During this unit, students will explore potential short- and long-term effects of a crisis, discuss recovery strategies, consider common reactions to internal and external crises, and brainstorm recovery activities that can be implemented after a troubling event.

• Lesson 1: Exploring Crisis
• Lesson 2: Recovery is a Process
• Lesson 3: Responding to Natural Disasters
• Lesson 4: Memorial Activities
• Lesson 5: Launching a Website Project to Create an Online Support Page
• Project: Creating a Website Project to Create an Online Support Page

Lesson 1: Exploring Crisis
Students will begin this lesson by setting ground rules for classroom engagement during this unit. Then, they will learn about man-made and natural crises and discuss responses that people may experience when directly or indirectly facing a crisis.

Lesson 2: Recovery is a Process
In this lesson, students will learn about the recovery phases people commonly go through after a crisis. They will also discuss healthy and unhealthy ways to cope after a crisis, as well as helpful and unhelpful ways to offer support to others who are going through or recovering from a crisis.

Lesson 3: Responding to Natural Disasters
This lesson begins with a news clip about flooding after Hurricane Harvey. Students will discuss the impact of and responses to this type of natural disaster. Then, they will research a natural disaster to learn about its effects, how people responded, what can be done to prevent this type of disaster from happening again, and available community resources.

Lesson 4: Memorial Activities
In this lesson, students will learn about the benefits of community memorial activities after a crisis.

Lesson 5: Launching a Website Project to Create an Online Support Page
This lesson will serve to launch the ongoing final project for this unit. Students will work together to create a Facebook/Slack or other online support page for their classmates experiencing a crisis. Rather than serving crisis -management purposes (which would require trained and qualified professionals), this Facebook page will function as a location for students to access relevant and helpful resources.

Project: Creating a Website Project to Create an Online Support Page
Students will work together to create a Facebook page for their classmates experiencing a crisis. Rather than serving crisis -management purposes (which would require trained and qualified professionals), this page will function as a location for students to access relevant and helpful resources.