Educational materials for secondary school
To make young people aware of public transport, De Lijn has developed a new digital interactive lesson pack.
Free lesson pack for the first and second stages of secondary education
Young people often take the bus or tram every day, or pass by places with a lot of public transport activity on their way to school. To make them aware of all aspects of this, De Lijn has developed a new digital lesson pack that meets the attainment targets.
The package is free, interactive and complements or prepares for a visit by De Lijn employees to the school as part of Trammelant. It allows us to reach, prepare, and raise awareness among even more schools and young people.
As a teacher, you are the ultimate expert on conveying information in the right way, because you know your pupils best. In addition, the pack is:
designed to enable you to respond to individual needs and the variety of learning styles within your class group
ready for use and provided in manageable chunks, making it easier to achieve different curriculum objectives and attainment targets in a way that is relevant to pupils’ everyday experience
You will work with your pupils around three themes.
1. How to travel
The pupils will learn through various exercises:
reading a network map, tram map and platform map
finding your way with the online route planner, the De Lijn app and Google
gaining insight into the types of ptickets and passes
2. Safety
The upils will:
apply the information from the visual material
gain insight into how to behave around public transport
use formulas in traffic-related calculations
interpret quantitative information
Special attention is paid to:
the blind spot that is also experienced by tram and bus drivers
exercises on braking distances that show that a tram, for example, cannot stop instantly
how to prevent accidents from happening
3. Respect
The pupils will:
learn to recognise and name good and bad norms and values, make up their own minds about these and share their views with others
learn to respect each other’s opinions
listen to each other and let each other speak
use well-founded arguments to substantiate their opinion (stage 2)
work with websites that are socially relevant
look for specific information on a website
interpret graphs and infographics
perform practical calculations with socially oriented figures
They will also learn to empathise with different users of public transport.
What do they find annoying in their role?
What are the consequences of vandalism?
What to do if someone behaves aggressively
In this way, they will go through an awareness-raising process.
The lesson pack has been developed together with Plantyn.