Be Prepared is an emergency and disaster preparedness program for students in grades 3-5. This interactive experience streams directly into classrooms and homes, featuring a live host and a compilation of short educational videos that entertain as they educate. Students learn the importance of establishing a family emergency plan and the roles of first responders in emergency situations.
Main Educational Concepts conveyed in Be Prepared include:
- The difference between emergencies and disasters
- Reasons why you should be prepared for emergencies
- The causes of emergencies and disasters
- Identifying dangerous hazards
- Learn how to build a family emergency kit
- Learn how to create a family communication plan
- Learn how to make an escape plan
- Who you can trust in case of an emergency
Educational Standards
Next Generation Science Standards
5-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity – information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
National Core Arts Standards
Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning.
Anchor Standard #7. Perceive and analyze artistic work.
Anchor Standard #8. Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
Anchor Standard #9. Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work and meaning in artistic work.
Kennedy Center for the Arts
| Livestream Learning Studio Educational Assessments | Livestream | Content-related lesson | Arts-integrated lesson | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ask students to reflect on the topic and draw their thoughts on paper | ✘ | ||||||
| Write one or two sentences identifying the main point | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ||||
| Think-pair-share | ✘ | ||||||
| One-question quiz | |||||||
| Journal reflection | ✘ | ||||||
| Have students discuss three things they learned, two things they still want to learn, and one question they still have | ✘ | ||||||
| Hand in and/or take home completed activity | ✘ | ✘ | |||||
| Submit screenshot of completed activity | ✘ | ✘ |
| Livestream Learning Studio Educational Assessments | Livestream | Content-related lesson | Arts-integrated lesson |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ask students to reflect on the topic and draw their thoughts on paper | ✘ | ||
| Write one or two sentences identifying the main point | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Think-pair-share | ✘ | ||
| One-question quiz | |||
| Journal reflection | ✘ | ||
| Have students discuss three things they learned, two things they still want to learn, and one question they still have | ✘ | ||
| Hand in and/or take home completed activity | ✘ | ✘ | |
| Submit screenshot of completed activity | ✘ | ✘ |