DRRR Quarter 1 Module 4 - Lecture Notes 4 DRRR Quarter 1 Module 4 - Lecture Notes 4
DRRR Quarter 1 Module 4 - Lecture Notes 4 DRRR Quarter 1 Module 4 - Lecture Notes 4
DRRR Quarter 1 Module 4 - Lecture Notes 4 DRRR Quarter 1 Module 4 - Lecture Notes 4
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the Government of the Philippines. However, prior approval of the government agency or office
wherein the work is created shall be necessary for exploitation of such work for profit. Such
agency or office may, among other things, impose as a condition the payment of royalties.
Borrowed materials (i.e., songs, stories, poems, pictures, photos, brand names,
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over them.
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you master
the Disasters from Different Perspectives. The scope of this module permits it to be
used in many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse
vocabulary level of students and the lessons are arranged to follow the standard
sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them can be changed to
correspond with the textbook that you are now using.
The Module is intended to equip you with knowledge and skills in analyzing disaster
from the different perspectives (physical, psychological, socio-cultural, economic,
political, and biological).
What I Know
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet
of paper.
1. What do you call to an incident or natural disaster that causes the general
public to suffer significant damage?
a. demonstration
b. disaster
c. pollution
d. war
d. hunger
3. Which perspective of a disaster that shows how the government assesses,
manages, and mitigates the effects of a disaster?
a. biological
b. economic
c. socio-cultural
d. political
7. How can a set of prevailing community traits help people fight the
effects of a disaster?
a. It gives them a sense of hope.
b. It gives them a sense of pride.
c. It gives them a sense of identification.
d. It gives them a sense of cooperation.
13. What happens when there is a supplementary politics to deal with the
effects of a disaster?
a. There will be unity in diversity.
b. There will be equal allocation of help.
c. There will be effective measures to reduce damages.
d. There will be effective delivery of humanitarian assistance.
14. How can you best help the country’s fight against COVID19?
a. I can volunteer as a frontliner.
b. I can practice health protocols.
c. I can donate cash and/or goods to the needy.
d. I can wave cash assistance or goods from the government.
Lesson
Disasters from Different
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Disasters come in different forms and intensity. Nobody knows when it will
strike and how will it happen. Therefore, everybody must know how to determine
possible disasters and anticipate possible damages in order to prepare oneself from
the potential harms that it may cause to people and the community.
What’s In
Direction: Think about the scenario below. Write YES if it is a disaster; NO if not a
disaster. Write your answer on a separate sheet.
What’s New
Direction: Read the poem below then list down what you feel after interpreting the
poem.
Disasters
(JMF)
"Vulcano Etna 5" by jmreymond (left) and "tsunami" by cursist373 (center) are
licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
List down what you feel after interpreting the poem. Write your answers below.
1. _____________________________________
2. _____________________________________
3. _____________________________________
4. _____________________________________
5. _____________________________________
What is It
1. Physical perspective
Calamities are phenomena that cause great physical damage in a
community infrastructure, its people and their properties, e.g. houses and
environmental sources of living. These cited effects of a disaster can be easily
measured and the most common.
2. Psychological Perspective
Victims of disasters may suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
and other serious mental health conditions, which are not being given much
attention to by the authorities or even by the victims, themselves. (This may be
sensitive statement)
state makes the victims more vulnerable to stress, anxiety, and other different
maladaptive reactions. Death of a closed one also leaves the victim in a state of
insecurity because the sense of love, attachment and belongingness are deprived.
Makwana, Nikunj Disaster and its impact on mental health: A narrative
review, October 31, 2019
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6857396/
distress hopelessness
intrusion/avoidance emotional effects
hatred/revenge cognitive Effects
dependence/insecurities physical Effects
grief/withdrawn/isolation interpersonal effect
guilt feeling helplessness
lack of trust
3. Socio-cultural Perspective
Filipinos are generally known as “matiisin”, resourceful, helpful, optimistic,
and prayerful. These characteristics are manifested in the country’s recent fight
against COVID19.Due to the National Health Emergency, Enhanced Community
Quarantine (ECQ) prevailed in the whole country. A lot of people temporarily lost
their jobs, some people stranded in different regions, repatriated OFWs were held
in different quarantine facilities in Metro Manila, and all people were restricted to
go out of their homes for months. As a result, most Filipino families would rely
on government’s help for them to get by. However, limited resources and aids
from the government make people find possible ways to survive amid the
pandemic.
