A Popular Film about Earthquake Safety

San Andreas

Rated PG-13

Run time 1hr 54m

Released 2015

Produced by Beau Flinn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhzZu0tII3s&feature=youtu.be

Summary

This is a great movie for emergency preparedness because it is all about large earthquakes that happen in L.A. and a family trying to find each other and stay safe. The movie shows people getting away from falling objects and dropping to take cover. It is a fun educational tool that can help get students engaged.

Core Integration

The way that I would incorporate this into a core topic would be, after watching a video clip, learning about earthquakes and doing earthquake drills, the students would then write a narrative paper on a fictional child being in an earthquake. The teacher would help students edit and rewrite as needed.

 

Standards 

NHES 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.

• S1.2.5 Describe how injuries can be prevented.
  • HBO 3: Use safety equipment appropriately and correctly.
  • HBO 4: Apply safety rules and procedures to avoid risky behaviors and injury.
  • HBO 5: Avoid safety hazards in the home and community.
  • HBO 6: Recognize and void dangerous surroundings.
• S1.2.6 Identify safety rules for being around fire.
  • HBO 4: Apply safety rules and procedures to avoid risky behaviors and injury.
• S1.2.8 Identify safety hazards in the home.
  • HBO 4: Apply safety rules and procedures to avoid risky behaviors and injury.
  • HBO 5: Avoid safety hazards in the home and community.
• S1.2.10 Identify safety hazards in the community.
  • HBO 5: Avoid safety hazards in the home and community.
  • HBO 8: Support others to avoid risky behaviors and be safe.
• S1.2.11 Identify people who can help when someone is injured or suddenly ill.
  • HBO 7: Get help for oneself or others when injured or suddenly ill.

 

NHES 3: Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information and products and services to enhance health.

• S3.2.1 Identify trusted adults at home who can help promote safety and injury prevention.
• S3.2.2 Identify trusted adults and professionals in school who can promote safety and injury prevention (e.g., school principal, facility and maintenance staff).
• S3.2.3 Identify trusted adults and professionals in the community who can promote safety and injury prevention (e.g., police, firefighters).

 

NHES 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.

• S5.2.1 Identify situations that need a decision related to safety and injury prevention.
• S5.2.4 Describe when help is needed and when it is not needed to make a decision related to safety and injury prevention.

 

NHES 7: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.

• S7.2.1 Identify practices that promote safety and reduce or prevent injuries.
• S7.2.2 Demonstrate safety and injury prevention practices.

 

NHES 8: Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.

• S8.2.1 Make requests to others to promote safety and avoid or reduce injury.
• S8.2.2 Demonstrate how to encourage peers to be safe and avoid or reduce injury.

 

English Language Arts Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.2.3 Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.

 

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.w.2.5 With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.