Odongo's Accident

This story is about:

staying safe on the road
reognising common risks
helping others

Level 3 Chart 2
Steps:

CDRM Competencies

A. Let learners look at the first picture and describe

what they see. Ask them to identify Odongo and
the lorry.
B. Use the pictures to teach the key words.

Staying safe on the road

Helping others
Communicating in an emergency

Learning Outcomes

C. Point to pictures 1-3 in sequence as you read the

story summary aloud. STOP at scene #3.

Identify common road risks.

Explain how to help an accident victim.
Describe the actions of an emergency medical team.

D. Point to scenes 4-5. Invite learners to tell what

happened in each scene.
E. Ask the learners questions like these:
How did Odongo's accident happen?
How did the man on the bicycle help him?
How did his friend, Sam, help him?
How did the emergency medical workers help?
Where did the ambulance take Odongo?
What lesson do you think Odongo learnt?

Key Words
accident, ride, bicycle, motorcycle, taxi, lorry,
balance, crash, bleed, hurt, insure, rush, victim, cell
phone, emergency, kneel, calm, scene, stretcher,
ambulance, rush

Review Vocabulary

road, crowded, rear, jump, quickly, ground, hurt,

nurse, doctor, hospital

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 on the road and what to do in the event of an accident.
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.

One morning, Odongo was riding his bicycle to

school. The road was very crowded with taxis,
lorries and motorcycles. Odongo was riding very
fast and singing a song. He did not see the lorry
that was stopped in the middle of the road.
Odongo's bicycle crashed into the rear end of the
lorry with a big BANG!!!
Odongo lost his balance and fell to the ground.
His leg was bleeding. A man jumped off of his
bicycle and took out his cell phone. Please come
quickly! he shouted, Its an emergency!
Odongos friend, Sam, knelt by Odongos side to
keep him calm. Soon an ambulance arrived at the
scene of the accident. The ambulance workers
moved Odongo carefully into the ambulance and
rushed him to the hospital.
Mainstreaming Conflict and Disaster Risk Reduction into the Curriculum Project
National Curriculum Development Centre, Republic of Uganda
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Activities
A. Divide the class into groups of 10-12 learners. Ask each
group to role-play the accident scene. Appoint one group
member to direct the role-play. Other members of the group
can take he following roles:
lorry driver, yellow car driver, Odongo, bicycle man, Sam,
other friends, emergency medical workers, nurse, doctor
After learners practice their role-plays, invite them to perform
for the whole class. Ask them to reflect on how Odongo
could have avoided the accident.
B. In the same groups, ask learners to make lists of things they
should and should not do in the event of an accident, for
example:
We should ask an adult to call for help.
We should not try to move the victim.
C. Invite pairs of learners to make posters advising children
on how to avoid road accidents. the poster can contain
pictures and short sentences, such as:
ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD.
WALK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FACING TRAFFIC.