Community Involvement
Students can help teach EMS lessons
You may want to plan your presentation to coincide with community or national outreach efforts, such as during National EMS Week in May. Or you could recruit students to help in building awareness of EMS messages through community involvement. These activities require a coordinated effort between teachers, students and local businesses. Your role is "director," steering the project from beginning to end.
Student TV or radio PSAs for EMS
Kids dream about being celebrities and this activity gives them the chance. Students should work in teams to write, perform and produce their own public service announcements (PSAs) for EMS. The PSAs must focus on one or more of the EMS messages presented to the class.
The audio/visual equipment the school has available for student use will determine what media format-TV or radio-the teams should use. If no equipment is available, students may use a cassette tape recorder from home to tape radio announcements.
Before introducing the activity to the students, seek out the support of your local radio stations or cable TV station. Ask for their participation in providing air-time for the PSAs and promoting the project to the community. Some stations may be willing to invite the creators of the best student PSAs for a professional taping session in their studios.
Turn grocery bags into posters with a message
This activity gives young artists a showcase-by turning grocery bags into works of art with EMS messages. Ask the manager of your local supermarket to participate in the activity by "loaning" the class or school enough large paper bags for each student. Have students use them as canvases to create EMS posters with emergency messages. Return students' autographed posters to the supermarket to be put to practical use-bagging customers' groceries during National EMS Week. Customers will get the messages and pleasure form the students' artwork.
