Education in Emergencies

This web page contains a variety of teaching materials for students that prioritize interactive learning with peers and teachers and emphasize social-emotional skills and diversity. The materials are divided into sections by student age groups: 6-9, ...

This resource has six classroom activities to be used alongside the "If War Comes to You" interactive film. Activities are focused on three characters in a conflict situation: a civilian, a soldier, and an aid worker. Each of these characters will ma...

This resource contains 36 daily and 24 weekly lesson plans that can be used to deliver explicit social-emotional learning instruction. Topics include: why we listen, focusing attention, impulse control, expressing how we feel, negative thought patter...

This online game teaches adults and children how to build safer villages and cities against disasters. Users learn through playing how the location and the construction materials of houses make a difference when disasters strike and how early warning...

This cross-curricular resource for 11-14 year olds features detailed background information on floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, and, famine. It also includes case study material and lesson plans to help teachers answer: Why do disasters happen? Can t...

This resource has 50 cross-curricular lessons from a range of organizations including Amnesty International and War Child. Topics include challenging antisemitism and Islamophobia, conflict transformation, religion and peace, the human rights effects...

A video game that helps students learn how to make the right decisions during disasters and earn points to unlock new levels. If they can master all seven levels (wildfire, tornado, hurricane/blackout, home fire, winter storm, tsunami/earthquake, thu...

A one-page checklist to help students find items for an emergency kit. Students can decide on a place to keep their emergency kit.