Contents:
All of these materials address the safety and injury prevention learning outcome of the Health and Career Education 8 curriculum. In addition, some of the other curriculum requirements can also be achieved. Each instructional plan lists the specific learning outcomes that it helps to achieve.
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Approach |
Content focus |
Road safety content |
Case studies — unexpected situations: how do you deal with them? |
Students critically analyze case studies in which young people make decisions without considering all the possible consequences. |
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Quiz & scenario analysis — independent travel planning |
Quizzes provide the opportunity for students to examine, assess, and sometimes reassess their assumptions. Opinion polling and class discussion allow students to compare their assumptions and opinions and learn from each other as well as the teacher. |
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Debate — weighing the issues |
Students develop debating skills while comparing the costs and benefits of owning a motor vehicle to relying on a bicycle and/or public transit. |
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Role play — walking in the shoes of another |
Students prepare and act out short scenes. Characters are called upon to make health and safety decisions. These decisions are intended to instil responsible road user behaviour. |
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Video-based activity — A Crash Course in Common Sense: recognizing and managing risk |
This plan is based on a youth-produced video, which is included in the package. In a series of funny, offbeat sketches and realistic scenarios, the video tackles important issues surrounding road safety and shows their effect on young people. [30 minutes] |
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