4. Economic Perspective
Disasters affect the economic condition of a community because they reduce
local and international trade. It can also partially or totally paralyze a country’s
transportation system, just like what happened in the COVID19 pandemic.
5. Political Perspective
Natural disasters are commonly thought to be less politically argumentative
than armed conflicts, yet a closer look shows that both the effects of a natural
disaster and the resulting distribution of humanitarian aid are profoundly linked
to politics.
6. Biological Perspective
The disturbing effects caused by a prevalent kind of disease or virus in an
epidemic or pandemic level is known as biological disaster.
(a) Epidemic Level: Biological disaster affects large numbers of people within
a given community or area. Ex: Dengue.
(b) Pandemic Level: Biological disaster affects a much large region, sometime
spanning entire continents or the globe
http://www.iasplanner.com/civilservices/important-
topics/biological-disasters-causes-and-way-forward
Biological disasters can wipe out an entire population at a short span of time.
Example of it is the COVID19 pandemic which infected millions in less than a month
and left thousands of deaths in the same duration. Viral respiratory infections can
lead to anything from a mild cough that lasts a few weeks or months to full-blown
persistent wheezing or asthma (Martin, 2020). He added that when there is a severe
respiratory infection, recovery can be prolonged with a general increase in shortness
of breath— even after normal lung function returns. Since COVID19 is a respiratory
disease, the public is advised by health authorities to do health precaution to prevent
social contamination. Examples are: observing physical distancing, appropriate
washing of the hands, wearing of mask at all times once outside of one’s home, and
boosting one’s immune system.
COVID19 patients who have strong immune system can likely soon recover from the
disease. Also, those who follow the health precaution strictly have less chance of
being infected. As such, the effects of a biological disaster can be reduced.
What’s More
Watch or Read!
Direction: Watch a video from the Youtube, entitled Philippines’ President Threatens
to shoot dead corona virus lockdown troublemaker using the following link/URL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qERZgLv3MKg or read the article below if you
do not have internet access at home.
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2. What do you think are the significant needs of the people in the video/article?
__________________________________________________________________________________
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3. Do you agree with the perspective of the President in mitigating the effect/s of the
disaster?
__________________________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________________________
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4. Suppose you have the authority to give suggestion/s to the President in reducing
the impacts of the disaster in the video, what advice will you give him? Justify your
answer.
__________________________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________________________
5. What do you think is the role of the government in qualifying the effects of a
disaster?
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
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Tajima is an earthquake victim. She manages to save all his family members
from the wraths of the disaster. Though she is mentally tough, all her resources are
already gone.
If you were to rank the following needs of Tajima from the most important to
the least important, how would you arrange the following needs? Justify your
answer.
FOOD
COUNSELLING
HOME
MEDICINE
WORK
GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE
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What I Can Do
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Assessment
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet
of paper.
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12. The best help that you can do in the country’s fight against
COVID19 is _____________________.
a. I can volunteer as a frontliner.
b. I can practice health protocols.
c. I can donate cash and/or goods to the needy.
d. I can wave cash assistance or goods from the government.
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Additional Activities
“Society, and most of all schools, have a great moral responsibility to establish a safe
environment for students and their teachers. The greater the level of education,
awareness, and self-organization, the greater its potential to avoid or mitigate the
negative consequences of natural or man-made disasters”.
Direction: Identify possible disasters that could possibly affect your school and its
immediate community. Create an artistic warning sign (poster) that may be helpful
in preventing different disaster perspectives.
5 4 3 2 1
Substantial, Sufficiently
Limited
specific and developed
content
illustrative content content with Minimal Irrelevant
with
demonstrating adequate content content
inadequate
strong development explanation
explanation
of ideas of
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References
Citroner, George. "What We Know About the Long-Term Effects of COVID-19", April
21, 2020, https://www.healthline.com/health-news/what-we-know-
about-the-long-term-effects-of-covid-19
Parrocha, Azzer. "State of public health emergency declared in PH", March 9, 2020,
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1095955
Sheep, S. "Effects of a Natural Disaster on a Country [Blog post]", January 20, 2020,
https://ivypanda.com/essays/effects-of-a-natural-disaster-on-a-
country/
Makwana, Nikunj. "Disaster and its impact on mental health: A narrative review",
October 31, 2019, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles
/PMC6857396/
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