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Searching for Meanings Beneath the Surface of the Poem

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze poetry. For this cultural perspectives lesson, students read the poem "Soccer Until Dusk" by Mark Brazaitis. Students analyze the poem and consider the cultural perspective it reveals.
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Games and Toys Reflect Resources

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students will demonstrate their understanding that different games reflect local resources by creating a type of ball.
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Soccer Tennis

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars volley a soccer ball in a dynamic environment in teams of 3-6 players.
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Dribbling and Passing

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study soccer. In this lesson on a sport, 8th graders practice dribbling and passing skills associated with soccer.
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Bring on the World: Football Around the World

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners explore the existence of football in the world. In this current events lesson, students examine how football is played using an interactive whiteboard. Learners compare its existence in the United Kingdom and in African nations.
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Chinese Games

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars investigate the concepts related to the development of Chinese Games. They work with the teacher to point out important events in history that are related to their development and the influence of games upon the Chinese...
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"Resourceful" Games and Toys

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create a type of ball demonstrating how games reflect local resources. They observe photos of African children playing games with various items such as sand, shells or rocks. Then, working in teams, students make a ball from...
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Petanque: A Lawn Game

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders play the popular French game, Petanque.
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Reported Speech Soccer for ESL

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students explore English by participating in a class trivia activity. In this group speech lesson, students collaborate in small groups and identify phrases and terms on flash cards which they keep track of. Students utilize their...
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Full Game of Speedball

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students run lap around the field. They complete dynamic stretching: high knees, high knee kicks, forward lunges, 45 degree, side lunges, and high knee crossover. Students review the scoring and rules of the game speedball. They are...
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Soccer: Whole-Part-Whole Method-Dribbling to Beat an Opponent

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students practice soccer drills by playing various team combinations including a three vs. three player game and a four vs. four player game. They play a one player vs. one player game and a four vs. four bank game. Finishing their...
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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...
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Simon Says "Who Are You?"

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore their similarities and differences. In this getting to know you lesson, students play a variation of "Simon Says," according to various personality and physical traits.
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Steps to Fitness (with pedometers)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students evaluate the fitness potential of different activities using pedometers in game/play/exercise situations.
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Breaking News English: Soccer - the World's Most Exciting Sport

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English learning exercise, students read "Soccer - the World's Most Exciting Sport," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Mr Gym

Speedball

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
This is not your typical soccer activity. The basic rules of soccer are used with some flag football adaptations thrown in. When the ball is on the ground, play by the standard soccer rules, but when the ball goes into the air, a player...
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Multiplication

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice their multiplication facts by reinforcement and repetition. Students write facts in their math journals, and use labeled soccer ball and deck of cards to practice multiplying by "number of the day." Play continues until...
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Using Collective Nouns

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
What do you call a group of soccer players? Or a bunch of bees? Young grammarians review eight sentences and add the correct collective noun based on the context clues they observe.
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20 Tickets

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
A great hands-on activity involving adding and subtracting, beginner mathematicians determine how many games can be played with 20 tickets. Instead of tickets, youngsters use 20 counters or linking cubes to represent the amount of...
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Perkins School for the Blind

Balance Stations

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Children with visual impairments need to continuously work on balance, gross motor skills, and mobility. Foster mobility and orientation skills by engaging them in a series of fun balance stations during PE. You'll set up each...
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Offensive and Defensive Strategies

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders are introduced to offensive and defensive strategies in the game of soccer. They, in groups, develop their own strategies, write them down for presentation to the instructor and try them out against an opposing team.
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World-Class Competition

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the demographics and team history of some of the countries participating in the 2002 World Cup soccer tournament.
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FIFA World Cup 2010 Spain vs. Switzerland

For Students 7th
In this FIFA World Cup 2010 Spain vs. Switzerland worksheet, 7th graders listen to or read about the game, then fill in 10 blanks, correctly spell 10 scrambled letters, unscramble 10 sentences, complete a survey and write discussion...
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Over and Under

For Teachers K
Students play a game of passing the ball over their heads, between their legs and shout out letters of the alphabet each time the ball reaches the end of the line.