DRR Lesson 1 Activity
DRR Lesson 1 Activity
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Disaster Response and Risk Reduction Grade 11
Quarter 3 Module 1: Meaning of Disaster
First Edition, 2020
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Welcome to the Disaster Response and Risk Reduction Grade 11 and Self-
Learning Module on Meaning of Disaster!
In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:
As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them
to manage their learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
For the Learner:
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.
PRETEST
DIRECTIONS: Circle the best answer for each of the following questions.
RECAP
FIGURE 1:
A resident drinks
water beside large
ships that were
washed ashore by
strong waves caused
by Typhoon Haiyan,
in Tacloban City,
Leyte province,
central Philippines
on Sunday.
Picture: AP
Photo/Aaron Favila
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/super-typhoon-haiyan-tears-philippines-apart/news-story/ce3bbbad88d481c9e7fe190e02e18d6e
3. What are the precautionary measures that you do with your family before,
during, and after a typhoon?
LESSON
What makes an event a disaster? Why is one typhoon a disaster and the next
one, even with stronger winds, is just a bad storm? Is this just an accountability of
the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration
(PAGASA) the agency responsible for assessing and forecasting the weather, flood,
and other conditions essential to the safety and welfare of the Filipinos?
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over-polillo-infanta-in-quezon-pagasa/ bad-weather-over-visayas-mindanao-this-week
Disasters are extreme events that cause great loss to life and property. It
poses a serious threat to normal life as well as the process of development and strike
with sudden violence, tearing bodies, destroying lives and structures and throwing
apart families.
What makes an event a disaster? Why is one typhoon or flood a disaster and
the next one, even with stronger winds, is just a bad storm?
The answer lies with how the population is eventually affected: both the
direct effects on the people as well as the indirect effects or damage to
infrastructure. Disasters are often described as a result of the combination of the
exposure to a hazard; the conditions of vulnerability that are present; and
insufficient capacity or measures to reduce or cope with the potential negative
consequences.
Disasters impact may include loss of life, injury, diseases, and other negative
effects on human physical, mental and social well-being, together with damage to
property, destruction of assets, loss of service, social and economic disruption, and
environmental degradation. A disaster disrupts the normal pattern of life, causing
both physical and emotional suffering and an overwhelming sense of helplessness
and hopelessness. It is the people who matter most, and without the people, we
have no disaster.
Any hazard flood, earthquake or cyclone/typhoon which is a triggering
event along with greater vulnerability (inadequate access to resources, sick and old
people, lack of awareness, etc.) would lead to disaster causing greater loss to life
and property. For example: an earthquake in an uninhabited desert cannot be
considered a disaster, no matter how strong the intensities produced. An
How do we consider hazards a disaster?
earthquake is disastrous only when it affects people, their properties, and activities.
Definition of Disaster
ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITY 1 DISASTER DEFINITIONS
To help rectify some of the misconceptions, you can visit a 3-minute video
Disaster Definitions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StMN0HKDFak. Complete the Venn
diagram below by defining the two terms then, identify its similarities and
difference.
DISASTER HAZARD
ACTIVITY 2 - CHECKLIST OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS INDICATORS
Are you personally prepared for a disaster? What is the level of
preparedness for disaster? Is your community prepared for any disaster or hazards?
You can evaluate preparedness by careful analysis of your answers. You may want
to determine preparedness based on the number of YES and NO answers.
Seek the help and opinion of your adult household companion. Discuss with
him/her what are the different preparedness deficiencies and strengths here in
Pasig City. Always remember to respect the ideas he/she will share with you.
Answer the entries in column 2 with YES, NO, or NOT SURE by representing
a checkmark ( ).
DIRECTIONS: PART 1: Match column A with the correct pictures in column B, write
only the letter of the correct answer on the blank provided before the number.
A B
_____ 1. Lightning
A D G J
_____ 2. Volcanic Eruption
_____ 3. Flood
_____ 4. Avalanche
_____ 5. Hurricane
H K
B E
_____ 6. Drought
_____ 7. Explosion
_____ 8. Landslides
_____ 9. Tornado
I L
C F
_____ 10. Earthquake
_____ 11. Forest Fires
_____ 12. Tsunami
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DIRECTIONS: PART 2: Identify the various hazards and natural disasters, write the
correct answer on the blank provided before the number.
WRAP-UP
You are informed there has been a flood affecting one of the Barangay of
Pasig City. According to the latest population census, around 200, 000 mostly poor
people live in that area. Twenty-five percent of the population affected by the flood
are children aged 0-12 years old. This population is more vulnerable than others in
disaster situations.
1. Based on the given scenario, what possible hazards and natural disasters
distressing one of the Barangay of Pasig City?
2. What are the different practice measures that your community and your family
were engaged in to be prepared for any hazards and natural disasters?
3. What are the characteristics that indicate that this event can be defined as a
disaster?
VALUING
DIRECTIONS: Read the questions carefully and confine your responses to an
analysis of the questions as written. Do not assume any facts not outlined in the
questions. A rubric is publicized at the last part of this module for your guidance in
availing points.
SITUATION
You are on the zoning board for a small Barangay near an active fault line.
The barangay Captain, City Mayor and the school Principal are deciding how to
efficiently accommodate a larger population of student by either choosing to (1)
renovate t
cost on cheap land closer to the fault line. Explain why it would be better to renovate
the school at the current location than to build a new school for the same price?
POSTTEST
DIRECTIONS: Circle the best answer for each of the following questions.
3. Who is most commonly to blame when people experience a significant loss from
a disaster?
A. The Philippines Army Corps of Engineers for not building a protective
structure.
B. The national government for not doing something about it.
C. The people themselves for choosing to live there.
D. The realtor for selling them the property.