Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Student Materials
Note taking items
Safety Worksheet/Agreement form (See Attached)
Hearing protectors
LEARNING PLAN
Framing / Hook
1. Article Number 1
a. Show the class the first news article in the attachments labeled, Stage Manager
Paralyzed in London Theatre Accident Awarded Millions in Historic Settlement
i. Read it out loud to the class or have a student read it to the class.
b. Tell the students today is day one of the short unit on safety, leading into learning
about tech.
Process
2. PowerPoint on Safety Equipment
a. Tell the class to take out writing equipment to take notes, as everything youre
discussing will be important and they knowledge they glean from this presentation
would be a good addition for their portfolios.
i. The first slide is about Eye Protection
1. Ask the students why eye protection is necessary in the shop. If no one
says this, tell the students that during the construction process of a
set, there are often many different types of particles in the air that can
be harmful to ones eyes and/or vision. This can include wood chips,
saw dust, the flame from a welder (for this they would use specific UV
eye protection)
ii. The second slide is about Dust Masks
1. Ask students why dust masks are needed in the shop. If no one says
this, tell the students that for a lot of the same reason you would wear
eye protection, you will want to wear a dust mask to keep harmful
particles from entering your lungs. This is just as much a health hazard
as if they enter your eyes.
iii. The third slide is about Hearing Protection
1. Ask students what items in the shop you would want hearing
protection for. The list should include saws, drills, anything in your shop
that can be considered loud.
2. At this point, pass out a pair of hearing protectors of some sort to
every student in the class. Ask them to put the hearing protection in,
and to not remove them until you put both of your hands up in the air.
Tell them that what you will be saying is part of the presentation, so
they need to continue taking notes while they have their ear-plugs in.
a. Once the students all have the protection in, say the following:
i. I lied about this part being part of the
presentation. It is in fact just a demonstration to
show how little you can hear while you have
hearing protection in. Im so confident that you
cant hear me while Im saying this that I promise
the first person to stand up and say Oh captain,
my captain, will get $10 straight from my wallet.
[Wait for a response] (If a student does stand up and
say Oh captain, my captain, tell them that they didnt
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