Spanish - Emergency Preparedness
Disaster Preparedness
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- A disaster prevention and preparedness activity book for children in Spanish
Preparación y Manejo de Desastres Naturales - 4:20 min. video that depicts various types of natural disasters and other emergencies in very engaging ways - designed by the British Embassy to get people thinking about what kinds of preparations they might need to make
Disaster Response (What to do in an emergency)
Earthquake
¿Qué hacer frente a un sismo o terremoto? - 4:10 min. video in Spanish in which an emergency worker demonstrates and explains what to do in an earthquake
Simulacro de terremoto en el colegio nuestra señora del valle porlamar.wmv - 6:12 min. video in Spanish that shows a very realistic earthquake simulation at a school in a Spanish-speaking country. The video includes footage of people "treating" simulated wounds afterward.
Fire
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- Infographic from Chile's national online curriculum with steps to take in case of a fire
Flood
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- Infographic from Chile's national online curriculum with steps to take in case of a flood
General Disaster Response
Cinemex presenta Cineminuto en Materia de Protección Civil #one_digital - A 0:52-second, animated explanation of what to do if various types of disasters strike while you are in the movie theater
Tsunami
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- Infographic from Chile's national online curriculum with steps to take in case of a tsunami
Emergency Services
Jefe de guardia Bomberos + UVI Móvil SAMUR Madrid - A :36 second video clip that shows various emergency vehicles in action in Madrid
Gregory Coupet sufre impresionante fractura - Francia - 0:53 second video narrated by an announcer in Spanish that shows a soccer goalie breaking his leg and being treated by attendants during a soccer match
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- Well-formatted article in Spanish from Madrid about their emergency services that bolds main ideas and includes lots of graphic support
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- La emergencia - A comic about an emergency
Literary Texts
La leyenda de los volcanes: Popocatépetl e Iztaccíhuatl - A 3:24 min. animated video of the legend in Spanish
Natural Disasters
Desastres naturales - A 3:13 min. wordless video set to music that shows footage of various natural disasters
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- Cute image of various types of natural disasters, each labeled in Spanish (Click here for p. 2).
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- This entry on natural disasters from an online children's encyclopedia provides very brief overviews of different types of natural disasters in Spanish, with some illustrations
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- Site with information about natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, tsunamis, and volcanoes. The site is particularly useful because it contains photos from different natural disasters that have occurred in different cities in Chile over the years.
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- Useful information in Spanish about various natural disasters--contains a lot of text with some images
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- Image of a variety of different types of natural disasters from Peru, along with a brief description of the government's efforts to commemorate natural disasters
Top 10 Peores Desastres Naturales de Latinoamerica - A 12:33 min. video compilation of footage from the 10 worst natural disasters in Latin America as of
Self-Reliance
Familias de Río Hurtado aprovechan el sol para cocinar en hornos solares - A 2017 article from Chile in Spanish [Contributed by Hannah Parry]
Pedagogical Materials
La leyenda de los dos volcanes: Popocatépetl e Iztaccíhuatl - A 1.5 page PDF of the story, formatted as a worksheet for students