Map your route to school (25 mins)

Goals
orange-dot.gifLearners become more aware of the safe and the dangerous zones on their routes to school.
orange-dot.gifLearners discuss ways to improve their safety on the way to and from school.

Guidelines
Open this template in PowerPoint and make a map of the route you take to get to school.

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Mark your starting and finishing point. Your starting point is wherever you usually leave from in the morning, and your finishing point is your school.

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Mark the places where you feel safe, where you feel uncomfortable and the places where you feel threatened. Use as many icons, pictures, symbols and arrows as you need.

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When you have finished compare and discuss with your classmates.
Tip:
You can do this on paper just as well if the computers are not available.
Here is an example.

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