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National First Ladies' Library

Who’s on First? in the End Zone? at the net? in the Ring?

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Pupils are introduced to some sport heroes from the 20th century. They are told that although many sports have their own Halls of Fame, there is no one list of the top 10 athletes from the 20th century. It is their job to research famous...
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Saving Humpty Dumpty;Recycling, Environmental Science, Math, Ecology, Athletic Shoes

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students describe how shoe design, manufacturing, retailing, consumer use, and disposal impact environments and societies. They discuss ways to reduce, reuse, or recycle resources in the life-cycle for a shoe product.
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They Were All Stars: An Introduction to Leagues Baseball

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the basic knowledge of Negro Leagues baseball. Students identify and analyze the important individuals and events associated with Negro Leagues baseball history. Students identify key vocabulary related to this period...
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Athletics Lesson 1

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners practice various distance and sprinting activities. In this physical education lesson, students complete a warm-up of stretching exercises and explore different ways of jumping. Learners walk a trail briskly and then jog.
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Athletics

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students work in teams to perform a relay race. In this relay lesson plan, students throw a bean bag to one another after they are done racing, and the first team to have all 8 players done wins the relay.
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Football game seating: Security or Restriction?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils write an article or an editorial about the situation of Cleveland-area schools instituting policies to restrict seating at night football games. Students research their own school policy, as well as other school policies.
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Footbag - Lesson 3 - Outside Kick

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Agile athletes can master the game of Footbag, or Hacky Sack. It's a quick game of reflexes and flexibility. Balance is of utmost importance when performing the skills. Lesson 3 teaches them how to perform the outside kick. Note:...
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2 Ball Bop

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Use this creative activity to get your young athletes moving! Many baseball and softball coaches use this type of skill drill at practice. It improves hand-eye coordination and timing. If you are planning to use it in your PE class, use...
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Food and Energy

For Teachers K - 2nd
What is a calorie? How many calories do young people require? How many do athletes require? How many calories do adults need? Introduce learners to the calories in foods. Explain that different types of foods have different amounts of...
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Muhammad Ali: Boxer and Civil Rights Activist

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
Many young people today know Muhammad Ali as the aging boxer who lit the torch at the 1996 Olympics. Introduce young historians to Ali the boxer, the Civil Rights activist, the war protestor, and the humanitarian with a powerful lesson...
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Mascil Project

Sports Physiology and Statistics

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
If I want to build up my heart, where should I start? Science scholars use statistics in a sports physiology setting during an insightful experiment. Groups measure resting and active heart rates and develop a scatter plot that shows the...
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Lifestyles of an Olympic Hopeful

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils 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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The Rules of the Game

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students debate whether college athletes should be held to a higher behavioral standard than non-athletes. Students determine whether behavior outside of school should be punishable by university administration, then write letters to the...
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Sporting Tolerance

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate African-American baseball players from the early 20th century. They read an article, answer discussion questions, write a journal entry, and create a poster-size baseball card for an athlete.
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It's How You Play the Game

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students assess and explain the qualities that they believe are possessed by great professional athletes. They examine whether or not getting away with breaking a rule in a sport is considered cheating or gamesmanship.
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Joltin' Joe Has Left and Gone Away

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students assess admirable qualities in entertainers. They discuss Joe DiMaggio's obituary, focusing on his accomplishments and place in American society. They research and create their own descriptive biographies of athletes and...
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The New York Times

Kidding Around Down Under

For Teachers 6th - 12th
After reading an article, "From an Alternate to a 'Miracle Kid' in a Flash," youngsters discuss the kind of commitment required for a teenager to become an Olympic athlete. A variety of activities is suggested, and the popular topic...
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Able Am I

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read the article "Disabled Skier Designs His Way to Be a Daredevil." They discuss using the questions on the lesson plan. Students create large sized baseball cards featuring competitive, disabled athletes.
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The Amazing Heart

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine human blood flow by comparing the pulse of athletes.  In this human body lesson, students discover the equation for finding the cardiac output from a human heart.  Students identify heart rates of accomplished athletes...
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That's Dope - Part 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate drugs in sports. In this performance enhancing drugs lesson, students discuss the uses for steroids in medicine and sports. High schoolers utilize the web to play a steroid related game, view media clips of...
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Performance Poppers

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the controversies surrounding the use of performance-enhancing supplements in sports by interviewing athletes and writing feature articles that compare the skills required to compete in different sports.
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The Winter Olympics' Tale

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students look back at the athletes, events and related news surrounding the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City and present brief newscasts recapping the highlights of individual sports.
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Social Studies: The Birth of Olympism

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete maps of Ancient Greece identifying key sites of the ancient Olympic games. After watching a video, they complete worksheets about the games and the athletes. Students discuss how the spirit of Ekecheiria, the "Sacred...
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National First Ladies' Library

History of Women in Sports

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine online or hard copy timelines of athletics, discuss what they like and dislike about time tables they have reviewed, research in small groups history of basketball, baseball, gymnastics, or track and field, and create...

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