Health: Assessing Dangerous Situations

By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

● use critical and creative thinking skills to identify situations that could lead to injury or death and describe behaviours that can help to reduce the risk

● apply critical and creative thinking skills to demonstrate the ability to assess situations for potential dangers and apply strategies to avoid them.

Work individually to answer the questions below about your assigned scenario. Be sure to apply critical and creative thinking skills when deciding on your response. Once they are complete, share your responses with your group.
1. Describe the potential dangers in this situation.
2. Could your situation lead to injury or death? Explain.
3. Analyze what you could do to decrease the potential for danger in this situation.

Scenario 1:
You’re babysitting your three little brothers and they want to go to the playground down the street. What do you do?

Scenario 2
You’re supposed to get a ride home with your older brother’s friend Eric from the party you’ve all been at, and it’s gone way later than you thought. It’s really dark, and Eric just barely got his license. You’re also not sure if he’s been drinking, because other people have. What do you do?

Scenario 3
While playing ice hockey after school some kids from another team keep intentionally tripping and bumping into you. The referee isn’t calling anything. You overhear one player saying he wants to fight. What do you do?

Scenario 4
Your friends are not happy with one of the girls in your group. She hasn’t been very nice, and they’ve decided to exclude her, and are making mean comments about her whenever she’s in earshot. What do you do?

Scenario 5
Your 2 ½ year-old sister is always active. When it’s dinner time, rather then sitting to eat, she’ll often run and jump around the house while eating and chewing. What do you do?

Scenario 6
Your sister tells you her friend Julie is really into you, even though she’s much older. You’ve heard she smokes pot at the lunch break but you’re not sure if it’s true or not. Either way, you’re not comfortable with dating Julie, but you know she’s popular. What do you do?

Scenario 7
Your grade 8 prom is coming up and your friends are all going artificial tanning. What do you do?

Scenario 8
You’re at a party, and your friend’s parents are nowhere to be found. It’s fun, but it seems like it might be getting out of hand when two girls you don’t know break into the liquor cabinet and start to mix drinks. What do you do?

Scenario 9
You need to get the little boy you’re babysitting ready for bed. He needs a bath, and just before he’s ready to get out, the phone rings. What do you do?

Madame will post the exit card question in Google Classroom for your reflection.