Katrina from the Journal of American History

The Journal had a special issue devoted to Katrina.

Great media section including great audio slideshows.

A page of further resources. Including a guide of neighborhoods, jazz music, timeline of levee construction and more.

Katrina

When I started considering using Katrina as a case study for my government class I wasn't sure if it was too obvious. Then I had students ask who's Katrina.

The NY Times has a whole teaching site about it that incorporates a lot of the paper's multimedia.

Teachers College has taken Spike Lee's documentary under their wings.

Here you can get a 100 pdf helping you use When the Levees Broke to teach students about Katrina, Democratic Dialouge, and Civic Engagement

I got problems

Problem based learning at it's finest. The Buck Institute puts together some good stuff. They have a great page of links, including a link to the University of Delaware PBL Clearinghouse. In addition, they have their own down loadable units that include everything from background material, student handouts, and rubrics.

The economics units provides a variety of units.

The well done government units include projects that explain the Supreme Court, Campaigns, interest groups, and other relevant topics.

Ed McMahon's Star Search

Every time I use RubiStar I think back to Star Search, maybe it's the judging, maybe it's the bright pink. Regardless this is a good stop for Rubrics, Rubric ideas, and your dose of pink airbrushed writing on the web that's still school appropriate.