PrintLesson 9 will take us one week to complete. Please refer to the Calendar in Canvas for specific time frames and due dates. Specific directions for the assignments below can be found within this lesson.
Complete the following steps to complete Lesson 9:
- Work through Lesson 9 in this website.
- Read:
- the Foreword, Chapter 5, and Appendix A, and scan the rest of the material in "The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned."
- the Executive Summary (6 pages) of "A Failure of Initiative."If you are interested, you can access to the individual sections of the full report.
- the Executive Summary and scan the rest of "From Challenge to Action."
- "The Worst is yet to Come: Lessons from September 11 and Hurricane Katrina." from the research paper from Donald F. Kettl of the Fels Institute of Government of the University of Pennsylvania.
- "The Geography of Social Vulnerability: Race, Class, and Catastrophe" from the essay by Dr. Cutter and then examine the Understanding Katrina website and peruse any other essays that interest you.
- the Executive Summary and scan the rest of "In the Wake of the Storm: Environment, Disaster, and Race after Katrina."
- "Partnerships: FEMA Looks to NGA for Disaster Help" from Shawna Wolin's article (page 29-30) in the July-August 2006 issue in the NGA Pathfinder magazine.
- "Results and Recommendations on the Role of Airborne and Commercial Satellite Imagery in Emergency Response" from the ASPRS report.
- "The Red Pill" by Kathleen Tierney.
- "NGA Makes the Difference: Hurricanes and Technology Challenges" from the September-October 2005 issue of the NGA Pathfinder magazine.
- Watch Frontline's "The Storm" and watch the entire video.
- Participate in the three-part "Lesson 9 - GRADED Discussion Forum (#3)."
- Create a PowerPoint comparing the government response to Katrina with the government response to a more recent disaster and upload it to one of the three discussion forums.