GLE/LA Content Standards Benchmarks:
Objectives:
- Develop empathy for youth displaced as a result of a hurricane or natural disaster
- Practice decision-making skills you would use after a disaster
- Identify feelings and actions encountered by children after a disaster.
Target Audience:
- Junior High and High School Students
Life Skill(s):
Character Focus:
Delivery Mode:
- Group Meeting such as 4-H club meeting
Time Allotted:
Materials Needed for the Lesson:
Clipboard; matching game for grief steps activity; flipchart, chalkboard or dry erase board, markers (enough for each participant), construction paper “bricks” educational leaflets “Common Reaction to Crisis by Ages,” “ Helping Children Deal with Disaster,” “Strategies for Helping Youth Cope with Disaster,” and “What You Can Do to Help.”
Number of Participants:
Author(s): Diane D. Sasser, Ph. D., Associate Professor, Family Development; Janet Fox, Ph. D., Associate Professor, Volunteer Development and Leadership, and Lanette Hebert, 4-H Coordinator, Southwest and Central Regions