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Resilient Australia - Working With Our Communities To Mitigate The Impact Of Natural Disasters

Lesson7 of 10 in this unit

SecondaryYear 7 - 8Humanities and Social SciencesGeographyEnvironmentalDisaster resilienceSocialLeadershipSocial Action

Lesson Summary

Students will investigate hazards and how volunteer services and organisations help communities prepare, respond and recover.

Learning intentions

Students will:

identify and explain the role played by organisations and volunteer services in the containment and reduction of natural disasters and hazards.

Success criteria

Students can:

research local volunteer organisations to find out what role they play in community disaster resilience
disseminate information about why response and recovery services are important to build resilience.

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Cool.org acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we live, learn and work, and pays respect to their Elders past and present, and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Cool celebrates the world's oldest living culture and acknowledges that sovereignty was never ceded.

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PO Box 1062, Windsor,
Melbourne/Naarm, 3181

Cool.org operates across Australia, in metro, regional and rural areas.

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