Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Hurricane Katrina
This photo shows a satellite image of the destructive Hurricane Katrina as it makes its way over both the ocean and the coast of the USA.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Facts About Hurricane Rita
Describes the impact of Hurricane Rita which struck Texas and Louisiana soon after Hurricane Katrina left. Many of the resulting deaths were due to an uncoordinated evacuation and poor storm preparations.
Federal Reserve Bank
Katrina's Classroom: Teaching Money Skills for Life
Students will participate in Katrina's Classroom curriculum provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. The lesson emphasizes the importance of being prepared for a financial emergency. This is a Commerce and Information Technology...
FOX News
Fox News: New Orleans Evacuated Again
New Orleans, devastated by Hurricane Katrina, now faces further turmoil and evacuation as Hurricane Rita bares down on the beleaguered city. New article, photos, video, and links to other sites are included in this September, 2005, report.
CNN
Cnn: New Orleans Shelters to Be Evacuated
Conditions were so horrible in New Orleans that unrest was growing even in the evacuation shelters. Article discusses looting, crime, conditions of New Orleans, and other Gulf Coast areas. Article is from August, 2005.
CNN
Cnn: Living Alone
CNN features an audio slideshow that chronicles the return home of a man that had spent four months in an evacuation shelter.
BBC
Bbc: Rebuilding New Orleans
Find out how New Orleans considered how to rebuild the levee system that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Maps of New Orleans and the levee system are available. (January, 2006)
BBC
Bbc: Trailer Towns' Uncertain Future
November 2005 report on life in the FEMA trailer parks that emerged in the Gulf Coast regions that were devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
BBC
Bbc: Powell Criticises Storm Response
The federal government faced a great deal of criticism for its response to Hurricane Katrina, including former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Report is from September 2005.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: The Storm
Explore the impact of failures of communications systems on victims in the Hurricane Katrina disaster on the gulf coast in 2005. Evaluate how U.S. governments help citizens in times of crisis and how this storm impacted their procedures.
Read Works
Read Works: Children of the Storm
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how children were affected by Hurricane Katrina. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: New Orleans Disaster Serves Tough Lessons
From ABC News in Science, Richard Ingham's article deals with the brutality of nature's lesson as witnessed in the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Hurricane Rita
Looks at Hurricane Rita, which followed closely on the tails of Katrina. Entry lists history and effects of this Atlantic storm.
Read Works
Read Works: Picking Up the Pieces
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the changes Katrina made in the Gulf Coast. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Curated OER
Photo
Brilliant interactive map that shows the path of Hurricane Katrina. Also has an animated guide that explains how hurricanes form. Excellent video clips of Hurricane Katrina hitting the United States and of New Orleans available on the page.
Curated OER
Photo
Brilliant interactive map that shows the path of Hurricane Katrina. Also has an animated guide that explains how hurricanes form. Excellent video clips of Hurricane Katrina hitting the United States and of New Orleans available on the page.
CNN
Cnn: Protesters, Workers Clash in 9th Ward
January, 2006, article that recounts a clash between residents of New Orleans' Ninth Ward and workers who were using bulldozers to clear debris in that ward. There was a class-action lawsuit against the city because houses were being...
PBS
News Hour: Coming Home to New Orleans
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was criticized by many federal officials for what seemed to be an early reopening of New Orleans in September, 2005. However, as Tropical Storm Rita approached the Gulf Coast, Mayor Nagin reverses his decision...
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: Fdic Head to Lead Gulf Coast Recovery
Report from November, 2005, announcing that Donald Powell would coordinate Gulf Coast recovery for the federal government.
BBC
Bbc: New Orleans: Nature's Revenge?
August, 2005, report that discusses the flooding of New Orleans and the levee system designed to protect the city.
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: Flood Blamed on Levee Breaches
This August, 2005, report discusses problems with the levees that protect New Orleans and why they failed causing 80 percent of New Orleans to flood. RealAudio of this report is also available.
BBC
Bbc: Police Told to Clear New Orleans
As New Orleans remained underwater, fears of pollution, health hazards, and safety moved Mayor Ray Nagin to order a mandatory evacuation of the city. Photos accompany the September, 2005 article.
BBC
Bbc: Bedraggled Survivors Seek Safety
The evacuation of New Orleans is chronicled in this September 2005 report.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: City Scope, New Orleans
Working on strategic problem solving, peruse these resources about the problems surrounding the urban environment of New Orleans to aide with lessons.
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