Nepal Earthquake Teachable Moment

As part of our unit of inquiry on migration, we asked our second grade students to reflect on the many reasons why people choose to, or are forced to leave their homes.

One student started a really intense conversation by connecting what we were learning to the tragedy of the Nepal earthquake. What a teachable moment! When the students broke for recess, our team quickly pulled together some before and after pictures of Nepal to continue the conversation and to show a very real migration event that was happening in "real life."

Here is what we presented to our students for them to reflect and connect to our unit of inquiry:

On Saturday 25th April, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck in Kathmandu, Nepal. According to the UN 8,000,000 people have been affected by the earthquake. UNICEF says 1,000,000 children will be affected.