PE Course 1 · Week 24 · Individual Activities and Personal Goals
Moving for a Purpose
Students try a mini circuit modeled on the physical tasks of local jobs like firefighting and farm work and reflect on how fitness supports the work people do.
- Students will
- Students try a mini circuit modeled on physical tasks of local jobs and identify the fitness requirements of an occupation (C1.2.6).
- SEL skill
- Connect a fitness choice to the community work it supports
- What it looks like
- Students practice responsible decision-making by connecting fitness choices to the community work they value.
- Content focus
- Moving for a purpose
- Format
- Group roles share
Responsible decision-making
Responsible decision-making means making thoughtful choices that consider safety, ethics, and what is good for yourself and others. More responsible decision-making activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- C1.2.6: High School Course 1, Standard 2 (Physical Fitness), item 2.6
- Student page: PE journal page
- SHAPE America (national): 2.12.5 Analyzes how health and fitness will impact quality of life after high school.
More responsible decision-making activities for PE Course 1
- Pressure on the Court Responsible decision-makingDuring a partner challenge, students rehearse short scripts for responding when peers push them to skip a safety step or mock a classmate.
- Exercise as Medicine Responsible decision-makingAfter a brisk 6 minute walk, students privately rate their mood before and after and connect regular activity to preventing disease over a lifetime.
- Practice Plans That Work Responsible decision-makingAfter a quick skill check in an individual activity, students write a short practice plan based on their own results and test it for one round.
- Fitness Myths and Smart Choices Responsible decision-makingBetween circuit stations, students examine sample fitness product ads, judge whether the claims are honest, and name the feelings the ads try to stir up.
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