Curriculum Map 2006-2007      

The Dwight School
Physical Education and Health / Grade 9 (Franklin House)  

Period  Content  Purpose/ Objectives  Activities & Resources  Areas of Interaction  Assessments 
September

(No Unit Name)   Volleyball
Soccer
Health - Nutrition and Immune System
VOLLEYBALL WORLD WIDE
USA VOLLEYBALL
NY TIMES TUESDAY'S SCIENCE SECTION
USA SOCCER
SUSAN KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
 

SPORTS

Students will be able to:
- understand and follow the basic rules of P.E. class, gym, and locker room use.
- function knowledgeably, gracefully and enthusiastically while learning about and participating in sports including volleyball and soccer.
- develop, practice, and implement basic game skills, both physical and tactical, that will get students to play the game at both ends of the court - offensively and defensively.
- cultivate improvement in physical power, strength, speed, endurance, agility, coordination and flexibility through all class activities.
- work to improve character in regards to personal responsibility, decency, work ethic, self-respect and respect for others through all class activities.

HEALTH

Students will be able to:
- Understand of lobbist role in the FDA
- Understand the differences of malnutrition
- Understand what RDA means?
- Identify eating disorders in athletes and non-athletes
- Know the role of proper nutrition and immune system
 

SPORTS

Students partake in the following daily class structure:
- Warm-up and stretch
- Physical fitness exercises such as sit-ups, push-ups, medicine balls
- Tactical and technical drills
- Tactical and strategic lessons
- Competitive games
- Cool down

The class learns about the history and origins of volleyball and soccer along with their basic rules.

VOLLEYBALL
Students practice and develop the basic physical skills necessary to play volleyball including:
- Passing drills: self toss and pass drill, partner passsing drill, wall passing drill, peppering, russian peppering (overhead, fore-arm)
- Setting drills: pass and set drill, set short, set outside, set middle drill
- Serving drills: partner serve over the net, serve against the wall, serve to the target drill
- Attacking drills: flamingo approach, self toss and approach drill, attacking from outside, middle and right side outside

Students practice and understand the basic strategies in the game of volleyball including:
*Offense: serve-pass-hit drill

*Defense: no block defense drill

*Games: Nuke'em, 10 foot line game, backrow attack game

SOCCER
Students practice and develop the basic physical skills necessary to play soccer including:
- Passing, ball control and receiving drills: Pass control drill, distance passing drill, number passing, "Rapid fire" drill, control-turn-play on drill, chip and receive drill
- Dribbling and juggling drills: Folllow the leader, sprint drill, slalom drill, fancy foot-work drill, juggling in grids, free juggling
- Goal-keeping drills: Handling drill, post to post foot-work drill, diving drill, high ball training drill, distribution drills

Students practice and understand the basic strategies in the game of soccer including:
*Offense
- One on one dribble the Gauntlet drill, give and go drill, two versus one possession game

*Defense
- Numbers-down situation games, double zone cocker drill, switching from attack to defense

*Games:
- Pass and receive to score
- Perimeter passing
- All versus all

HEALTH

- Read excerpts from "Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul", "Ophelia Speaks", "Real Boys Voices"
- Keep a food diary/journal and compare each day to how you physically feel
- Write journal entries of your physical and mental health after an activity
- Compare different articles in weightlifting magazines to sport magazines
 

- How can sports improve your life physically and mentally? How sports can affect your personality?

- Why is an athletic stance important in all sports?

- What does a craving mean? Why do people crave certain foods?

- How does the goverment play a role in the foods we eat?
 

SPORTS

Formative:
*Daily teacher evaluations of the following criteria:
- Punctuality
- Preparation
- Personal engagement
- Proper behavior
- Oral review of history and rules
- Observation of skill drill
- Observation of game play

Summative:
*Bi-weekly quizzes and/or assignments on:
- History of games taught and played in class
- Game specific rules and skills
- Various topics related to the game and issues concerning physical and mental performance in athletics

*Personal written reflections and responses with teacher on:
- In class physical performance and understanding of lessons taught
- Various topics related to value of physical education class for personal growth
- Diary/journal checking

HEALTH

Formative:
- Communication skills
- Attendance
- Participation
- Debating skills

Summative:
- Private journal writing
- Essay writing on HIV/AIDS, Cancer and the Immune System

 


October

(No Unit Name)   SEE SEPTEMBER
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION
 


 


 


 


 


November

(No Unit Name)   SEE SEPTEMBER
 


 


 


 


 


December

(No Unit Name)   Basketball
Health - Drugs and Alcohol/Human Reproduction
BASKETBALL
NBA
U.S. DRUG ENFORCEMENT
 

SPORTS

Students will be able to:
- understand and follow the basic rules of P.E. class, gym, and locker room use.
- function knowledgeably, gracefully and enthusiastically while learning about and participating in the game of basketball.
- develop, practice, and implement basic game skills, both physical and tactical, that will get students to play the game at both ends of the court - offensively and defensively.
- cultivate improvement in physical power, strength, speed, endurance, agility, coordination and flexibility through all class activities.
- work to improve character in regards to personal responsibility, decency, work ethic, self-respect and respect for others through all class activities.

