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Light the Torch: The First Modern Olympic Games
Explore many aspects of the first modern Olympic Games in your classroom.
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Interview with a Famous Athlete
Teach your learners how to conduct an interview. English learners will learn the language patterns behind asking questions and creating answers through sentence frames and pictures though the topic of famous athletes.
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Menu for an Athlete
Football, basketball, softball. What do these sports have in common? Athletes. Young scholars learn about and discuss the food pyramind, especially grains, with the thought that they will be planning a pre-competition meal and snack for...
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Women and Sports
Students examine how women in sports has changed over the years. In this women in sports lesson students research the benefits of being active.
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Jim Thorpe: The Greatest Athlete of the Century
Students discuss what makes a sports legend. For this Jim Thorpe activity students analyze both the triumphs and tragedies of Jim Thorpe's sports career. Students then write a letter persuading their representative to name Jim Thorpe the...
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Holding Out for a Hero: Roberto Clemente
Students brainstorm lists of heroes, heroic qualities, and ways to pay tribute to heroes. In this Holding Out for a Hero lesson, students record Clemente's heroic attributes as athlete ad humanitarian. After visiting the Beyond Baseball...
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They Were All Stars: An Introduction to Leagues Baseball
Students identify the basic knowledge of Negro Leagues baseball.
Students identify and analyze the important individuals and events associated with Negro Leagues baseball history.
Students identify key vocabulary related to this period...
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LESSON 5: Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Students explore Jackie Jooyner-Kersee and how she's a motivator for people both as an athlete and a philanthropist.