Unit Title: Workplace Safety
Grade Level: Culinary 1
Timeframe: 15 Blocks
Essential Questions
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Who is legally responsible for providing a safe environment and ensuring safe practices?
What is the role of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations?
What are the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) requirements for employers?
What are the requirements for storing hazardous chemicals in an operation?
What is the importance of general safety audits and safety training?
Why is it important to complete accident reports?
What is the purpose of an emergency plan?
How can protective clothing and equipment prevent injuries?
What electrical hazards contribute to accidental fires?
What are the different classifications of fires and fire extinguishers?
With what frequency should equipment be cleaned in order to help prevent fires?
What actions should be taken in the event of a fire at a foodservice operation?
How do you clean up spills on the floor?
What are the steps to use ladders safely?
What are the steps to proper lifting and carrying procedures to avoid injuries?
What are the correct safe uses of knives?
What is first aid?
What is CPR?
What is the Heimlich maneuver?
What are some external threats to an operation?
Common Core Standards
21st Century Skills Standard and Progress Indicators:
9.2.12.C.7 Examine the professional, legal, and ethical responsibilities for both employers and
employees in the global workplace.
9.3.12.AG‐FD.1 Develop and implement procedures to ensure safety, sanitation and quality in food product
and processing facilities.
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Standards/Cumulative Progress Indicators (Taught and Assessed):
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Instructional Plan
Unit 3 Pretest
SLO - WALT
Understand and
demonstrate
workplace safety,
including
government
laws/regulations,
audits, and the
importance and use
of personal
protective
equipment.
9.2.12.C.7
9.3.12.AG‐FD.1
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Student Strategies
Research Based
Formative
Assessment
Safety Policy
Reports
Small Group
Classroom Audit
reports
Activities and Resources
Workplace Health and Safety
Policies activity in
Foundations Level 1
Teachers Ed. Pg. 159
Classroom Audit Activity in
Foundations Level 1 pg. 173
Reflection
Foundations Level 1 Companion site – Chapter 3 Multiple Choice/ True False
Questions
http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_nra_foundations_1/154/39652/10151013.cw//t/index.html
Reflection
Foundations Level 1 text page 172 questions
Foundations Level 1 Companion site – Chapter 3 Essay Questions
http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_nra_foundations_1/154/39652/10151013.cw//t/index.html
Importance of
having an
emergency and
evacuation plans in
place and their uses.
Group Activity –
Small or whole
group
Classroom safety
plans
Safety Posters
Project Based
9.3.12.AG‐FD.1
Understand and
demonstrate
practices that will
prevent or handle
injuries and
accidents, including
fires, burns, slips &
falls, and cuts.
Classroom Emergency Plan
activity in Foundations Level
1 pg. 173.
Small Group
Safety acronym
activity
Critical Thinking
Employee PPE
reports
Safety Posters activity in
Foundations Level 1
Teachers Edition pg. 166
Remembering Safety
Information in Foundations
Level 1 Teachers Edition Pg.
180
Foundations Level 1 text page 172 questions
Foundations Level 1 Companion site – Chapter 3 Essay Questions
http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_nra_foundations_1/154/39652/10151013.cw//t/index.html
Foundations Level 1 text page 197 questions
Foundations Level 1 Companion site – Chapter 3 Essay Questions
http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_nra_foundations_1/154/39652/10151013.cw//t/index.html
Employee PPE activity in
Foundations Text Level 1 pg.
198
9.3.12.AG‐FD.1
Basics of first aid,
who should and
shouldn’t administer
first aid, and what
external threats can
affect a business.
Small group
Inquiry Based
Learning
Slip up activity
responses
Slip Up activity in
Foundations Level 1 pg. 207
First-Aid kit
report
First-Aid kit activity in
Foundations Level 1 pg. 207
Foundations Level 1 text page 206 questions
Foundations Level 1 Companion site – Chapter 3 Essay Questions
http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_nra_foundations_1/154/39652/10151013.cw//t/index.html
9.3.12.AG‐FD.1
Benchmark Assessment: Unit 3 Exam
Summative Written Assessments
Unit 3 Exam
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Foundations Exam prep questions pg. 210-211 in text.
Summative Performance Assessment
Evaluated in ALL(present and future, through Culinary 3) kitchen exercises on the kitchen rubric
under safety and sanitation
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