HEALTH

Students will be able to:
- decipher the different affects and effects of drugs and alcohol
- say "NO" when surrounded by the environment of drugs and alcohol
- understand conception of human reproduction
- understand the human reproductive system
- identify drug and alcohol abuse
 

SPORTS

Students partake in the following daily class structure:
- Warm-up and stretch
- Physical fitness exercises such as sit-ups, push-ups, medicine balls
- Tactical and technical drills
- Tactical and strategic lessons
- Competitive games
- Cool down

The class learns about the history and origins of basketball along with its' basic rules.

BASKETBALL
Students practice and understand the basic strategies in the game of basketball including:
*Offense
- Pick and Roll
- Back Door
- Last Shot

*Defense
- Zone
- Man to Man
- Press
- Trap
- Throw Ins
-2 on 1 Situation
- Competitive games
- Cool down

Students practice and develop the basic physical skills necessary to play basketball including:
- Passing (Chest, Overhead, Bounce)
- Dribbling
- Shooting Mechanics
- Lay Ups
- Foul Shooting
- 3 Points Shots
- Defensive Footwork and Use of Hands

HEALTH

- Distinguish the affects and effects of a drug addict and an alcoholic
- Demonstrate role playing of pressured environment
- Explain the stages of puberty
- Explain the stages of child development
 

- Why is it impossible to seperate a "healthy mind" and a "healthy body"?

- Why do people choose NOT to use drugs?
 

SPORTS

Formative:
*Daily teacher evaluations of the following criteria:
- Punctuality
- Preparation
- Personal engagement
- Proper behavior
- Oral review of history and rules
- Observation of skill drill
- Observation of game play

Summative:
*Bi-weekly quizzes and/or assignments on:
- History of games taught and played in class
- Game specific rules and skills
- Various topics related to the game and issues concerning physical and mental performance in athletics

*Personal written reflections and responses with teacher on:
- In class physical performance and understanding of lessons taught
- Various topics related to value of physical education class for personal growth
- Diary/journal checking

HEALTH

Formative:
- Communication skills
- Attendance
- Participation
- Debating skills

Summative:
- Private journal writing
- Essay on the topic of birth Control in the government and schools



 


January

(No Unit Name)   SEE DECEMBER
 


 


 


 


 


February

(No Unit Name)   SEE DECEMBER
 


 


 


 


 


March

(No Unit Name)   SEE DECEMBER
 


 


 


 


 


April

(No Unit Name)   Sport Skills and Games
Health - Physical, Social and Emotional Development

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
 

SPORTS

Students will be able to:
- understand and follow the basic rules of P.E. class, gym, and locker room use.
- function knowledgeably, gracefully and enthusiastically while learning about and participating in various sports including boxing, ultimate frisbee, baseball, kick ball, soccer, basketball, and volleyball.
- develop, practice, and implement basic game skills, both physical and tactical, that will get students to play the these games for personal enjoyment and physical health.
- cultivate improvement in physical power, strength, speed, endurance, agility, coordination and flexibility through all class activities.
- work to improve character in regards to personal responsibility, decency, work ethic, self-respect and respect for others through all class activities.

HEALTH

Students will be able to:
- Recognize the signs of depression
- Know brain chemistry
- Understand the stages of emotional development
- Know the physical stages of development from pre-natal to senior adulthood
 

SPORTS

Students partake in the following daily class structure:
- Warm-up and stretch
- Physical fitness exercises such as sit-ups, push-ups, use of medicine balls
- Tactical and technical drills
- Tactical and strategic lessons
- Competitive games
- Cool down

The class learns about the history and origins of the games taught along with their basic rules.

SOFTBALL
- Proper throwing mechanics
- Fielding
- Catching the ball safely with glove
- Basic batting skills

KICK BALL
- Pitching
- Kicking
- Fielding
- Running the bases

SOCCER / BASKETBALL / VOLLEYBALL
- Re-enforce the skills, techniques, and gameplay taught in previous trimesters

HEALTH

- Develop/Design a toy or athletic game for a specific age group
 

- Why do we play games on courts or fields with lines? Would games be more fun without them? What is their importance?

- What is the connection between humans mental development and their physical capabilities?

- Why do people have different perceptions of pain?
 

SPORTS

Formative:
*Daily teacher evaluations of the following criteria:
- Punctuality
- Preparation
- Personal engagement
- Proper behavior
- Oral review of history and rules
- Observation of skill drill
- Observation of game play

Summative:
*Bi-weekly quizzes and/or assignments on:
- History of games taught and played in class
- Game specific rules and skills
- Various topics related to the game and issues concerning physical and mental performance in athletics

*Personal written reflections and responses with teacher on:
- In class physical performance and understanding of lessons taught
- Various topics related to value of physical education class for personal growth
- Diary/journal checking

HEALTH

Formative:
- Communication skills
- Attendance
- Participation
- Debating skills

Summative:
- Private journal writing
- Evaluate the originality of develop/design of toy/game
 


May

(No Unit Name)   SEE APRIL
 


 


 


 


 


June

(No Unit Name)   SEE APRIL
 


 


 


 


 


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