ABC - WICD News Channel - East Central Illinois Weather - Disaster Resources
http://www.wicd15.com/newsroom/wx/index.shtml
Educators For Social Responsibility
http://www.esrnational.org/otc/cncat/?c=72
ESR - Educators for Social Responsibility
http://www.esrnational.org/otc/cncat/?c=72
"There are many kinds of activities that teachers can use to help students prepare for or recover from a disaster, some of which are included here. These include conducting classroom activities that can help children cope with trauma by sharing their experiences and expressing their fears or concerns; conducting study projects or multidisciplinary units focused on disasters as a way of integrating learning across the curriculum; introducing units on disaster preparedness; and designing service learning projects. Pre-K through high school."
Florida 4-H Focus Online - December 2005
http://4h.ifas.ufl.edu/newsandinfo/FocusOnline/2005/FLFocusDecember2005.htm
"Below is a link that contains bibliography information about specific children's literature that may be helpful. Reading about floods, understanding what causes floods, and talking about natural disasters in general will help children who have experienced a flood to communicate their feelings and fears."
Government Education Portal - Australia
http://www.education.gov.au/goved/browse/0,3830,4710,1033
"There are a number of different kinds of activities that teachers can use in a classroom to prepare for or recover from a disaster. The process of expressing feelings and experiences, learning about the causes of disasters, and preparing for future events can give children a sense of understanding, coherence, and control. The activities are presented here by the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service."
LATTICE World
http://www.latticeworld.org/eletters/newsletter_364.pdf
"From the University of Illinois: Children, Stress and Natural Disasters: School Activities for children of all ages"
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
http://www.lpb.org/cope/index.html
"Helping Children After a Natural Disaster: Information for Parents and Teachers
Teachers Guide for children, stress, natural disaster"
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
http://www.lpb.org/cope/index.html
Rutgers - Agricultural Experiment Station - Disasters and Emergencies - Disaster Resources
http://njaes.rutgers.edu/disasters/
Texas Cooperative Extension
http://grimes-tx.tamu.edu/newsletters/Vol.%202%20Issue%203%20-%20Dec%2005.pdf
"Below is a link that contains bibliography information about specific children's literature that may be helpful. Reading about floods, understanding what causes floods, and talking about natural disasters in general will help children who have experienced a flood to communicate their feelings and fears."
The Community Involvement Project
http://www.cip.nanaimo-online.net/home/preparedness/
the New York Collective of Radical Educators
http://www.nycore.org/PDF/AnUnnaturalDisaster%20Word2.0.doc
"Natural Disasters Lesson Plans"
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.hsnrc.org/Content/NRCFiles/Emergency.doc
"This bibliography offers teachers and parents a list of books to help children cope with floods and natural disasters. 13 books with citation information and a brief summary offers information for making an appropriate choice."
University of South Alabama - College of Education
http://www.southalabama.edu/coe/katrina/Docs/Webliography.doc
"University of Illinois. Classroom activities. Many good links at this site."
Usage Statistics for education.noaa.gov
https://secure.woc.noaa.gov/pub/stats/education.noaa.gov/usage_200510.html
Wheelock College - Research Guide - Coping with Violence - Statistics/Data
http://library.wheelock.edu/subsplus/subjects/display.php?subject=Cope_Viol
