Resources for teaching road safety
Going Places (Grades 4-7)
Contents:
- Teaching guide, with lesson plans and related resources
- Safety information sheets on each topic for students to take home for parents/caregivers/guardians
- Student activities with a road safety theme
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Going Places lesson plans
Grade |
Subject |
Curriculum match |
4 |
- Safety signs and story elements — traffic rules, responsible road use
- Dangerous distractions — driver distraction, safe passenger behaviour, seatbelts and head restraints
- Light our way — safe pedestrian and bicycle behaviour at night
|
- Health and Career Education, English Language Arts
- Health and Career Education, Math
- Health and Career Education, Science
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5 |
- Street safe — responsible road use
- Word intersections — responsible pedestrian behaviour, safe use of bicycles, scooters, skateboards and in-line skates
- The Laws of Motion — proper use of seatbelts and head restraints
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- Health and Career Education
- Health and Career Education, English Language Arts
- Health and Career Education, Science
|
6 |
- Intersection behaviour — responsible pedestrian and cyclist behaviour
- Wheeled wonders — responsible cyclist behaviour and responsible use of skateboards, scooters, and roller or in-line skates.
- Planning a road trip — recognizing road conditions and responsible passenger behaviour
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- Health and Career Education, Math
- Health and Career Education, English Language Arts, Physical Education
- Health and Career Education, Social Studies
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7 |
- Assertive communication strategies — responsible pedestrian behaviour, recognizing unsafe driver behaviour and expressing concern about unsafe driver behaviour
- Pedestrian and cyclist collision statistics — responsible pedestrian and cyclist behaviour, and recognizing unsafe driver behaviour
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- Health and Career Education, English Language Arts
- Health and Career Education, Math
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