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The Winter Olympics' Tale

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students look back at the athletes, events and related news surrounding the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City and present brief newscasts recapping the highlights of individual sports.
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Social Studies: The Birth of Olympism

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete maps of Ancient Greece identifying key sites of the ancient Olympic games. After watching a video, they complete worksheets about the games and the athletes. Students discuss how the spirit of Ekecheiria, the "Sacred...
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National First Ladies' Library

History of Women in Sports

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine online or hard copy timelines of athletics, discuss what they like and dislike about time tables they have reviewed, research in small groups history of basketball, baseball, gymnastics, or track and field, and create...
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I'll Trade You . . .

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students watch the video, New York Sports: Big Shots and Bad Guys. They research some of the players highlighted in the show for information about their athletic prowess, their importance in the city, and their reputations as Big Shots...
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PBS

Jackie Robinson's Complicated — and Important — Legacy

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Americans tend to lock their heroes in history, holding these icons to a particular event or time. Jackie Robinson is such a hero, remembered by most for becoming the first African American to play in the Major Leagues. Young historians...
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Learning for Justice

Challenging Gender Stereotyping and Homophobia in Sports

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young learners are asked to challenge what they see as stereotyping and homophobia in sports and the arts. Participants read an article about sexual orientation in the NFL and statements from public figures like Theodore Roosevelt. They...
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How E-Commerce Influences Consumer Choice

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Class members gather information on different brands of athletic shoes to determine which is the best buy. They identify a toy they would like to buy, and gather comparative information from a store, a catalog, and three websites.
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World Cup 2010: WebQuest and Activities

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars discover the history of the World Cup and the current host country, South Africa.  For this athletics lesson, students utilize the Internet to research and complete a WebQuest about South Africa.  Young scholars discuss...
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Four Corners Locomotion

For Teachers K - 5th
A simple P.E. activity will get young athletes running, jumping, hopping, skipping, and crabwalking! These locomotor movement exercises are a great way to build up aerobic endurance. Your learners will ask you to play this game again and...
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Pennsylvania Boxing: Living the American Dream

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners reflect on fictional and real boxers from Pennsylvania.  In this history instructional activity, students read, reflect and discuss the historical period following World War II and observe the boxers that were famous from...
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study the contributions of Jackie Joyner-Kersee. In this service learning instructional activity, students explore the work of Jackie Joyner-Kersee as an Olympic athlete and philanthropist.
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Famous Olympians

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study about famous Olympic athletes. They are introduced to a few that have earned gold medals to encourage interest. Students read to find out more about them to become with more equally famous Olympic Games stars.
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Tracking the Olympics

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students conduct interviews. In this Olympic lesson, students play the parts of Olympic athletes and sports announcers. Students take part in interviews practicing both parts and create podcasts of the interviews.
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Recap and Activities (Reveloutionary War Era)

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discuss the importance of the Second Continental Congress. They compare and contrast present-day athletic mascots and their roots in the Revolutionary War. After discussing Loyalists and Patriots, 8th graders write...
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Beisbol! Latino Baseball Pioneers and Legends

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore Latin America by researching the favorite past time, baseball. In this Latin culture lesson plan, students identify the leaders in the Latin American baseball movement such as Felipe Alou, Jose Mendze, and the great...
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Civil War

Civil War Medicine: Fact or Fiction

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Young historians compare the presentation of medical care during the Civil War in passages from fictional and nonfictional texts. They examine passages from Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell and Soldier's Heart by Gary Paulsen, and...
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Marybeth Lobiecki

Beyond Baseball with Jackie Robinson

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Jackie Robinson was more than a baseball star, he was a prominent activist. The thought-provoking resource focuses on the life and achievements of Jackie Robinson, from his baseball career to his civic participation. Academics listen and...
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Gobal Oneness Project

Sports for Social Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
After watching a short online film about a soccer player Nolusindiso Plaatje and his help with the Grassroot Soccer program, a community education effort aimed at spreading awareness about HIV/AIDS prevention, use a lesson plan to prompt...
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Jackie Robinson, A Black Hero

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars examine the life of Jackie Robinson and how he opened the door for other African American athletes. They identify how one person can make a difference by their actions. They write about the responsiblity of citizens to end...
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A Day at the Ancient Olympics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine how athletes from various ancient Greek city-states behaved at the Olympic Games. They conduct Internet research, take notes on a worksheet, and write a screenplay for a television drama about the Olympic Games in...
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Public Trust

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers discover public trust. In this civics lesson, students explore how to promote public trust as they use their resources to support worthy politicians, athletes, celebrities, and corporations.
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Pop Art People

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students research art history by creating an illustration in class. In this popular art lesson, students identify Keith Haring by researching information on the web. Students draw people in different athletic poses and mount their...
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Sports and Olympics - Word Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this Olympics worksheet, students challenge themselves to complete the Olympics vocabulary crossword puzzle by identifying the 16 words that are defined as clues.
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Paul Robeson: The Renaissance Man

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the life of athlete, actor, singer, cultural scholar, author, and political activist, Paul Robeson. They answer the question, "Which was most important to American culture -Robeson's work as a scholar, a performer, an...

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