SESSION: FREEDOM, ORDER, & RULE OF LAW FAILED STATE IN ACTION Hurricane Katrina Case Study

Q of the Day?  Can freedom and order exist without enforcement?

What you’ll be doing by end…  Practicing the DCR model (Deconstruct, Construct, & Reconstruct)  You’ll be watching a documentary in three clips  You’’ll be analyzing the clips with the DCR formula using a Thinking Log to help you process

Preamble Let’s see your Deconstruct (Take apart) Chops (Skills) Take a look at the pic below- Try and figure out what is happening in this pic…Take 2 mins to describe as much as you can…you’ll talk to person in a sec…

Diving a little deeper in the pool…  Someone describe what looting is…  Let’s watch short clip from press conference by Mayor Ragin of New Orleans, just days before the storm hit. New Orleans Evacuation  Why do you think Mayor Ragin is reacting this way? Does he have the authority to do this? Can you think of any problems with this?

When the Levees Broke…  Do you know what and how a levee works? Here’s what they look like: Here’s what the storm did…

When the Levees Broke Analysis You’ll watch THREE clips from the Documentary When the Levees Broke by Spike Lee You’ll be using a Thinking Log to help you analyze the clips using the DCR formula

Wrapping today up…  Now that you’ve had lots of processing of the Hurricane Katrina disaster…let’s prepare for next week.  Take 3 mins to describe what you think the biggest issues you witnessed in the Hurricane Katrina crisis. How visible were freedom, order, and rule of law in the clips?  I’ll now take a look at your Thinking Log for credit for the week…