1. What is the issue? The Haiti Earthquake Learning Objective: To analyse the Haiti earthquake

2. Learning outcomes: All pupils will able to give basic facts about the Haiti earthquake Most pupils will be a able to describe some impacts and responses to the earthquake Some pupils will be able to evaluate the scale of the disaster and the problems of the responses.

3. What is the difference between the Richter scale and Mercalli scale?

5. Earthquake Details: Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 4.53pm Magnitude 7.0

6. Caribbean Plate North American Plate The epicentre of the earthquake was 25km west of the capital Port Au Prince

8. What was Haiti like before the earthquake?

10. Haiti is the poorest country in western hemisphere. It ranked 149 th out of 182 countries on Human development Index Only 40% of the population have access to basic health care compared to England's 100%. 50% of the people are unemployed. Politically unstable $GDP per capita 697

11. Video clips Short term effects photos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o4VI-4tgL0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o4VI-4tgL0 Short term effects bbc news report: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn9ZmForiyo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn9ZmForiyo Short term effects video footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_s4UMLm8LM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_s4UMLm8LM Immediate responses: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8462625.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8462625.stm Immediate responses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o-9r-55o20U http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o-9r-55o20U Long term responses: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xiqmp9_haitian-aid- bogged-down-by-inefficient-bureaucracies_news#.UOQsi-R1GSohttp://www.dailymotion.com/video/xiqmp9_haitian-aid- bogged-down-by-inefficient-bureaucracies_news#.UOQsi-R1GSo