Welcome to our In the Know topic for March, Responding to Disasters at Home and Around the World. You may wish to take a look at other grade spans and recommend articles to students that are below or above their grade’s reading level.
Grades K-1 look at ways people respond to disasters at home and around the world. A Spanish translation can be found here.
Grades 2-3 look at local community responses to earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. A Spanish translation to the article may be found here.
Grades 4-5 investigate how the global community has responded to flooding in New Zealand and the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. A Spanish translation to the article may be found here.
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Photo Credit: DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. James L. Harper Jr., U.S. Air Force
