Online Course Instructions

Each of the lessons and modules have the same "look and feel". The color schemes, layouts and some content will be consistent throughout. This instructions page embodies that design. Note that the links on the menu and navigation buttons have been disabled to keep the focus on this page.

Each lesson will begin with a menu that contains links to each module of the lesson with projected times for completing the module. A module or submodule is the smallest self-contained unit of instruction with a reasonable time span. While the lesson can be taken in segments over an extended period, the student should budget enough time to take a module in one visit. While not strictly enforced, the menu imples a sequence for completion of the modules.

Lesson Outline Menu
Module Description	Duration

Module A	20 minutes
Module B	30 minutes
Submodule B1	20 minutes
Submodule B2	30 minutes
Submodule B3	40 minutes
Module C	15 minutes
Submodule C1	20 minutes
Submodule C2	30 minutes

Total Module Duration	205 minutes

Objectives

Each lesson will have a section discussing the lesson objectives and outcomes.

Preparation

Each lesson will outline the prerequisite skills and knowledge required before taking the lesson.

Annotation

All lessons and modules use a "Hi-Liter" ^® metaphor to emphasize and mark up supplemental material within the text.

The Hi-Liter is a marker that provides a color background to printed text or handwriting. You have most likely used Hi-Liters to emphasize lines in your books or class notes.

See www.avery.com/products/highlighters

The NPHS materials standard markups are:

Exercise:

Tasks to explore.

Resources:

Links to relevant extra source materials. These materials go beyond the lesson.

Reading:

Selected textual material to read in preparation for the lesson.

Definition:

Formal authoritative definitions of terms. In most cases these are DHS and/or FEMA definitions.
Source: Links are provided to the source.

Examples of each of the markups are:

Exercise:

Emergency response in the United States has been shaped by our form of government, history and other factors. Emergency response in other countries is not necessarily the same as ours. Select a country and compare its system of emergency response to ours.

Resources:

See Congressional Charter of the American Red Cross, May, 2007.

Reading:

Comparative Homeland Security: Global Lessons, Nadav Morag, Wiley, New York, 2018, ISBN-13: 978-1119412403. www.amazon.com/Comparative-Homeland-Security-Lessons-Defense/dp/1119412404/ref=dp_ob_title_bk.

Definition:

International Terrorism: Perpetrated by individuals and/or groups inspired by or associated with designated foreign terrorist organizations or nations (state-sponsored).
Source: www.fbi.gov.

Navigation

At the end of each section of this lesson are buttons to help the user navigate the lesson and contact the instructor. The buttons are:

Resources:

Also at the beginning of each lesson and module are a set of buttons linking the user to reference material.

Materials
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