Lesson Three – Pedestrian Crossings

This geography teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to identify, record and assess the safety aspects of some of the different road crossings that might be found and used on roads close to the school.

The class can select and list some of the reasons for or against an improvement to a road in the school’s neighbourhood to improve safety measures for pedestrians.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify, record and assess the safety aspects of some of the different road crossings that might be found and used on roads close to the school

Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify some of the reasons for different road crossings that could be built on a road close to the school and a template to select and record reasons for building a special type of crossing on a road near to the school.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to record and assess the safety aspects of different road crossings that might be found on roads close to the school.

This lesson is part of a geography scheme of work to get the children to identify, describe and compare some of the different traffic hazards and dangers that can be encountered when making journeys in the local area. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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