PE Course 1 · Week 25 · Dual Activities and Partnership
Choosing Partners Fairly
Students try several fair partner selection methods in badminton and journal about how it feels to be chosen first, last, or at random.
- Students will
- Students rally in badminton with partners formed by three fair selection methods and explain how cooperation and inclusion shape a positive game (C1.3.9).
- SEL skill
- Consider how a partner selection method may feel for others and choose a fair one
- What it looks like
- Students practice social awareness by noticing how being chosen first, last, or at random can feel for different people.
- Content focus
- Fair partner selection in badminton
- Format
- Partner exchange
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding how others see things and caring about them, including people whose backgrounds differ from yours. More social awareness activities
What you get
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Standards
- C1.3.9: High School Course 1, Standard 3 (Psychological and Sociological Concepts), item 3.9
- Student page: PE journal page
- SHAPE America (national): 3.12.1 Demonstrates awareness of other people's emotions and perspectives in a physical activity setting.
- SHAPE America (national): 3.12.2 Exhibits proper etiquette, respect for others, and teamwork while engaging in physical activity.
More social awareness activities for PE Course 1
- Strengths in Every Partner Social awarenessTeams plan a relay by assigning legs based on each teammate's strengths, then journal about a strength they noticed in someone else.
- Heat Smart in the Valley Social awarenessDuring a shaded, low intensity circuit, students learn the warning signs of heat illness in the Coachella Valley and practice checking in on a partner and following the class heat plan.
- Finding the Beat Together Social awarenessIn a mirror dance, partners take turns leading and following an eight count pattern and journal what it took to stay in sync.
- Dances From Our Cultures Social awarenessStudents learn basic steps from cumbia and other cultural dances and journal about a family or community tradition that involves movement.
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