10+Sport+Culture+&+Heritage

__**Term 1: Culture & Heritage**__

During this term, we will be studying sports-themed short stories, poems, song lyrics, biographies and short films from various countries around the world. Each week, we will study a country and read or view samples of literature related to the country's "national"sport. For example:

"Take Me Out to the Ballgame" || Netball ||  || soccer/football - England, Netherlands, Brazil
 * __Country__ || __National Sport(s)__ || __Selected Text(s)__ ||
 * United States of America || Baseball - "America's Past-time" || "Casey at the Bat"
 * England || Cricket ||  ||
 * Canada || Ice Hockey || "The Sweater" ||
 * New Zealand || Rugby
 * South Africa || Rugby ||  ||
 * Argentina || Rugby, ||  ||
 * India || Field Hockey, Cricket ||  ||
 * Japan || Sumo Wrestling ||  ||
 * Scotland || Golf ||  ||

Ireland, Spain (Bullfighting?) Australia - NRL,Aussie Rules (AFL) Italy

(See the Wikipedia article, "[|National Sport]".

By studying these texts, we will examine the questions, "Why is sport so important to nations?" and "In what ways are these sporting traditions passed on to future generations?"

We will also be learning to analyse written texts in terms of Reading comprehension and identifying language techniques used by authors.

__**Sports Stories**__


 * __The United States__

National Sport: Baseball Poem: "Casey at the Bat"



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 * __Canada__

National Sport: Ice Hockey Short Story: "The Sweater"



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 * __Australia/New Zealand__

Sport: Swimming

Article: Swimming in New Zealand [|Story: Swimming @ Te Ara] Analysing "Story: Swimming"

Biography: Ian Thorpe Ian Thorpe biography @ biography.com Analysing "Ian Thorpe Biography"

Blog: Casey Glover's swim across Lake Taupo Casey Glover's website Analysing Casey Glover's "Lake Taupo"

Water Safety Cloze activities:

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 * __Greece/Ethipoia/Jamaica__

Sport: Running

[|"Atalanta" cloze activity] [|"Atalanta: The Golden Apples"] [|The True Myth of Atalanta]

[|"The History of the Marathon"] [|"Running in Ancient Greece"]

[|"Haile Gebrselassie"]

[|Usain Bolt's biography & website]

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 * __Japan__

National Sport: Sumo Wrestling

[|Wikipedia article for Sumo Wrestling]

[|Analysing Written Text: "Sumo"]

[|A short story for kids on the famous Japanese Sumo wrestling]

[|Analysing Written Text - “A short story for kids on the famous Japanese Sumo wrestling”]

[|Japan Short on Sumo Wrestling]

[|Wikipedia biography for Asashōryū Akinori]

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 * __New Zealand__

National Sport: Rugby

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