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Accidents Happen: Seat Belt Laws, Enforcement, and Usage
Start with a NOVA video about car crashes, crash test dummy footage, or other video about seat belt use. Or have groups review attached data about seat belt usage (by state) and share their conclusions. Learners then devise a method to...
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Keeping Safe Outside of School
Review how to stay safe outside of school. This presentation provides several good questions and answer discussion starters to help learners make good choices regarding strangers, peer pressure, and places to play.
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Dangerous Roads in Your Community
Learners collect information about dangerous streets and intersections in community, interview law enforcement officials and safety experts to find out what they think can be done to reduce accidents, write in-depth article using these...
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Driving Safety and Distractions
Students research process necessary to add local or state law limiting such driving distractions as cell phones or other technological devices, interview city leaders or legislators, research areas that already have such legislation and...
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Sidewalk Safety
The use of role-play comes into play in a lesson on being safe when around traffic. Learners pretend they are walking on sidewalks and approach street corners that have a traffic light. They practice crossing the street only when the...
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Dangerous Road: A Letter of Complaint
Engage your English learners with this resource. To begin, learners describe a map to a partner. After a vocabulary exercise and a jumbled letter activity, pupils are asked to write their own letter. The letter reading and writing...
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Minnesota Law and the Right to Drive
Students, in groups, investigate different cases and draw points of law from them. They also examine quotations and draw points of law from them as well.
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Promoting Safe Driving/Choices on Prom Night
Students explore ways to promote safe driving on prom night. In this driver education instructional activity, students interview people about driving on prom night. Students design a poster with their researched quotes and discuss the...
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Traffic signs and signals
Students understand and follow directions based on traffic signs. In this traffic signs lesson plan, students play the game red light green light and are asked why they stop and go according to the colors. They then are introduced to the...
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Road Safety Online Research Worksheet
In this road safety online research worksheet, students use the given links to answer 23 questions about pedestrian safety, and safety in the car. They design a poster using Microsoft Word which highlights one of the slogans. They use...
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Traffic Safety Quiz Show
Students participate in a Jeopardy game answering questions about safe behavior and pedestrian and bicycling safety procedures. They discuss and review biking and walking safety rules then play the game. This lesson plan includes the...
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Driving Range
Students practice safety rules and knowledge of the road by going through a driving course using scooters/bicycles/tricycles, etc.
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No Texts = No Wrecks
Learners explore ways to prevent texting while driving. In this driving safety lesson, students research information about texting and driving. Learners identify an audience to present the information to in the three given formats....
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Cell Phones and Driving
Learners identify and explore the dangers of cell phone use while driving. For this car safety lesson, students research using a cell phone while driving. Learners compile the information to create a presentation and write a reflection...
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Driver's License Task Force
Young scholars read a handout on unauthorized immigrants and discuss questions. In this current events lesson, students engage in a simulation in which they are advisers to the state governor. Young scholars analyze several proposals and...
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Trucks on the Roadway
Students explore trucks. In this truck and road safety lesson, students identify different types of trucks and define traffic and truck vocabulary. Students manipulate toy trucks on a road floor mat.
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How to Prevent Backover Deaths of Kids?
Students explore automobile safety. In this automobile safety lesson, students read the USA Today article titled "How to Prevent Backover Deaths of Kids?", respond to discussion questions regarding the article, and complete an activity...
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Diplomacy, Humor Take New NHTSA Chief Far
Students explore traffic safety. In this National Highway Traffic Safety Administration instructional activity, students read the USA Today article titled "Diplomacy, Humor Take New NHTSA Chief Far," respond to discussion questions...
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Word Search #13
In this word search worksheet, students search for and circle as many words as they can find about driving. They then write them in the 6 spaces at the bottom of the page.
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Driver's Ed Vocab
In this literacy worksheet, students find the words in the puzzle related to the subject of driver's education. The answers are found by clicking the button found at the bottom of the page.
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Driving Precaustions
Pupils explore the rules and regulations drivers must adhere to. As a class, they list safe driving procedures and identify the consequences of driving while impaired. Students write questions about safe driving practices. This lesson...
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Stop, Look, and Listen
Second graders participate in a class discussion and view a traffic safety video dealing with crossing the street safely. They discuss the steps taken in order to cross the street safely and then analyze the benefits of walking and...
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MFL: Road Safety Vocabulary 2
Students review some basic rules for street safety. In groups, they work together to match the correct symbol with the correct instructions. They create their own safety jingle.