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Myanmar (Burma)
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Myanmar Resources for the Classroom
EdGate wishes to express deepest sympathies to the Myanmar disaster victims, their families, and friends.
Teachers are encouraged to take time to read the article "Reactions and Guidelines for Children - Following Trauma/Disaster" from the American Psychological Association prior to any classroom discussions or activities concerning the disaster.
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It is important to teach children and adults to go directly to the appropriate Website and not rely on links that can be imposter sites. To donate, type the following URL in your browser address bar: "http://www.unicef.org/" |
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Where is Myanmar? Burma: CIA FactBook Map: Google Maps
Cyclone Nargis: Storm Vocabulary: What is a cyclone? Cyclone Nargis: From NASA Earth Observatory Low-Pressure Systems: USA Today |
Lesson Plans, Projects & Texts
"Myanmar Allows First U.S. Aid Shipment Following Horrific Cyclone" PBS NewsHour May 12, 2008, includes classroom activities.
"Burma cyclone death toll may reach 80,000." ESL Lesson May 6, 2008
"Moken: Sea Gypsies of Myanmar" April 2005 National Geographic. (.pdf format)
"Myanmar moves its capital city." ESL Lesson, 2005
“Shooting An Elephant”: George Orwell's Essay on his Life in Burma, EDSITEment
Tales of Wisdom and Discernment: Uses Burmese folktale. From Learning to Give
UNICEF Myanmar Page: Up-to-date news and videos.
Disasters/Weather:
A Guide To Developing A Severe Weather Emergency Plan For Schools What would your school do in event of severe weather?
Masters of Disasters Pick your grade and pick your disaster; there is background and lessons to support your teaching from the Red Cross.
Facilitating Conversations with Youth MindOH! Foundation created hurricane and disaster lesson plans and activities.
Guidance For Instructors Leading Class Discussion on Hurricane Katrina This site is a "must" for every teacher.(CRLT)
Handle A Hurricane! (grades 7-12) Students become mayors of a coastal city. (Cipco)
Hurricane Weather (grades 6-8) DiscoverySchool lesson plan.
Hurricanes Science, language arts, research skills (grades 4-8). Monroe County Schools.
Hurricane Field Trip Take a virtual field trip.
Hurricane Media Literacy Media literacy activities and suggestions.
Hurricane Season Hurricane teaching resources from Education World.
Hurricane Strike! Learning activities based on a scenario.
NASP: Responding to Hurricane Katrina: Information for Schools Handout from the National Association of School Psychologists.
NEA: Hurricane Watch Teaching theme ideas.
NIEonline Newspapers in education content.
NOAA Education Weather for Teachers Links to weather related materials for educators.
Safeside: Hurricanes (grades 5-8) One of many hurricane lesson plans from the WeatherClassroom.com.
Weather Maps Earth Science lesson plan (grades 4-6). Explore the world of weather with DiscoverySchool.com.
Webquest on Hurricanes Use the Web to find more on Hurricanes.
Learning More About Hurricanes
Environmental Literacy Council: Hurricanes Excellent source of links to hurricane information.
FEMA For Kids: Hurricanes FEMA kids page on hurricanes.
Gander Academy: Hurricane Resources Thematic page for teachers.
Hurricanes: Nature's Greatest Storms NOAA hurricane page.
Hurricane Names How hurricanes get their names.
JetStream An online weather school from the National Weather Service.
Make a Family Disaster Plan An easy checklist for creating a plan.
NASA Hurricane Resource Page The most up-to-date page of hurricane resources.
National Hurricane Center Breaking news as well as hurricane history.
NOAA Education Weather activities and handouts for kids and students.
Severe Weather and Natural Disasters: Hurricanes Kid friendly hurricane resources from Scholastic.com.
Tropical Twister Learn from NASA Kids how hurricanes work and what they do.
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