EARTHQUAKE Learning Objectives • To know where in the world Haiti is • To understand the tectonic processes that caused the earthquake • To begin to understand the impact on the people of Haiti • To be able to use development indicators explain why the earthquake
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EARTHQUAKE Learning Objectives To know where in the world Haiti is To understand the tectonic processes that caused the earthquake To begin to understand.
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EARTHQUAKELearning Objectives
• To know where in the world Haiti is
• To understand the tectonic processes that caused the earthquake
• To begin to understand the impact on the people of Haiti
• To be able to use development indicators explain why the earthquake affected people in Haiti so badly
What I KNOW about the Haiti
earthquake
What I WOULD LIKE to know about the Haiti earthquake
What I have LEARNT about the Haiti
earthquake
Complete the first two columns of your
KWL grid.
Complete the first two columns of your
KWL grid.
“It accelerated with extreme violence. The entire building was shaking violently and I
was hanging onto furniture just to stop myself from being thrown around the
room and praying that the big concrete pillar in the middle of my office would not break and bring the whole building down
on me. When it subsided, access to outside from my office had been blocked
off so all the people like me had to get out of my window and go down three storeys on a ladder, a rather rickety ladder. When I reached the bottom, I just looked around
me and saw......
FINISH THE STORY. WHAT DID YOU SEE?
What do you think happened two hours BEFORE this photo was taken?What do you think happened two hours BEFORE this photo was taken?
What do you think happened two hours AFTER this photo was taken?What do you think happened two hours AFTER this photo was taken?
PAIR WORKYou are about to see a map of
Haiti for 30 seconds.
You need to remember as much as you can of the map.
You will then have two minutes to draw as much of the map as you can remember on your A4
paper!
You will repeat the process three times until you have built up a
complete map.
PAIR WORKYou are about to see a map of
Haiti for 30 seconds.
You need to remember as much as you can of the map.
You will then have two minutes to draw as much of the map as you can remember on your A4
paper!
You will repeat the process three times until you have built up a
complete map.
Outline of the
countries?
Names of places?
Al Jazeera explains
science behind Haiti’s
earthquake
Watch the clip once all the way through.
Watch it a second time and;
Person A – Look out for the tectonic plates, where they are and what
they are called and draw them onto your map.
Person B – Write down a description of what caused the earthquake.
Using your sketch map that you made in pairs to help you, draw a neat version of the map of Haiti in your books. Explain how the earthquake happened.
• Match the development indicators with explanations on the Haiti development cards activity sheet.
• Rank indicators according to their importance in measuring development and poverty. There are no right answers.
• Design a symbol for each indicator and use these to fill in the Important! activity sheet. Add a key to explain symbols.
What impact would the earthquake have had?
• Read at least one of the survivor’s stories. Note how you think the earthquake has affected people’s life expectancy , the number of households with TVs etc
• Add your conclusions, in words and pictures, to the Important! grid and share with the class.
What I KNOW about the Haiti
earthquake
What I WOULD LIKE to know about the Haiti earthquake