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Opening Exercise:   This is an example taken from Dr. Chavez at the iTEACH summer camp.  The teacher will bring a suitcase into the classroom, open it, and encourage students to identify with personal feelings of relocation through this worksheet. 

Opening Exercise: Your Suitcase for Evacuation

Name: __________________________

The United States government will be relocating you.

You have ten days to prepare and may only take what you can carry in this 2 ft. X 3 ft. suitcase.

You will be provided food and shelter, however you do not know how long you will be gone.

On the left side of this paper write a list of the items you wish to take with you.  On the right side of the paper you will write how you feel about being relocated.

List of Items	Feelings