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THERESITA’S ACADEMY
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Grade Level : Grade 12 Quarter : First Quarter

LESSON DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Subject Title: Topic Lesson:

Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction Basic Concept of Disaster and Disaster Risk

Content Standards: Performance Standard:

The learners should be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding about the
concept of disaster
- Demonstrate understanding about the
concept of disaster risk
The Learners shall be able to:
- Relate the concept of disaster with daily life
- Relate various types of hazard with a specific
area for one’s preparedness

Learning Competencies: Domain Focus:

1. Explain the meaning of disaster Cognitive
2. Differentiate the risk factors underlying
disasters
3. Describe the effect of disasters on one’s life
4. Explain how and when an event becomes a
disaster

Values Formation: Time Allotment:

Compassion / Commitment to the les privileged 1 Week
sectors of the society

Software Requirement / Materials Needed

For PC / Laptop: Mobile Phone / Tablets:
-Google Chrome or any web browser available -Google Chrome or any web browser available

PROCEDURE

Introduction / Motivation / Review

When does a disaster occur?

Does the mere occurrence of strong earthquakes, super typhoons, or tsunamis automatically qualify
as disasters?
How prepared are you when disaster suddenly comes to you?
What are you going to do?

In this lesson, you will be able to describe the meaning of what we call disaster; you will be able to
compare hazards, vulnerabilities and exposure; you will be able to identify disaster risks and be able
to evaluate if an incident can be considered a disaster; analyze the impacts of disasters and be able to
create preventive measures to reduce the impact of disaster.
 Introduction
Basic Concept of Disaster and disaster risk
**show pictures and videos of disasters

Can we prevent disasters from happening?

The frequency of disasters due, for instance, to typhoons, floods, and droughts, has been increasing.
Could this be a reflection of an increasing frequency of hazard events?

Hazards become disasters only when people's lives and properties are lost. If the increase in disasters
is also due to the rapid increase of vulnerable populations, then any strategy to prevent or reduce
disasters cannot be purely hazard-oriented. Measuring vulnerability equally deserves attention if
science is to help us deal with disasters.

In fact, some schools of thought favor a paradigm shifts away from the primary focus on natural
hazards and toward controlling vulnerability. Although the bulk of the book is devoted to hazards, it
recognizes that disasters need not be seen primarily as due to hazardous natural phenomena which
need mainly technological solutions.

Disasters should be seen as results of the interaction between physical events such as earthquakes
and typhoons and the vulnerability of a population including its infrastructure, environment, and
economy. This unit provides an overview of the elements of disaster, namely: hazards, exposure, and
vulnerability.

Show video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y16aMLeh91Q
 Delivery

Section 1.1 Concept of Disaster

You probably have gotten used to hearing news about typhoons, earthquakes, or volcanic eruptions happening every
now and then.
Many of us might have also experienced disasters due to one or more of these natural events that these are no longer
considered as news.

Why is the Philippines one of the world's most disaster-prone countries?

Surely, it is not simply because natural events visit us so often. The occurrence of a disaster depends on the interplay
between a natural phenomenon (that can turn into a hazard) and the vulnerability of populations exposed (exposure
and vulnerability).

What are disasters?

When we hear the word “disaster”, several extreme events come into mind, depending on our geographical location,
knowledge, and own experiences. Some might think a typhoon that caused severe flooding and affected hundreds of
people in their barangay can be considered a disaster. Others might think a severe earthquake that led to the collapse
of houses, burying household members, is undoubtedly a disaster. We have our own notion of disaster, but we also
have a collective concept of it.

The term “DISASTER” originated from the French word “DESASTRE” which is a combination of the words “DES”
meaning “BAD” and “ASTER” meaning “STAR”. From this it can be inferred that disaster literally means bad star.

Disaster is a serious and tragic event that causes loss of lives, human suffering, and great damages to properties and
environment. It disrupts the current state of communities, affecting wide-ranging aspects of community life.

Disaster happens when communities lack the capacity to adapt to disruptions that further affect the socio-economic,
political, psychological and cultural state of individuals and families in communities.

However, the impact of disasters varies depending on geographical location and vulnerability of population, among
others.
 Mechanism
behind

Although caused by nature, the role of humans greatly affects the impacts of disasters. Disaster occurs when a hazard
targets vulnerable people. That is, when hazard, vulnerability, and lack of capacity interplay which lead to increased
risks (See the image above).

Disasters are in fact the convergence of hazards and vulnerabilities. In brief, hazards pertain to a dangerous
phenomenon that may cause loss of lives and negatively affect social, economic, and environmental concerns.
Meanwhile, vulnerability is the level of susceptibility of a community to such hazards.

