Disaster and Humanitarian Curriculum

Curriculum

Disasters
Oxfam

   

Level: Middle School

  • raising the issues
  • what is a disaster
  • exploring a cyclone shelter
  • causes and solutions
  • using the media
  • long-term disaster response

 

Refugees
Doctors Without Borders

Level: Middle and High School

  • setting up a refugee camp - based on actual circumstances experienced by MSF staff in Africa
  • site selection
  • water treatment
  • feeding
  • medical issues
  • shelter
  • tensions with local populations

 

Refugees
National Geographic

Level: Middle and High School

  • effects of topography on site selection and migration routes for refugees
  • geographic features
  • satellite imagery
  • cultural impacts

 

Human Rights
UNHCR

Level: Elementary School

  • uses posters
  • describe a refugee
  • what makes a refugee

 

Human Rights
UNHCR

Level: Middle and High School

  • community rules
  • Declaration of Human Rights
  • applied to refugees

 

Hurricane Mitch
NY Times

Level: Middle and High School

  • impact on infrastructure
  • compare Honduras/US impact
  • recovery

 

Global Citizenship
Oxfam

Level: All School Levels

  • social justice/equity
  • diversity
  • globalization
  • development
  • peace/conflict

 

  Masters of Disaster®
Red Cross
 

Level: Elementary and Middle School

  • science, preparedness, humanitarian
  • hurricanes, tornados, floods, lightning, earthquakes, and more
  • supplements core teaching plans
  • aligned with National (US) Education Standards

 

  Facing Fear
Red Cross

 

 

Level: All School Levels

  • Terrorism and Tragic Events
  • Feelings: loss, sadness, anger
  • Facts and Perspectives: balance media coverage and mental states
  • Future: response and planning
 

 

Disasterpedia 



Games Worth Playing


Center for International Disaster Information
cidi @ cidi.org
hotline: 703-276-1914