Weathering the Storm
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Grades: 7 - 12
Video Description: Mother Nature can create terrific storms that change people’s lives in an instant. What is it like to experience such a storm? And what does it take to weather it, recover from it, and flourish after it? View this program to explore these questions and more as individuals share their stories of resilience from weathering the storm.
Type of Video: Program*
Unique Video ID: Character-1**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Invite a representative from Red Cross or a similar disaster relief organization to speak to your class about their work.
- Have students share their own stories of dealing with disaster as either a victim or support person. Students could choose to tell their story in an essay, short story, art work, video, play, etc.
*Programs offer long form exploration of a topic(s) in the area of study with single or multiple guests interacting with an audience.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
