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Module 3 — At Home Safety (Course Content)

Recovered from MODULE_3_At_Home_Safety_Sept_8_2017.zip.

The largest module in the course — 26 screens, 80 MB, 6 videos, 133 audio files. Built with Storyline 3.7 (2017, Flash-dependent).

This is the flagship module. It maps directly onto the Home Alone course that Velma describes as unique to SOS 4 Kids and one of the two biggest sellers.

Structure

The module walks a child through a full day alone at home, in order:

  1. Badge introduction
  2. Arriving home — steps, then a video
  3. Leaving home — steps
  4. Contact list — worksheet and video
  5. Family agreement worksheet
  6. Safe snacking — rules, video, quiz intro, quiz
  7. Safe activities — video and three quizzes
  8. Mr. Taylor wants in — video and follow-up
  9. Pizza guy scenario (Trust Meter)
  10. Phone call scenario (Trust Meter)
  11. At Home Safety Badge Challenge — five questions
  12. Congratulations

Arriving home — the key rules

Five rules, stated as real text on screen:

  • If you use a code to unlock your door, keep the code secret.
  • Have a backup plan in case your key gets lost.
  • Remember to take your key out of the door.
  • Don’t write your home address on the key chain.
  • Keep your key hidden in the same safe spot.

A video then asks: What should Brandon do first?

Leaving home — the steps

A sequence with icons. Recovered steps include pack your backpack and text parent or guardian, ending with heading off to school. Some steps in the middle could not be read — they are artwork.

Worksheets

Two printable-style worksheets, both entirely graphical:

  • Contact list worksheet (with an accompanying video)
  • Family agreement worksheet

These are the same kind of take-home material Velma mentions selling to program partners. Their content could not be recovered from the package.

Safe snacking

Screen heading: Tips for safe snacking when home alone, with a section on food choices and an explicit rule: don’t use knives.

Followed by a video, a quiz introduction and a quiz.

The two Trust Meter scenarios

Same interactive device introduced in Module 2, reused here:

  • Pizza guy — someone at the door claiming to be a delivery
  • Phone call — an unknown caller

Both ask the child to judge trust and act.

Mr. Taylor wants in

A video, then the question: Mr. Taylor is a neighbor. Is it okay to let him in? followed by a follow-up screen.

Mr. Taylor appears in three separate modules — here, in Module 2 (the gift) and in Module 4 (the online chat). He is the course’s recurring “known adult who is not safe” character. That is deliberate and well done, and it is a real asset: it means the modules teach a connected story rather than sitting as isolated lessons.

The badge challenge — five questions

Unlike Modules 1, 2 and 4 (which are yes/no), this module uses proper multiple choice with four options.

Q1. What is the first thing you should do when you get home? Remove your shoes / Sing a song / Lock the door / Call grandma

Q2. Which of these is NOT part of your “arriving home” routine? Unlocking the door / Putting your key away / Going for a dip in the pool / Calling a parent or guardian

Q3. A food choice that is NOT safe when home alone is… Banana / Prepared dip and carrots / Cereal and milk / Frozen chicken fingers

Q4. Which of these is NOT a hazard? Shoes on the stairs / Overloaded electrical circuit / Wet or slippery floor / A locked front door

Q5. What is the last thing you should do when you leave the house? Make your lunch / Lock the door / Brush your teeth / Clean up breakfast dishes

Answer key (inferred)

Question Answer
Q1 First thing when you get home Lock the door
Q2 NOT part of arriving home Going for a dip in the pool
Q3 Unsafe food choice Frozen chicken fingers (needs cooking)
Q4 NOT a hazard A locked front door
Q5 Last thing when you leave Lock the door

The package does not record correct answers in readable form. These are inferred from the content and should be confirmed.

Notes

Placeholder text shipped in the quiz. Question 1’s screen contains the strings QUESTION?, Answer 1 and Answer 2 alongside the real question and answers — leftover template text that was never removed.

Six videos, no transcripts or captions.

Heavy Flash dependency — 240 Flash files, the most of any module.