Class activities - HSIE

Students examine:

-- the role of police (through a class visit by a police officer and follow-up role plays)

-- what would happen if there were no police (students draw a consequences chart)

-- how to contact police (homework: students prepare a news item where they practice describing their home address to a police officer on the phone, including their state, street address and nearest cross street).

-- why/when to contact police (discuss the difference between emergencies and non-urgent police matters; distinguish between the different phone numbers:
000 - Emergency
131 444 - General
1 800 333 000 - Crime Stoppers