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Jackie Robinson: Athlete and Activist
Can hitting a home run be an act of courage? Scholars analyze the impact Jackie Robinson had on the Civil Rights movement in America. They use primary sources and video clips to create 21st-Century baseball cards of Robinson's many...
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Four Corners Locomotion
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 students will ask you to play this game again and...
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Black Diamond
Score a home run with this packet of information on the very first player of the Negro League to be elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame — cultural groundbreaker and sports legend Satchel Paige. These worksheets include a...
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Athletics Lesson 1
Students practice various distance and sprinting activities. In this physical education activity, students complete a warm-up of stretching exercises and explore different ways of jumping. Students walk a trail briskly and then jog.
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Lifestyles of an Olympic Hopeful
Students compare and contrast their lives with one other teenager in the United States (or another country!) who has aspirations of becoming an Olympic athlete. They address quality of life issues.
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Learners study the contributions of Jackie Joyner-Kersee. In this service learning lesson, students explore the work of Jackie Joyner-Kersee as an Olympic athlete and philanthropist.
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Pop Art People
Young scholars research art history by creating an illustration in class. In this popular art lesson, students identify Keith Haring by researching information on the web. Young scholars draw people in different athletic poses and mount...
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Challenging Yourself
Students design a one-day challenge, try to do it, and then write about it. It could be giving up sweets, going for a three-mile run or being nicer to a sibling. They compose a writing piece describing their experience from taking on...
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Celebrity Social Responsibility: Does Celebrity Require Social Responsibility?
Is much required of those to whom much is given? That's the central question asked of middle schoolers in this lesson. Scholars consider the actions of Tommie Smith and John Carlos, Colin Kaepernick, Lady Gaga, and others who have taken...
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The Birth of the Ancient Games: The Olympics
This exercise includes a lengthy article on the history of the Olympics as well as a map of Ancient Greece. The last page includes 15 reading comprehension questions about the passage. A fairly thorough look at this topic - geared toward...
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Atha-Baska-Ball
Students participate in a game of two teams trying to score as many points as possible by throwing or bopping a large beach ball toward the opposing team's backboard. Team members must follow specific guidelines for the game as well as...
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Summer Olympics: Crossword
In this summer Olympics worksheet, students fill in a crossword answering questions about the summer Olympics. Students fill in 35 questions.
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The Gingerbread Person
Students discuss gender bias and stereotyping. For this social science lesson, students read the book "The Gingerbread Boy" and discuss why it is a boy. Students then write their own story changing it to a gingerbread girl and a female fox.
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Drugs In Sports
Young scholars explore why drug testing happens and why drug use is a problem in sports. Students classify the consequences of using drugs while participating in sports. Young scholars relate drug usage in their own lives and school...
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Summer Olympics Crossword Puzzle
In this Summer Olympics crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 15 clues to identify the correct terms that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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Saucony CEO Puts His Foot Down on Loyalty
Students explore the concept of entrepreneurship. In this entrepreneurship lesson, students read an article about a small shoe company who manages to compete with the show giants. Students discuss why this small shoe company has found...
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Heroes and Hoplites for a Day
Young scholars consider the accomplishments of the Greeks. In this ancient Greece lesson, students take a closer look at Greek artifacts, history, and culture as they visit the suggested museums and their websites.
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Olympic Field Day
Students participate in a school-wide "Olympics" complete with opening and closing ceremonies, class competitions, medals and more. Activities can vary depending on age and physical abilities.
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Summer Olympics Crossword
In this summer Olympics worksheet, students fill in words that have to do with the summer Olympics in this crossword. Students fill in 24 words.
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It's About Time: Olympics, Winter Sports, Math, Media, Time Zones
Students use the Internet to determine broadcast times for the Winter Olympic Games snowboarding competitions. In determining these times, they need to consider time zones throughout the world.
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Olympic Snowboarding Village
Young scholars adopt a country to research and tour the country online. They plan a trip from Nagano back home to their country.
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Working' (More Than) 9 to 5
Students consider how men and women are alike and different, and explore society's expectations of how members of each gender should balance work and family life by taking surveys.
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People Who Work
Students chart volunteers they are familiar with in school, church or in the community. In this nonprofit jobs, lesson students understand that all members of a community need to take responsibility in that community. Students vote on...
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The Impact of Hazelwood on School Publications
Ninth graders explore the Supreme Court Case Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier. In this American Government lesson, 9th graders research the recent history of censorship and how the courts have been involved in either...