PE Course 2 · Week 21 · Leadership and Inclusion
Choosing Teams Fairly
Students compare ways of forming teams, test fair methods in a game, and journal about how team selection affects belonging.
- Students will
- Students compare ways of forming teams, test fair methods in a game, and journal about how team selection affects belonging (C2.3.9).
- SEL skill
- Consider how a team method affects belonging for everyone
- What it looks like
- Students practice social awareness by considering how it feels to be included or left out and choosing fair methods.
- Content focus
- Choosing teams fairly so everyone belongs
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
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
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
- C2.3.9: High School Course 2, 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.
More social awareness activities for PE Course 2
- Encouraging Every Level Social awarenessIn mixed ability stations, students practice specific encouragement for classmates at every level and journal about encouragement that helped them.
- Seeing the Whole Field Social awarenessIn small sided soccer, players freeze on a whistle and read teammates' positions and body language to choose the best next move.
- Leading the Warm Up Social awarenessSmall groups take turns leading a warm up and adjusting it to the group's energy and needs in the moment.
- Games for All Abilities Social awarenessGroups modify a team game so that players with different abilities, including wheelchair users, can fully participate, then play the new version.
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