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 The Expect the Unexpected™ program provides a variety of teaching and communication aids for teachers or educators, students and their parents, including facilitator’s guides, transparencies, activity booklets, briefing notes for parents, videos, posters and participation certificates for students.
It features lesson plans and activities focused on prevention that are consistent with the objectives of certain educational programs of the provincial and territorial departments of education. Among them : Social Studies, Science and Technology, Health and Physical Education curriculums.
Some of its concepts and activities have been adapted from American Red Cross “Masters of Disaster” program.
This broad range of materials puts students in concrete and dynamic learning situations that encourage them to actively participate, individually and in teams.
The program consists of three modules, each intended for a specific group of students. Thus, the module “It can happen, be ready” is intended for 7-8 year old students. The module “Facing the unexpected, be prepared” is intended for 10-11 year old students. The module “Be ready, be safe” is intended for 12-13 year old students. Each teach young people how to act safely in case of unexpected events and help them deal with emergencies.
Teachers and educators are encouraged to reproduce this document for distribution to their students in the classroom. This document, or parts there of, must not be reproduced for any other purpose without the written permission of The Canadian Red Cross Society..
For more information on disaster preparedness intended for youth please visit: www.msp.gouv.qc.ca/jeunesse/index_en.html.
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