This resource focuses on how individuals and communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from life-changing natural disasters. It also explores the causes of earthquakes using the examples of the 2015 Nepal earthquake, 2010 Haiti earthquake, and 2016 Italy earthquake. Students will gain an understanding of different types of natural hazards and disasters, explore the short- and long-term consequences of a natural disaster, discuss the humanitarian response, and consider what might make communities resilient.