A safety education course for junior high school

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A SAFETY EDUCATION COURSE FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

A Project Presented to the Faculty of the School of Education The University of Southern California

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science in Education

by Spikes Da'Vid Ford August 1950

UMI Number: EP46311

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T h is project report, w ritte n under the direction o f the candidate’s adviser and ap p ro ved by him , has been presented to and accepted by the F a c u lty of the School of E d u catio n in p a r t ia l fu lfillm e n t of the requirements f o r the degree

of M a s t e r of

Science in Education.

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ii TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER

PAGE PART I.

PLAY IT SAFE

HOW TO AVOID ACCIDENTS ON THE PLAYGROUND 1.

USING EQUIPMENT;

HOW TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS IN ..........................

2

How to t u m b l e ................

2

THE GYMNASIUM . . . 1.

ON THE MAT:

2.

IN THE CIRCLE:

3.

IN THE RING:

4. ACROBATS: 5. 2.

1.

3

How to b o x ..................

4

Howto exercise on the bars

AT THE TARGET:

ATHLETICS:

How to w r e s t l e ............

...

How to throw d a r t s ........

HOW TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS IN SPORTS

ON MAPLE:

I

How to play football.

3. WITH HORSEHIDE: How to play baseball

4. EXPERT JOCKEY:

5 10 11

11

and

s o f t b a l l ...........................

IN WATER:

.

How to play basketball..........

2. WITH PIGSKIN:

5.

4

How to ride horseback

12 ....

12

How to s w i m ....................

14

PART II.

/\ MAIM STREET \ !

HOW TO PREVENT TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS 3- SAFE RIDING:

HOW TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS IN TRAFFIC

1.

EIGHT WHEELS:

How to r o l l e r - s k a t e .

2.

FOUR WHEELS:

How to ride a coaster wagon . .

19

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CHAPTER 3. 4.

PAGE TWO WHEELS:

PEDESTRIANS:

How to ride a b i c y c l e ........

HOW TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS WHILE

WALKING . . ...................................

26

1.

TRAFFIC SIGNALS:

How to cross the streets

.

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2.

MEETING TRAFFIC:

How to walk along roads . .

27

3.

FALLING ARTICLES:

How to avoid objects that

are dropped from b u i l d i n g s ................ 3.

21

AT THE WHEEL:

28

HOW TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS IN AN

AUT O M O B I L E ................................... How to regulate your s p e e d ..........

31 31

1.

RATE:

2.

BLOWOUTS:

How to care for your tires . . . .

32

3.

AFTER DARK: How to drive at n i g h t ........

35

4.

DANGER SPOTS:

How to drive on hills and

c u r v e s ................................... PART III.

37

DISASTER CASTLE

HOW TO PREVENT DOMESTIC ACCIDENTS 6.