Archived · 11 August 2026
This live-action treatment has been retired. On 10 August Velma confirmed the animated treatment is the one to build: “We both prefer the animated versions so no need to do both going forward.” The page is kept as a record of the comparison. The live version of this lesson is Home Alone 1.1, animated.
Home Alone Safety › The course › Badge 1, Street Smarts › The walk home
The walk home
Watch what Brandon does. Then you decide.
New format sample — for review, August 13. This is Lesson 1.1 rebuilt the way we agreed on the August 7 call: video first, a decision the child makes with a button under the player, and a branch for each answer. Captions are on every clip. Nothing here is read to pass — the child watches, chooses, and sees the result. This is the live-action treatment — the register Brandon was originally shot in, so the child copies how a real boy dresses and behaves. The animated version is one click away above — identical script, identical beats.
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Clip 1 — the walk home. Brandon walks along the pavement toward the corner. His headphones are over his ears and he is looking down at his phone. He reaches the curb and keeps walking without lifting his head.
Clip 2 — if you answered yes. Brandon steps into the road without looking. A car passes fast in front of him and the tires screech. The screen goes black. Brandon is not hurt.
Clip 3 — the right way. Seen from behind Brandon, so you are looking where he looks. He stops at the curb, puts his phone in his pocket and rests his headphones around his neck. He looks left, up the near lane — and a car is coming, so he waits for it to pass. He looks right, then left again, then crosses. A voice says: “Phone away, in your pocket. Headphones down around your neck, so you can hear. Now look left. That is the lane closest to you, so that is where the danger comes from first, and someone is coming. So you wait. Now look right. Then left again. Clear. Catch the driver’s eye, and go.”
Download the caption files
Sidecar caption files, not burned into the picture — so they can be restyled, re-timed or translated without re-rendering a single clip.
Clip 1 captions (WebVTT) · Clip 2 captions · Clip 3 captions
How to use this lesson without a mouse
Every control on this page is a real button. Use Tab to move between them and Enter or Space to choose. Captions are switched on by default and can be turned off in the video player.