Curriculum on Cascading Hazards is now available to teachers, including lessons and associated teaching materials: https://cires.colorado.edu/outreach/resources/unit/lake-county-cascading-hazards-unit.
The lessons include:
Lesson 1 – ReVisioning Hazards
In the first lesson of the Lake County Cascading Hazards Unit, students read a poem written by a local fire survivor, and utilize a visualization practice to build personal resilience.
In the second lesson of the Lake County Cascading Hazards unit, students dig into local stories and datasets, and learn about the connections between natural hazards.
Lesson 3 – Social Vulnerability to Hazards
In the third lesson of the Lake County Cascading Hazards unit, students learn about social factors that might make one group more vulnerable to a hazard than another.
In the last lesson of the Lake County unit, students develop idea to increase resilience to hazards in their own community.
We have released a story map that describes social vulnerability to natural hazards.
Lake County Cascading Hazards 