Lesson Plans to go with the DVD or just to educate your class. Speed Kills includes worksheets and more information for each lesson. The following are just excerpts from the PDF.
It Won’t Happen To Me
Students evaluate a variety of vehicles to mock-purchase one that has the best combination of safety features, economy, and appeal.
Related Courses
Driver Education, English, Economics, Automotive courses, Finance
Primary Lesson Objective
- Warning signs and crash avoidance
Additional Lesson Objectives
- Vulnerability (issues of speed, impact, and collision; identification of safe/dangerous vehicles and vehicle components that can become dangers)
- Types of injuries associated with driving accidents
- Mental health consequences that arise from an accident – the victim and victimized
- Economic impact of an accident (public safety costs, auto insurance, personal costs)
Just the Facts
Students familiarize themselves with a “Police Accident Report” and make assumptions based on vehicle diagrams and partially-completed information to reconstruct the scene of an accident.
Related Courses
Driver Education, Public Safety, Criminal Justice, Physics
Primary Lesson Objective
- Analysis of an accident (behaviors and age groups that are typically involved in vehicle accidents).
Additional Lesson Objectives
- Vulnerability (issues of speed, impact, and collision; identification of safe/dangerous vehicles and vehicle components that can become dangers)
- Driver distractions that may cause accidents
- Types of injuries associated with driving accidents
- Legal response (emergency personnel, police, and the legal process, including juvenile justice and associated punishments)
- Economic impact of an accident (public safety costs, auto insurance, personal costs)
Dangerous Appeal
Students analyze the messages of vehicle advertisements that use “speed” or “power” as a selling feature, discuss the appeal and the intent of these messages, and modify a vehicle advertisement to focus on safety and responsible driving.
Related Courses
Driver Education, Marketing, English, Web Design, Journalism, Statistics, Persuasion/Debate, Business and Information Technology courses, Ethics
Primary Lesson Objective
- Vulnerability (issues of speed, impact, and collision; identification of safe/dangerous vehicles and vehicle components that can become dangers)
Additional Lesson Objectives
- Warning signs and crash avoidance
- Analysis of an accident (behaviors and age groups that are typically involved in vehicle accidents)
- Types of injuries associated with driving accidents
- Economic impact of an accident (public safety costs, auto insurance, personal costs)
Eyes on the Road
Students participate in an exercise that tests their ability to complete specific simple tasks, both with and without distractions, to better understand the extent to which distractions may impair their safe driving ability.
Related Courses
Driver Education, Physical Education, Psychology, Mathematics
Primary Lesson Objective
- Driver distractions that may cause accidents
Additional Lesson Objectives
- Warning signs and crash avoidance
- Analysis of an accident (behaviors and age groups that are typically involved in vehicle accidents)
- Vulnerability (issues of speed, impact, and collision; identification of safe/dangerous vehicles and vehicle components that can become dangers)
First on the Scene
Students investigate types of injuries and first-aid techniques, common to car accident victims, by acting as pedestrians at the accident scene where there are no medical professionals.
Related Courses
Emergency Medical Technician, Anatomy, Biology, Medical Assistant, Criminal Justice, Public Safety, Firefighting, Citizenship, Drama
Primary Lesson Objective
- Types of injuries associated with driving accidents
Additional Lesson Objectives
- Vulnerability (issues of speed, impact, and collision; identification of safe/dangerous vehicles and vehicle components that can become dangers)
- Legal response (emergency personnel, police, and the legal process, including juvenile justice and associated punishments)
- Mental health consequences that arise from an accident – the victim and victimized
- Economic impact of an accident (public safety costs, auto insurance, personal costs)
Law and Order
Students prepare for a mock trial to decide the guilt or innocence of a person for killing another, due to reckless driving, speeding, and driver error—the charge is “wrongful death.”
Related Courses
Driver Education, Debate, Citizenship, Social Studies, Criminal Justice
Primary Lesson Objective
- Legal response (emergency personnel, police, and the legal process, including juvenile justice and associated punishments)
Additional Lesson Objectives
- Warning signs and crash avoidance
- Analysis of an accident (behaviors and age groups that are typically involved in vehicle accidents)
- Vulnerability (issues of speed, impact, and collision; identification of safe/dangerous vehicles and vehicle components that can become dangers)
- Driver distractions that may cause accidents
- Types of injuries associated with driving accidents
- Mental health consequences that arise from an accident – the victim and victimized
- Economic impact of an accident (public safety costs, auto insurance, personal costs)
The Accident
Students complete a diagram of an accident, attributing estimated associated costs to various items or factors that pay into the overall cost of an accident.
Related Courses
Driver Education, Finance, Accounting, Public Safety
Primary Lesson Objective
- Economic impact of an accident (public safety costs, auto insurance, personal costs)
Additional Lesson Objectives
- Types of injuries associated with driving accidents
- Legal response (emergency personnel, police, and the legal process, including juvenile justice and associated punishments)
- Mental health consequences that arise from an accident – the victim and victimized
The Crash
Students complete a worksheet that enhances their awareness of the mental and emotional consequences of an accident and how they might be personally impacted by irresponsible driving that leads to serious crashes.
Related Courses
Driver Education, Principles of Leadership, Psychology, Communications, Journalism
Primary Lesson Objective
- Mental health consequences that arise from an accident—the victim and the victimized
Additional Lesson Objectives
- Analysis of an accident (behaviors and age groups that are typically involved in vehicle accidents)
- Types of injuries associated with driving accidents
