Discuss a lesson in Federalism Hurricane Katrina and Covid-19.

Federalism: Comparing Government Response in Hurricane Katrina vs. CoronavirusYou will be watching two 50 minute documentaries: The Strom and Coronavirus Pandemic in order to complete this essay.Topic Overview: Considered together, Hurricane Katrina and Covid-19 both produced policy disasters in the United States that were both unnecessary and linked to federalism. These challenges produced by nature raise the question of whether certain disasters are beyond the capacities of state and local government.Objective: While watching these films, the central theme to take away from these videos is a better and more comprehensive understanding of Federalism, through real life evidence and explanation. Critically analyze each of the elements and consequences of each different national disaster, based on different level of government’s responses, actions. Leadership, communication processes, and decision-making. Despite, both Hurricane Katrina and Corona Virus being deemed as “national emergencies”, the power organization resulted in vastly different responses by each level of government’s leadership (across all levels: federal, state and local).Introduction to Federalism: State and Local governments are the first line responders to crisis. The institutions encompass not only the national government and the American states, each with their own distinctive histories, but extend down to the local level of counties, cities, smaller communities, and special-purpose entities such as school districts. Support and opposition for Federalism rests on government leadership, power, decision-making, and response to national disasters. Response is a geographic and constitutional matter of design. The principles underlying federalism create a power system where multiple levels of government (local, state, and federal) coexist in an organization of power that is both exclusive and shared, depending on the event at hand. Though the federal government has a vital role to play in advancing national priorities through the powers enumerated to it by the U.S. Constitution, our founders recognized long ago that many of the challenges our citizens face can best be addressed at the state level. The Constitution set forth means for strengthening national government’s power, intended to establish a more perfect union (Preamble). Federalism would be the new organization of power, between local, state and federal U.S. government, in order to the remedy weaknesses caused by the Articles of Confederation.Principles of FederalismLimited governmentStates’ rights (10th amendment)Goals of Federalism:Foster cooperationPrevent Federal Intrusion into StateProtect State’s utility as “laboratories” of democracyCentral Themes to Focus on and Think Aboutcomparisons and discussion of struggles between local,state and federal levels of government according to how federalism has manifested into a power tug-of-war in authoritydivision of powerdivision of duties and responsibilitiesdivision of expectations (citizens)financial obligationspurpose of a government according to creation and constitutional existencecommunication confusion in expectationsignorance of rules and exclusionary applicationboundaries, overlap, and limitationsHurricane Katrina: The Storm Introduction and BackgroundThe preparations made in advance of the storm. Hurricane Katrina’s impact on the nation. “The Storm” chronicles over 40 years of federal responses to Gulf Coast hurricanes and their effectiveness. The teaching activities are designed to help students evaluate how government helps citizens in times of crisis and examine how prepared students and their communities are for future natural disasters. Although the program and featured lesson plan focuses on the impact of Katrina on New Orleans, it is important to remind students that many communities on the Gulf Coast were devastated.Coronavirus: Topic Introduction and Background The rapid spread of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) across the United States has been met with a decentralized and piecemeal response led primarily by governors, mayors, and local health departments. This disjointed response is no accident. Federalism, or the division of power between a national government and states, is a fundamental feature of US public health authority. Current government’s responses are reactive in the United States, rather than enabling policymakers to get ahead of the crisis. Helpful Resources and Useful LinksThe Storm Frontline PBS Documentary on Hurricane Katrina and Lessons in Federalism Video Link (Links to an external site.)10 questions Life After Katrina (Links to an external site.)FEMA official govt website (Links to an external site.)FEMA offiical govt Twitter @FEMAPrompt:Apply what you learn from the video, to discuss key topics and questions, outlined in the prompt; show case to me what you learned, explaining how your understanding of the intricacies in the power