Danger!

Know the Risks

This story is about:

staying safe on the

road

recognising common

risks

helping others to avoid

danger

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CDRM Competencies

E. Ask the learners questions like these:

Why are electrical wires dangerous?
What can dogs do to children if they get angry?
Why is it not safe for many children to ride on a bicycle?
What can happen if a bicycle hits a hole in ther road?
Why must we keep our eyes open on the way to school?
What should we tell our friends when we see something
dangerous?
Why should friends take care of each other?

Staying safe on the road

Recognising common risks
Helping others to avoid danger

Learning Outcomes
Identify the kind of risk shown in each pictures
Explain the type of accident that each risk can result
in
Suggest ways to avoid each risk

Activities

Key Words
risk, dog, bite, wire, electrical, shock, bicycle, hole,
accident

Review Vocabulary
road, danger, dangerous, safe, school, teacher, take care,
warn

Teacher Guidance Notes

This story should be taught first orally in the language of
instruction so that learners can interact with the key messages in
a language that they understand well. The main objective is to use
the story to teach students important skills, values and behaviours
for life. This story focuses on the importance of recognising
common risks children face every day on the way to school. If the
langauge of instruction at your school is not English, you should
prepare the lesson by translating the story into the learners' mother
tongue. After introducing and discussing the story in the learners'
mother tongue, the pictures can also be used to teach English
language and literacy by having learners tell a simpler version of the
story, learn the key words in English, and write sentences
describing each picture.

We go to school every day. Some of us walk, and

some of us ride on bicycles. We talk and laugh
with our friends and family. We are very careful.
We keep our eyes open, because there are many
dangers on the way. Our teachers tell us about
the risks. We take care of each other. We do not
want to get hurt. We want to stay safe and happy.
Steps:
A. Let learners look at the pictures and describe what they see.
B. Use the pictures to teach the key words.
C. Read the story summary aloud.
D. Ask learners to point to the correct pictures as you read these
sentences. Then reverse, point to each picture and ask
learners to identify the risks.
Dogs can get angry and bite us.
Electrical wries can give us a shock.
Holes in the road can cause accidents.

Mainstreaming Conflict and Disaster Risk Reduction into the Curriculum Project
National Curriculum Development Centre, Republic of Uganda
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A. Organize a class 'quiz show'. Prepare in advance a list of

questions on how to avoid common risks children may face
in your area. Divide the class into two teams. Let one learner
act as moderator, asking the questions to the teams in turn.
Give a point for each correct answer. The team with the
most points wins.
B. Invite pairs of learners to draw a picture showing a risk that
they may face on their way to school. Tell them to add the
draw the 'danger' symbol shown on the chart to their
drawing. Let them show their pictures to the class and
explain how the children in their drawings can stay safe.
C. Role-play: Draw a 'danger' symbol like this
on the
chalkboard. Brainstorm with the class to make a list of all the
possible risks children may face on the way to school. In
pairs, ask the learners to choose three risks from the list.
Tell them to imagine that they are both walking on the road
on their way to school. One of them has 'eyes open' and
should warn the other about a risk. Ask them to think of what
they should tell their friends or family members to help them
stay safe. For example,
Learner A: "I see broken glass on the road."
Learner B: " Take care! Do not step on the glass."
Let the partners act out their role-plays in front of the class.