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Stadium Voices
Learners watch NEW YORK VOICES special "New York Sports: Big Shots and Bad Guys," read excerpts from famous novels/essays in hopes of understanding the feelings that sports stadiums inspire, and create a tourist brochure that highlights...
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Stadium Publicity Project
Students perform the primary tasks of public relations specialists in creating a buzz about a new arena. They create an invitation inviting special guests to a grand opening party and hold a press conference announcing the opening of a...
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Geography Lesson 1
Students examine relationship between population centers and sports teams, explore influence of weather on attendance, and research influence of geography, traffic flow and disposable income on site selection for sports stadiums.
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Sport and Security
Students examine world sports. In this current events lesson, students analyze a photograph of a sport scene to determine what was taking place when the photograph was taken. Students respond to the provided discussion questions about...
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Sports and Olympics - Word Puzzle
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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If You Build It, They Will Come
Students, in groups, develop a new sports team, design a multi-use stadium for the team, and promote a special event at the stadium.
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Olympics
Are the Olympic Games a benefit for their host countries and cities? Scholars decide for themselves in preparation for a class debate or discussion. After reading a brief background and overview of the topic, pupils read the top three...
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My Community
Students identify how their school has changed. In this local community lesson, students listen to a brief history of their town and school and interview someone that graduated from their school. Students then create a map of their...
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The Frozen Gridiron
Students conduct research for this lesson plan is based on viewing the Historica Footprints, Normie Kwong, Russ Jackson, Ron Lancaster and Angelo Mosca. The first Grey Cup game was played on a cold, blustery day in December 1909. The...
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Individual Rights at School
Students understand that disputes over law and individual rights touch all phases of daily life, even athletic and recreational activities
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Baseball in Korea
Seventh graders explore the origins of baseball. In this Geography lesson, 7th graders compare Korean baseball teams with other countries. Students create a map of all the baseball teams around the world.
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Politics and the Olympics
Students discover details regarding Olympics controversies. In this international politics instructional activity, students research Olympic games of the Modern Era noting the controversies surrounding Beijing Olympics. Students create...
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Opening the Olympic Games
Learners examine the history of the Olympic Games, including the opening ceremonies. In small groups, they create Olympic flags using symbols that represent their country and communities. In phase two of the lesson, students work in...
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Olympics (World Celebrations)
Students recognize the meanings and symbolism of the Olympic Flag and Torch and apply this to their own feelings of the classroom by creating their own symbol/flag to represent these feelings.
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Football Hooliganism
Students evaluate the problm of hooliganism and its possible solutions. Through videos and news stories, students analyze examples of hooliganism. They discuss the problem and ways to help stop the violence.
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Challenging Regional Stereotypes
Students analyze the regional stereotypes that exist in Whales and formulate personal opinions about these views. Students discuss the impact of adjectives used to describe people from different regions of the U.K.
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The Games Divided
In these Olympic history worksheets, students read about the ancient Olympic games and the modern games. Students complete a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the past and present Olympic games.
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Ballparks: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Includes facts and information about the fascinating and historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, host of two summer Olympics.