Who's to blame for the Hurricane Katrina disaster?
WonderGuiding Questions
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Investigate
Source 1: Read the Introduction and section 2.1, Storm Chronology - NOAA - Hurricane Katrina: A Climatological Perspective
Source 2: Satellite image
Source 3: Frontline timeline
Progress Check: At this point in your research, you should know factual information about Hurricane Katrina - when the disaster occurred, where it made landfall, information about the area before and after the storm. You should be able to explain the Hurricane Katrina disaster to someone else.
Source 4: Choose one of the following photographs to analyze: boat in water OR then and now
Source 5: Hurricane Katrina: Who is to Blame? video
Source 6: Choose one of the following political cartoons to analyze: Take Responsibility! OR All that Jazz
**Required: Additional video source to view on your own time: NOVA video: The Storm that Drowned a City
Source 2: Satellite image
Source 3: Frontline timeline
Progress Check: At this point in your research, you should know factual information about Hurricane Katrina - when the disaster occurred, where it made landfall, information about the area before and after the storm. You should be able to explain the Hurricane Katrina disaster to someone else.
Source 4: Choose one of the following photographs to analyze: boat in water OR then and now
Source 5: Hurricane Katrina: Who is to Blame? video
Source 6: Choose one of the following political cartoons to analyze: Take Responsibility! OR All that Jazz
**Required: Additional video source to view on your own time: NOVA video: The Storm that Drowned a City
Synthesize
Now that you've finished exploring these resources, look at your research findings and see if you have enough support to answer the essential question. If not, then search for QUALITY sources that will help you fill in the gaps.
Express
News Broadcast Rubric
Develop a news broadcast
Watch today's episode of CNN Student News to get some production ideas.
Develop a news broadcast
Watch today's episode of CNN Student News to get some production ideas.
- Write your news broadcast
- Minimum of 500 words and at least 10 facts
- Include coverage of the storm before, during, and after
- Interview one eyewitness
- Deliver your news broadcast
- Video taped or live broadcast