ENG410: Beyond Katrina

"Students will be able to identify how issues of race and class played a role in the governmental response to Hurricane Katrina by analyzing demographic data and listening to first-hand accounts from hurricane survivors." (Source: TeachRock)

"The Storm" chronicles over 40 years of federal responses to Gulf Coast hurricanes and their effectiveness. The teaching activities are designed to help students evaluate how government helps citizens in times of crisis and examine how prepared students and their communities are for future natural disasters. Although the program and featured lesson plan focuses on the impact of Katrina on New Orleans, it is important to remind students that many communities on the Gulf Coast were devastated. Watch film here

Created by the New York Collective of Radical Educators, 2006. Note: Many of the links to resources on this guide may no longer work.

A collection of resources for teaching about Hurricane Katrina.