Using Disasters in Our Curriculum.
I think that using these disasters is beneficial to the curriculum and should be necessary to our everyday lesson plans. We can use these real live examples in many different subjects. In my 307 English class we did a lesson unit on the Tsunami. We covered all the basics such as reading, writing, science, social studies and math. I personally think it would be ignorant to not discuss these instances in our classrooms. The students can learn so much from what we discuss in class. We also have to keep in mind that some students might not have the ability to talk to others about how they feel and what is really going on. When you become a teacher you take a pledge to educate students on more than what is just in the textbooks the school supplies. Once again I think we should use these tragic events to invoke the minds of our students and further the educational value for our classrooms.
