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Wrestling Lesson Plans
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Fifth graders investigate the human muscular system within the context of three forms of wrestling. They create a personal wrestling booklet.
Students investigate the form and function of the human muscular system within the context of wrestling. They compare and contrast the three forms of wrestling, and discover the importance of the muscular system in each style.
Learners wrestle each other using medicine balls or large playground balls.
Students solve basic multiplication problems and use the FOIL method to solve problems with parenthesis. In this multiplication lesson plan, students play a wrestling game to practice their multiplication.
Students discuss the problem of wrestling on the playground that has resulted in injuries to classmates. They research the problem using print and Internet resources. They listen to a presentation by the high school wrestling coach. They design a PowerPoint presentation, write to government official and local newspaper to attempt to eliminate the problem.
Students explore Shinto culture. In this sumo wrestling lesson, students study the Shinto roots of Sumo wresting as well the presence of Sumo wrestling in the world today.
Students are introduced to the FOIL method. For this FOIL lesson, students play a game where they get 4 numbers to create two 2 digit numbers to multiply. They separate these numbers into the sum of tens and ones and use FOIL to solve.
Seventh graders study how geography affects the development of civilizations. They examine how geography affects settlement, how civilizations met and continue to meet their needs and the foundations of the democracy we enjoy in Canada today.
Students identify artwork by Romare Bearden and to explain his techniques. They look for cut and pasted papers and images, paint, ink and pencil designs, shapes and spaces and the rhythms therein. They listen to music by looking at Bearden's work and see Bearden's work by listening to jazz.
The purpose of this teaching unit is two-fold: to encourage the enjoyment of reading and to show how others cope with social situations. Students should want to read but distracters such as television and electronic gaming inhibit the need to read. There are two lessons and an extensive overview as context. The lessons focus on problems facing teenagers and evaluating complex behaviors.
