STORIES FROM HAITI Part One: up to 2010 English resources for 7-11 year olds
WHAT IS HAITI’S STORY?
Page 3 What stories do I already know? Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
Page 4 What stories do I already know? Photo credit: Kmusser, Wikimedia Commons (data from Vector Map). Haiti is the western third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea
Photo credit: donated by EPA /ORLANDO BARRIA WHAT IS HAITI’S stories do I already STORY? Earthquake!
Page 6 A single story of Haiti Photo credit: Oxfam GB
Page 7 A single story of the UK Photo credit: Adrian Pingstone, Wikimedia Commons
Page 8 Other stories of the UK Photo credit: Andy Hall/Oxfam Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
Page 9 Other stories from Haiti… Photo credit (both): Abbie Trayler-Smith/Oxfam
Page 10 Other stories from Haiti… Photo credit: Diana Hernandez Cordero/Oxfam Photo credit: Suzi O'Keefe/Oxfam
Page 11 Other stories from Haiti… Photo credit: Doron, Wikimedia Commons Photo credit: M_Eriksson, Wikimedia Commons Photo credit: Awiseman, Wikimedia Commons
Page 12 Other stories from Haiti… Photo credit: Suzi O'Keefe/Oxfam
Page 13 Other stories from Haiti… Photo credit: Jane Beesley/Oxfam Photo credit:Toby Adamson/Oxfam Photo credit: Jane Beesley/Oxfam “I painted an earthquake-proof house because my house was destroyed”
Page 14 ARTISTS’ STORIES HISTORICAL STORIES POVERTY AND VULNERABILITY STORIES MEDIA STORIES WRITERS’ STORIES NEWS STORIES GEOGRAPHICAL STORIES PERSONAL STORIES
Page 15 Krik? Krak! Edwidge Danticat: author Published by Scholastic Inc./Orchard Books. Used with permission. Front cover of Eight Days: A Story of Haiti written by Edwidge Danticat and illustrated by Alix Delinois. Photo credit: David Shankbone, Wikimedia Commons.
EARTHQUAKE
Page 17 A man carries his suitcase through the streets of Port au Prince, the capital city of Haiti. Photo credit: Kindly donated by EPA /ORLANDO BARRIA
Page 18 Watch the video about the Haitian earthquake and what happened afterwards. Stories from Haiti: Up to
STORIES FROM HISTORY
Page 20 Stories from history Photo credit: PD-US, Wikimedia Commons Photo credit: PD-US, Wikimedia Commons Photo credit: Shaula, Wikimedia Commons Photo credit: White House, Wikipedia Commons
Page 21 Sort it out! Jumbled version Historical story Long-term effect How this put people in greater danger when the earthquake struck Example of people keeping going in the face of difficulties Farming is difficult because harvests are poor. Some farmers leave the countryside to live in cities like Port-au-Prince which can lead to overcrowding. Haitian people have been training each other in preparing for when hurricanes come for many years now. Hurricanes not only destroy homes but also harvests. Food shortages can cause malnutrition and even riots. ??
Page 22 Sort it out! Correct version Long-term effectHow this put people in greater danger when the earthquake struck Example of people keeping going in the face of difficulties Hurricanes not only destroy homes but also harvests. Food shortages can cause malnutrition and even riots. Farming is difficult because harvests are poor. Some farmers leave the countryside to live in cities like Port-au-Prince which can lead to overcrowding. Haitian people have been training each other in preparing for when hurricanes come for many years now.
STORIES FROM THE MEDIA
Page 24 Photo credit: Kindly donated from EPA /FRANZ SMETS Survivors walk across large piles of rubble in Haiti’s capital city, Port-au-Prince. A home in Port-au-Prince destroyed by the earthquake. Photo credit: Step Haiselden/Oxfam
Page 25 Media coverage - international press
Page 26 Thousands feared dead as earthquake measuring 7.0 devastates Haiti Haiti Earthquake in pictures: The Unimaginable Horror which has torn a country apart Haiti reels amid ruin: bodies litter streets as survivors seek aid in vain Strong quake rocks Haitian capital Haiti’s day of devastation ‘Is anyone coming?’ bodies pile up on the streets as army of aid workers try to reach Haiti 100,000 gone in 60 seconds: toll could hit half a million Hell: half-million feared dead in Haiti quake Heartbreak in Haiti Ruin, desperation in Haiti: bodies lie in piles; survivors struggle; president says toll is unimaginable
Page 27 Le Nouvelliste’s February 2010 special edition: front page