos.php
This website has a collection of photos from powerpoints.
http://drought.unl.edu/DroughtforKids.aspx
This website gives a children’s explanation of droughts.
Websites: For Teachers
http://www.kidsdiscover.com/naturaldisaster
/
Citations
Cause and Effect Chart. www. brainpop.com http://www.brainpop.com/educators/community/graphic-organizer/cause-and-effect/
Earthquakes:Presentation. www.neok12.com. Retrieved: January 30th, 2014
Floods: Presentation. www.neok12.com. Retrieved: January 30th, 2014
Gary Soto, “The Drought” from The Tale of Sunlight (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1978). Copyright © 1978 by Gary Soto.
Kids Discover.org
Kusky, Timothy. Volcanoes: Eruptions and other volcanic hazards. 2008.
SouthTexasJazz. Texas Drought Song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-J_PdFdCUE
Thecelesticalcovenance.com “Worst Drought In Mexico In 71 Years”. January 30th, 2014
Tacoses100. Volcano Effects. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0cvuDf1Ink.
www.Teacherspayteachers.com
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/photos.php
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/natural-disasters-claire-watts/1103360131?ean=9780756693022