Hurricane Katrina

What happened next?

Your task this lesson is to produce a powerpoint presentation that investigates what happened after hurricane Katrina. You should include:

• summary of the main impacts
• what happened during and immediately after the event (short term responses)
• what happened over the weeks and months after the event (long term responses)
• criticisms of the responses
• your opinion about how successful responses to Katrina have been

Use these following links to help:

BBC In-depth report

Wikipedia Katrina page

CNN Katrina report

Guardian Katrina report

Wycombe High school Katrina page

I have attached a link to this post for the most recent version of the DME powerpoint we have been using in class. This version includes the maps and aerial photo’s of Robin Hood Airport. These allow you to see the locational context of the airport – and what it might affect if it is developed further. Make sure you use these to see which urban areas the airport might serve and which smaller villages are likely to be most affected.

Updated DME powerpoint

For those of you who are conscientious enough to be doing the DME preperation work over christmas, I have uploaded the powerpoint activities we were using in class. Obviously we have been through the majority of them, but there are several that we did not have time for. I strongly urge you to work through them before we return to school in January, because from that point we will need to focus on the actual decision. Merry Christmas!

DME resource activities