PE Course 2 · Week 23 · Leadership and Inclusion
Who Plays and Why
After trying an unfamiliar game from another culture, students discuss how age, culture, and access shape who gets to play.
- Students will
- After trying an unfamiliar game from another culture, students discuss how age, culture, and access shape who gets to play (C2.3.6).
- SEL skill
- Identify how age, culture, and access shape who gets to play
- What it looks like
- Students practice social awareness by appreciating differences in culture and access that affect who gets chances to play.
- Content focus
- Who plays and why: games from other cultures
- Format
- Structured discussion
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
- C2.3.6: High School Course 2, Standard 3 (Psychological and Sociological Concepts), item 3.6
- Student page: PE journal page
- SHAPE America (national): 3.12.5 Analyzes the value of a specific physical activity in a variety of cultures.
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.
- Choosing Teams Fairly Social awarenessStudents compare ways of forming teams, test fair methods in a game, and journal about how team selection affects belonging.
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