HOMELAND SECURITY SIGNATURE
AT
MEADE HIGH SCHOOL
What is a signature?
A Signature offers high school students unique thematic courses and co-curricular opportunities that are workforce relevant and may include technical, community college 4-year college pathways. The Signature specifically relates topics and ideas to a theme that is unique to each school community. Each of the 12 comprehensive high schools in Anne Arundel County will offer a unique Signature Program.
What careers/jobs are related to Homeland Security?
How do I prepare for a careers/jobs related to Homeland Security?
How can students be involved in Homeland Security?
How does what I am learning in school relate with Homeland Security?
What organizations are concerned with Homeland Security?
How does Homeland Security affect students?
How can I get involved in the Homeland Security Signature at Meade High School?
What
is Homeland Security?
United Nations and Global Security
Resources for Global Security links to articles on a wide range of topics
CREATE Homeland Security Center at University of Southern California
This site was formed to assess the risk of terrorism, develop tools that analyze economic and social consequences of terrorist attacks, and provide guidance to counter terrorism and make the nation safer.
What
careers/jobs are related to Homeland Security?
Good website explains global employment opportunities, the need for skilled workers in science, engineering, technology, analysis, and foreign language.
This site asks citizens to embrace personal responsibility to get training in first aid, emergency skills, and to volunteer to support disaster relief, and community safety. Site can be used to explore careers.
Good site has link to careers that support our natural resources and community.
Wealth of links that students/teachers can access to gain knowledge on employment opportunities in Emergency Management, what grants are available to organization and the community, training, and planning for the future. Good site.
Site has a range of career opportunities explains how students can jumpstart their career while in college. Click Apply for a Jobs.
Law Enforcement Online – Dept. of Justice
Dept. of Justice uses same career link of FBI National Security Branch.
National Security Priorities uses career link of FBI National Security Branch.
Department of Homeland Security
This site gives you career choices related to Homeland Security, Art/Science, Business, Criminal Justice, Education, Nursing, Legal Studies, Information Systems and Technology, Business and Finance Sector, Health Care Pathways, Health Science.
Middle-school appropriate, comic book-style site, but lots of good information in a very palatable format. Good links. Interracial and inter-gender considerations. Encyclopedia-style articles and interviews with “real” scientists on current, hot issues.
Adult site for job hunters, but includes college student opportunities. Great site for students interested in the types of careers with best known HSA agency before HSA existed. Very informative job descriptions requirements, duties…
See above. Not as good as CIA site, but different purpose. Designed to tell about the Training Academy, includes information about careers, but mostly focused on what one would do if one attended the FBI Training Academy. Good for students interested in law enforcement careers at the highest level.
- Department of Homeland Security Student Opportunities
Lists job and student internship opportunities across several agencies and military divisions, but information about what individual jobs entail is not always available. “Student Opportunities” part of home page is best, jobs actually described.
How
do I prepare for a careers/jobs related to Homeland Security?
Department of Homeland Security
Internships opportunities
Lists job and student internship opportunities across several agencies and military divisions, but information about what individual jobs entail is not always available. “Student Opportunities” part of home page is best, jobs actually described.
Divided K-6 and 6-12. Students would like this although it’s a little elementary for high schoolers. Lots of great links within the site and outside for information, articles, fun stuff to do (which is actually educational) games that teach or at least exemplify FBI activities and skills. Vocabulary, history….
CREATE Homeland Security Center at University of Southern California
Under Education the site explains Educational Programs and required core courses for certification.
College Program of Studies
This site has links to Career Training Programs www.collegesurfing.com, Online College Degrees www.nextag.con/online-degrees, Top Online Schools www.careerdegreesource.com. Good resource for students.
College Interdisciplinary Degree
Web site explains how students can earn an AA, BA, or MBA online. Good resource for students.
How
can students be involved in Homeland Security?
Aimed at an elementary audience, cute games and information for younger kids on emergency preparedness. Excellent further links with parent and teacher suggestions. An interesting site giving students’ ideas on creating informative websites for children along these lines.
Aimed at a primary/elementary audience, for little ones to learn about FEMA and disaster preparedness. Lots of games and activities. Not for high school, but see “Ready Kids” above.
How
does what I am learning in school relate with Homeland Security?
Multi-grade appropriate. Straightforward information although it tries to be kid-attractive. Strongly social studies with little direct Homeland Security connections. How our government works…. Some teacher friendly curricular connections, suggestions and links.
Mathematics and Homeland Security
· Mathematical Association of America – Math and Homeland Security
Similar to the link above, a journal article detailing several very interesting applications of mathematics within Homeland Security issues/needs.
Fiction Writing and Homeland Security
· Science Fiction Writers Join War on Terror – USA Today
An interesting article on HSA efforts to recruit noted science fiction authors to play “what if…” to develop scenarios for future attacks and technology for preventing such attacks. Potential to inspire students interested in creative writing that they too have a role in this program. Avoid the blogs and comments appended at the end of the article.
Science and Homeland Security
Insects Weigh In -
· Bugs can Play an Important Role – Popular Science
The “Wow!” factor is all over this brief article from Popular Science about research on using living creatures (insects, fish) to investigate potential biohazards. Article is very short, but photo gallery and accompanying information are worth looking at for amazing insight into creative scientific applications using “lower” life forms.
Physical Education and Homeland Security
· Out of Shape Americans Could Pose Homeland Security Threat
Music and Homeland Security
· DHS Seizes Politically-Charged Album
Social Studies and Homeland Security
· US Foreign Policy and Homeland Security
Relatively current articles on homeland security issues for multiple curricula. Lesson plans, kids activities. Looks useful for classroom teachers.
What
organizations are concerned with Homeland Security?
Site looks childish, but information more appropriate for middle school students and up. Several links to simple articles on topics of current medical interest. Can direct students to ideas, information, some of which is applicable to HSA issues.
Serious, gr. 6-12 information site. Direct links to regular, adult CIA site. Explains who they are and what they do at an appropriate student reading level.
Incredibly rich site for data, facts, statistics, information available from the FBI on a wide variety of topics Homeland Security and general law enforcement related. Great fact source for students doing research.
How does
Homeland Security affect students?
Foreign Student & Exchange Visitor Information
Trends in Reported System Problems Indicated Improved Performance
How
can I get involved in the Homeland Security Signature at Meade High School?
Homeland security foundational survey course
Designated after school or online club
Weekend community event per semester
Panel discussions or series with community-based professionals
Contact Meade High School Guidance Office: (410) 672-0873
The Journal of the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security
Journal delivered via e-mail
- News Hour with Jim Lehrer – Homeland Security
- News Hour with Jim Lehrer – BRAC Processes
High school level social studies lesson plan using new clip referenced above to teach students about the BRAC Commission and what it does. Currently relevant.
Very comprehensive site for finding opportunities for service learning project suggestions related to Homeland Security. Many good links to agencies and organizations as well as other states’ efforts.
Comprehensive, and unbiased list of resources, articles, lessons, how-to’s, links to links, related skills, (debating, evaluation of sources) activities, all relating to the issue of immigration. Read the resources, plan a single lesson, prepare a debate, build a unit or whole course around what’s available here.
Generic lesson, high school social studies appropriate, simulating you as a cabinet member convincing the president to do something about an issue which your department sees as a major pressing issue of the day. Lots of research and salesmanship.
Incredibly rich site for data, facts, statistics, information available from the FBI on a wide variety of topics Homeland Security and general law enforcement related. Great fact source for students doing research.
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