Within the Insurance Institute's Curriculum Connections program, we have two resources for teachers of life skills: "Know Your Risk" and "Risk Responsibility Reality", + Additional Resources like PowerPoint presentations on home, auto and business insurance. (See Education Resources and the blue box on that page for more detailed information). Below is some description of life skills curricula and how our resources can help teachers meet intended outcomes.
Know Your Risk aims to develop core transferable risk management skills in students. Risk is a relative phenomenon. As educators, you are constantly encouraging your students to take risks - to try to achieve things that are new and unfamiliar. To an advanced skier, the "black diamond" run may present a low to moderate risk. However, to a beginner, this same run can be life-threatening. The challenge for all of us is how to embrace risk while protecting ourselves from any possible negative consequences. The goal of Know Your Risk is to help students to better understand the risks they take and to decide when a risk is not worth taking.
For Life Skills programs in grades 7 to 9 (with potential application in grades 4 to 7 as well), click on your province on the right to see how the Know Your Risk resource meets curriculum outcomes, by province (or see pages 5 and 6 in the resource itself.)
The Life Skills section of Risk Responsibility Reality supports the personal and social responsibility outcomes of the curriculum across Canada. With the larger than life vignettes presented in the DVD, teachers are able to discuss the implications for personal and social responsibility in aspects of a student's life, primarily in the area of peer relationships. We can offer opportunities for students to understand the nature of decision styles and how they can be used to the best advantage. Students can also practice the skill of making responsible decisions, and can learn how responsibility affects and builds lasting peer relationships.
For Life Skills programs in grades 9 to 12, click on your province on the right to see how the Risk Responsibility Reality resource meets curriculum outcomes, by province (see pages 26 and 27 in the resource itself.)
Make a Career Connection – Classroom Kit
Coming Soon! Insurance is part of everything your students do and you can help them find their place in it. These new resources will explore the benefits of a career in the P&C insurance industry, the variety of career options available and demonstrate the entry points leading into a career in insurance.
Forces of Nature: How extreme weather impacts our daily lives
This resource highlights the role of insurance in the aftermath of a natural disaster. By focusing on four examples of Canadian disasters: the Quebec ice storm, hurricane Juan, the Peterborough floods, and the Kelowna wildfires, students will gain an understanding of the cause and effect relationships between human activity and the environment, the impact of natural disasters have on communities and how they recover from the damages. This resource is designed to compliment grades 9-12 science and geography curriculum and comes with a DVD that can be used to enhance and inform class discussions.
You're IN Business
This comprehensive resource brings the real world into you business studies classroom by introducing your students to the business of insurance. This resource builds on provincial curriculum standards while increasing student understanding of ethics, entrepreneurship, marketing and the reality of the risks inherent in operating a business. This resource has been designed for business studies students in grades 9 through 12 studying Intro to Business, Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship.
Read the independent Curriculum Services Canada evaluation assessment.
Risk Responsibility Reality
This resource uses three humourous vignettes, showcasing real-life events relevant to high school students, to explore the issues of social responsibility, legal liability, ethical behaviour and practical life skills. This resource has been designed for grades 9 through 12 for use in Law, Life Skills, Career Planning and Family Studies classrooms.
Read the independent Curriculum Services Canada evaluation assessment.
Know Your Risk
This resource encourages your students to explore the risks in their lives and the role ethics plays in their personal decision-making. This resource has been designed for students in grades 4 and beyond in subjects of Life skills, Career and Life Management and Health. This resource is also available in French.
Read the independent Curriculum Services Canada evaluation assessment.