Natural hazard case studies engage introductory geoscience students by highlighting the real-world impacts of geoscience knowledge and the societal relevance of developing geoscience skills. Creating introductory lesson plans about local recent events can be challenging as multiple land surface hazards coexist and existing textbooks often treat land surface hazards in isolation. For example, hurricanes trigger landslide events and debris flows that then alter rivers and lead to changes in flooding hazard. Highlighting the interconnected nature of Earth surface hazards can help students understand systems interactions and the need for a comprehensive disaster preparedness and emergency response plan when examining societal impacts of hazards. The Center for Land Surface Hazards (CLaSH) focuses on the cumulative impacts of cascading hazards and is building a community of 2YC instructors with capacity to teach geoscience skills and systems thinking to the next generation of geoscientists and emergency management professionals.   In this workshop, we will provide examples of land surface hazards case studies appropriate for introductory classes. Then participants will work in teams to modify existing lessons to highlight systems interactions and incorporate relevant, place-based data. We hope to establish a network of 2YC and other introductory geoscience educators who are interested in receiving further training in cascading land surface hazards and creating teaching resources that help students recognize geoscience connections to their communities and can be adapted to specific issues in different regions.