Students will read to become informed of various disasters. Students will write to inform others of the disaster they have chosen to focus on. Students will demonstrate the ability to navigate within an internet site to seek information. Two hours which can be divided into two class sessions. Explain that each letter stands for a word and the whole thing is an office in the U.S. government.
Students make predictions about what each letter stands for.
Play hang man using the key words Federal Emergency Management Agency . Read to students the three paragraphs below the title. Teacher will guide them in answering the above questions. Click on the Tornado at the bottom of F.E.M.A.'s web site homepage. As a class, vote on a disaster you will learn more about today.