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Lesson Plan Title:
All's fair in sport and competition |
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3-12 |
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| Locomotor |
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| Individual Activities |
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Functional Fitness |
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Body Image |
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Well-Being |
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Communication |
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Fair Play |
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Leadership |
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Team Work |
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Effort |
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Safety |
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Goal Setting/Personal Challenge |
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Active Living In The Community |
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Grade Specific Outcomes |
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Students will create a physical contest that has little to no cultural or gender biases. The contest must have an evaluation criteria that ranks competitors according to ability in that event.
- Students will learn to communicate by creating or modifying a physical task that can be performed throughout the world.
- Students will learn that competition, under a set of rules, is a good thing.
- Students will learn that evaluating and ranking competitors based on performance may contribute to fair and unfair play by competitors.
1. Arrange students into groups if you wish.
2. Discuss with students some of the history of sports and athletic competition. Issues concerning the establishment of a system of fair rules, criteria for evaluation, and quality of competition may be discussed.
3. Challenge students to create or modify an activity. The activities should be based on individual competition.
4. Students must include a description of the event, rules of play, and a ranking/evaluation criteria based on performance. Using time or distance to measure may be recommended to certain age groups. Students may wish to draw a picture or diagram of the event.
5. Once the games have been created, run your own class competition with the students as the instructors and judges of their events. Record results and present awards to top performers, if you wish.
6. Discuss issues that may have come about, ie. cheating, advantaged or disadvantaged competitors based on age, gender, culture.
Evaluation:
1. Peer evaluation
- How much do the competitors like the game.
- How fair was the game.
- Was the game easy to understand.
2. Reflection:
- How did the students respond to or like the competitive atmosphere?
- What did they like most/least. When did they feel most/least comfortable.
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Equipment:
You may find information at the following websites.
http://www.olympic.org/ - International Olympic Website
http://www.iaaf.org/ - International Amatuer Athletic Federation
http://www.arctic.ca/LUS/Inuit_Games_LUS.html - Inuit Games Website
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Adaptations:
Grade, based on level of activity.
Students at higher grade levels may be challenged to modify their games for handi-capped competiors.
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