Popular Film – Shelter from the Storm: Episode Part 1 and Part 2 (Arthur) http://pbskids.org/arthur/health/resilience/episode2.html

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• Producer: PBS Kids
• Year: 2015
• Length: 13:04, 13:10
• Rating: G

Brief Description: These two Arthur episodes talk about the aftermath of a hurricane and how everyone must cope. When a hurricane hits their hometown, the entire community is affected and they all must learn how to get their town back to normal. Arthur and his friends experience many emotions and learn that during disaster situations it is important to get help from others and to help others. Arthur and his friends learn how to cope with their fears and anxiety. They become educated on ways in which they could prepare for other disasters that may occur. These episodes also included ways that parents can communicate with their children so they are prepared as a family. They provide questions that parents should be asking their children so that children are aware that these situations could possibly happen to them too.

Review: Arthur is a popular TV show that many children watch. I think that this is an important episode, along with many episodes they provide, that teachers children important information. They provided information in a way that was not scary for the viewer. The episodes also discussed the emotions that children face after an emergency or disaster and discuss that it is okay and normal to be feeling the way they might be feeling. These episodes also use easy language that children could understand.

Core Integration: Science Students will be able to participate in a science lesson where they learn how hurricanes happen and how they are formed. Students will learn how forces change the speed and direction of motion. They will also learn about the types of technology that scientists use to identify and track hurricanes. Students will then use body motion to show different types of forces and motion. They will learn about vocabulary that relates to hurricanes, such as, formation, motion, pressure, power, strength, and direction. They will watch related videos that demonstrate hurricanes throughout the U.S. and how they have effected communities. Students will then relate this new information to the information they learned through the Arthur episodes.

National Health Education Standards (NHES):

• Standard 3: Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information, products, and services to enhance health
• 3.2.1: Identify trusted adults and professionals who can help promote health.
• 3.2.2: Identify ways to locate school and community health helpers.

• Standard 4: Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risk.
• 4.2.2: Demonstrate listening skills to enhance health.
• 4.2.3: Demonstrate ways to respond in an unwanted, threatening, or dangerous situation.

• 4.2.4: Demonstrate ways to tell a trusted adult if threatened or harmed.

• Standard 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health
• 5.2.1: Identify situations when a health-related decision is needed.
• 5.2.2: Differentiate between situations when a health-related decision can be made individually or when assistance is needed.

Next Generation Science Standards:

• K-ESS2-1: Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time
• K-ESS3-2: Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.
• ESS3.B: Some kinds of sever weather are more likely than others in a given region.