Public Health Unit

The Public Health System – Day 4

- Local Laws & Open Note Quiz

Lesson Objective (Lesson One Day 4):•Content Objectives:

•TSWBAT restate core concepts from the introduction to Public Health lesson. •TSWBAT compose a new Public Health law or ordinance .

•Language Objectives: •TSWBAT restate core concepts from the introduction to Public Health lesson by taking an open notebook quiz. •TSWBAT create or design a current Public Health law or ordinance by developing a new law to improve the health of our community.

Open Notebook Quiz

• Please take out the 4 worksheets/note outlines from the “Introduction to Public Health” lesson

– You may use your notes the entire quiz

– You may not share notes with other classmates

• When you complete the quiz, quietly place it in the ‘to be graded’ pile

Laws for a Healthy Community

• Snow removal

• Trash/waste pick-up

• Grass cutting

• Pet clean-up

• Littering

• Smoke-free restaurants/bars

• No texting while driving

• Curfew

PA “Dumb Laws”• You may not sing in the bathtub.

• The Pennsylvania Game Commission dictates that foxes, crows and coyotes are the only permissible game on Sundays.

• If a motorist sees a horse coming down the road, the driver must pull off to the side of the road and cover the vehicle with canvas.

More “Dumb Laws”

• It is illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors.

• One cannot run for governor unless he/she has participated in a duel.

• Ministers are forbidden from performing marriages when either the bride or groom is drunk.

Even More “Dumb Laws”

• You may not catch a fish with your hands.

• You may not catch a fish by any body part except the mouth.

• Dynamite is not to be used to catch fish.

• Though you do not need a fishing license to fish on your own land, but a hunting license is required to hunt on your own land.

…it’ your turn…• YOU are now in charge of making local laws/ordinances in the

North Penn community

• Directions:– Pick a local law/ordinance you would like to change or get rid of– Create a new or change that law/ordinance

– Give ‘justification’ – why did you pick it? Why did you change it?

• When you are finished:– Check it with Mrs. P to make sure it will pass and get her approval– Staple or glue your worksheet to a piece of construction paper (color of

your choice)– Post it on the wall where Mrs. P directs you (Back-to-School night is

this week)