EARTHQUAKELearning Objectives

• To know where in the world Haiti is

• To understand the tectonic processes that caused the earthquake

• To begin to understand the impact on the people of Haiti

• To be able to use development indicators explain why the earthquake affected people in Haiti so badly

What I KNOW about the Haiti

earthquake

What I WOULD LIKE to know about the Haiti earthquake

What I have LEARNT about the Haiti

earthquake

Complete the first two columns of your

KWL grid.

Complete the first two columns of your

KWL grid.

“It accelerated with extreme violence. The entire building was shaking violently and I

was hanging onto furniture just to stop myself from being thrown around the

room and praying that the big concrete pillar in the middle of my office would not break and bring the whole building down

on me. When it subsided, access to outside from my office had been blocked

off so all the people like me had to get out of my window and go down three storeys on a ladder, a rather rickety ladder. When I reached the bottom, I just looked around

me and saw......

FINISH THE STORY. WHAT DID YOU SEE?

What do you think happened two hours BEFORE this photo was taken?What do you think happened two hours BEFORE this photo was taken?

What do you think happened two hours AFTER this photo was taken?What do you think happened two hours AFTER this photo was taken?

PAIR WORKYou are about to see a map of

Haiti for 30 seconds.

You need to remember as much as you can of the map.

You will then have two minutes to draw as much of the map as you can remember on your A4

paper!

You will repeat the process three times until you have built up a

complete map.

PAIR WORKYou are about to see a map of

Haiti for 30 seconds.

You need to remember as much as you can of the map.

You will then have two minutes to draw as much of the map as you can remember on your A4

paper!

You will repeat the process three times until you have built up a

complete map.

Outline of the

countries?

Names of places?

Al Jazeera explains

science behind Haiti’s

earthquake

Watch the clip once all the way through.

Watch it a second time and;

Person A – Look out for the tectonic plates, where they are and what

they are called and draw them onto your map.

Person B – Write down a description of what caused the earthquake.

Using your sketch map that you made in pairs to help you, draw a neat version of the map of Haiti in your books. Explain how the earthquake happened.

Tuesday 12th January

Wednesday 13th January

Thursday 14th January

Friday 15th January

Saturday 16th January

CBS NewsThe Week in

Haiti

Draw the timeline and write down one thing that

happened each day after the quake struck alongside the

correct day.

COMPARING HAITI AND THE USA

USA HAITI

POPULATION 308 MILLION 10 MILLION

SIZE OF LAND 9372,610 km2 27,000KM2

ECONOMICS Economically developed

Less developed

WEALTH Very rich

($47,000 per person)

poorest countries in world ($790per person)

GOVERNMENT Stable and powerful

Weak and unstable, corrupt

Development indicators task….

• Match the development indicators with explanations on the Haiti development cards activity sheet.

• Rank indicators according to their importance in measuring development and poverty. There are no right answers.

• Design a symbol for each indicator and use these to fill in the Important! activity sheet. Add a key to explain symbols.

What impact would the earthquake have had?

• Read at least one of the survivor’s stories. Note how you think the earthquake has affected people’s life expectancy , the number of households with TVs etc

• Add your conclusions, in words and pictures, to the Important! grid and share with the class.

What I KNOW about the Haiti

earthquake

What I WOULD LIKE to know about the Haiti earthquake

What I have LEARNT about the Haiti

earthquake

Add 3-5 things you

have LEARNT

today about the Haiti

earthquake.

Add 3-5 things you

have LEARNT

today about the Haiti

earthquake.