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Rebuilding New Orleans After
Middle school students, ages 10 – 13, from the T.H. Harris Middle School in Metairie, Louisiana, document the rebuilding of the 9th Ward in New Orleans, after Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. The project focuses on how Hurricane Katrina disrupted the lives of the people in the area and changed their community. Over one million people were affected by the hurricane.
The students reflect on what happened in the city of New Orleans, just six miles east of their school, the damage the hurricane caused, and the rebuilding of the neighborhoods. They took more than 600 pictures to document the destruction they saw – the canal breach, piles of debris in every neighborhood, houses with holes in their roofs, missing walls, and the devastation of the Lakeview area. The result was an ongoing project at the school.
Students summarized what they had seen and learned, told stories of the residents’ plights in their own words, documented the recovery of the area, and summarized how it changed their lives.
School District School Location
Jefferson Parish Public School System T.H. Harris Middle School Metairie, Louisiana
Teacher In Charge: Ruth Brewington
Teachers/Staff: J. Komiskey, Laura Dauteerive, Todd Zapico, Betsy Almerico, Sarah Rosedahl
Google Tools Used: Google Sites, Google Earth, Google Maps, News Archives, Google Search
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The placemarkers tell what the students learned and thought about the "Make It Right" neighborhood.
The placemarkers have pictures the students took or links to videos that explain the concepts behind rebuilding the neighborhood.
Essential Questions:
1) What is home?
2) How does one recover from a
catastrophic event?
Links to Lesson Documents (Below):
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Lesson Documents
Lesson Documents
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