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Current Events -- Cataclysmic Events in the News

Student Name: Period # Date:
Current Events
Cataclysmic Events in the News
Directions:
  1. Copy or clip the article to be turned in to the teacher.
  2. Highlight or underline the important information.
  3. Complete the following on-line analysis
Summary:

Give a paragraph summary of the Emergency Situation.

 
Critique of the coverage of disaster:

A. IDENTIFY what the crisis is all about.

 

B. WHY is this event of more than local concern?

 
What did we learn:

A. IDENTIFY the decision-making elements in the submitted article.

 

B. EVALUATEthe successfulness of those involved in dealing with the event.

 

C. PREDICT how you would have reacted/dealt with this emergency situation had you been faced with it.

 

 

Created for the Fermilab LInC program sponsored by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Education Office and Friends of Fermilab, and funded by United States Department of Energy, Illinois State Board of Education, North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium which is operated by North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL), and the National Science Foundation.

Author(s): Scott Hopgood (scotthopgood@hotmail.com)
School: Vallejo High School, Vallejo, Ca.
Created: February 15, 2001 - Updated: December 28, 2002
URL: /lincon/w01/projects/survivor/currentevents.html