We will discuss more of these concepts in the succeeding parts of the lesson.

Disasters are often defined by consequences to human lives and not on the basis of the disaster itself. For instance, an
earthquake is a natural phenomenon. When it happens in a place where no people are harmed or no damages to
properties are incurred, even if it is very strong, it cannot be considered a disaster

What is a disaster risk?

Disasters pose various risks to society. According to United Nations International Strategy on Disaster Reduction
(ISDR), disaster risk is the potential loss in lives, health status, livelihoods, and various assets which are often
challenging to quantify. However, by having knowledge on the scientific and local context behind hazards, disaster
risks can be assessed and mapped.

Disasters can be considered as "acute" or "slow" at their onset. Natural disasters with acute onset include events such
as earthquake, flood, hurricane or typhoon, tornado, fire, tsunami or storm surge, avalanche, volcanic eruption,
extreme cold or blizzard, and heat wave. Meanwhile, disasters with a slow or gradual onset include drought, famine,
desertification, deforestation, and pest infestation.

Wrap up
To summarize everything…

 An incident or an event can be considered a disaster when people, society or

community cannot cope with the damages and its effects with their own current
resources
 You are at risk when you are vulnerable and exposed to a disaster
 Prevention cannot eliminate the risk but at least lessen the effects of a disaster
 Enrichment

7 Ways to Survive Natural Disasters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCjl6tp8dnw

Value Integration

We are in a pandemic; an unprecedented time in our history. This has dramatically changed our
everyday lives, and unfortunately some have experienced illness, lost loved ones, and financial crisis.
Together we are experiencing isolation, fear, anxiety and many more uncertainties and unknowns about
now and the future. However, if we look out there, many members of our society are suffering the
effects of this pandemic more than we do, poverty and hunger are across the land. This situation calls us
to spread kindness and compassion.

Compassion literally means: “suffering together”. When we feel and understand distress in others,
compassion gives us the courage and wisdom to do something about it. Compassion is not the same as
empathy, though the concepts are related. While empathy refers more generally to our ability to take
the perspective of and feel the emotions of another person, compassion is when those feelings and
thoughts include the desire to help. It motivates us to help, to be kind, and to give support to others
who are suffering because we know instinctively what they need to ease that struggle. Compassion has a
powerful energy, it makes us stretch our hands to help others, to walk extra miles to bring goodness to
those who need it. When there is so much around us that remains unknown, our compassion, kindness
and humanity give us certainty and safety.

Being compassionate and kind is, however, not just about giving to others. We need to be
compassionate and kind to ourselves, otherwise it is incomplete. We must try not to judge ourselves so
harshly in our relationships, as students, children, parents, or friends. This is a time to appreciate who
we are as individuals, to recognize and value our different strengths, and accept our common humanity.
We are all less than perfect and we are all doing the best we can in the circumstances we find ourselves
in. If we start giving compassion to ourselves, it would be much easier for us to reach out to others.
Most people are already feeling low, let us stop the hate. Kindness and compassion will conquer this
pandemic. Let us begin in our homes, and share the light to the world.

Evaluation

Disaster Preparedness
Instructions:
Answer the following questions.
You can:
- Discuss - Tell a story
- Illustrate - Relate and compare
- Explain
- Describe

1. In your lifetime, have you ever witnessed Answer:

a disaster? What did you do? Have you
ever attempted on helping? What did you
feel when you see or experience these
disasters?

2. How prepared are you in an earthquake? Answer:

If an earthquake occurs now and you are
in your current position and situation,
what are you going to do? Explain your
plan.

3. Describe a situation where an incident or Answer:

an event becomes a disaster. Give
examples.

4. In your neighborhood, how vulnerable Answer:

are you to the risks of a disaster? Cite
some situations and describe your
vulnerability to risk.

5. Let’s say there is an incoming typhoon,

how are you going to prepare in case this
typhoon becomes a disaster?
Explain your disaster plan.

References

https://www.esquiremag.ph/life/travel/world-risk-index-2017-philippines-
a00203-20180502

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y16aMLeh91Q

https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-disasters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCjl6tp8dnw
DISASTER READINESS AND RISK REDUCTION
De Guzman - Suarez
Vibal Group, Inc.

Materials

Software:
Google Chrome

Teacher Made
PowerPoint Presentation

Prepared by: Mr. Joshua Tobongbanua

Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction 12 – Grade 12 (SY 2020-2021)