Scope and sequence · PE & Health
Sports & Games of the World
A year of play across history, from the Royal Game of Ur and the footraces of ancient Greece to cuju, lacrosse, golf at St Andrews and Naismith’s peach baskets, with every game made from household things and played at the kitchen table or in the yard.
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What to cover
32 of 32 lessons are MUST COVER. They are tested on the unit tests and exams, or are skills the SAT/ACT relies on. OPTIONAL lessons are enrichment. Do them if time allows. The course is complete when the MUST COVER lessons are done.
Unit 1: Why We Play
- MUST COVER 1.1 Made for Work and Play · unit test
- MUST COVER 1.2 Tag, Hopscotch, Marbles and Knucklebones · unit test
- MUST COVER 1.3 Bruegel’s Children’s Games · unit test
- MUST COVER 1.4 Playing Fair: Rules, Referees and Honest Play · unit test
Unit 2: The Oldest Board Games
- MUST COVER 2.1 The Royal Game of Ur · unit test
- MUST COVER 2.2 Senet: The Game of the Pharaohs · unit test
- MUST COVER 2.3 Mancala: The Sowing Game · unit test
- MUST COVER 2.4 Nine Men’s Morris · unit test
Unit 3: The Olympics
- MUST COVER 3.1 The Ancient Games and the Stadion · unit test
- MUST COVER 3.2 The Olive Wreath and Paul’s “So Run” · unit test
- MUST COVER 3.3 Coubertin and the First Modern Games, 1896 · unit test
- MUST COVER 3.4 Eric Liddell: The Runner Who Would Not Run on Sunday · unit test
Unit 4: Games of Asia
- MUST COVER 4.1 Chess: From India to the World · unit test
- MUST COVER 4.2 Go: Black and White Stones · unit test
- MUST COVER 4.3 Kites, Shuttlecocks and Cuju · unit test
- MUST COVER 4.4 Sepak Takraw and Cricket in India · unit test
Unit 5: Games of Africa and the Americas
- MUST COVER 5.1 Bao: East Africa’s Great Counting Game · unit test
- MUST COVER 5.2 The Rubber Ball: From Mesoamerica to Today · unit test
- MUST COVER 5.3 Lacrosse and the Haudenosaunee · unit test
- MUST COVER 5.4 Hockey and Canada · unit test
Unit 6: Games of Europe
- MUST COVER 6.1 Soccer’s First Rules, 1863 · unit test
- MUST COVER 6.2 Golf at St Andrews · unit test
- MUST COVER 6.3 Tennis: From the Jeu de Paume to Wimbledon · unit test
- MUST COVER 6.4 Curling and the Highland Games · unit test
Unit 7: America’s Games
- MUST COVER 7.1 Baseball: The Knickerbocker Rules of 1845 · unit test
- MUST COVER 7.2 Naismith’s Basketball, 1891 · unit test
- MUST COVER 7.3 Morgan’s Volleyball, 1895 · unit test
- MUST COVER 7.4 Walter Camp’s Football · unit test
Unit 8: Family Games and a World Games Festival
- MUST COVER 8.1 The Mansion of Happiness and the Checkered Game of Life · unit test
- MUST COVER 8.2 Checkers and Dominoes · unit test
- MUST COVER 8.3 Inventing a Game with Fair Rules · unit test
- MUST COVER 8.4 A World Games Festival · unit test
36-week pacing calendar
From the course’s own 32-week pacing guide, with catch-up and review weeks added to fill a 36-week (180-day) year.
| Week | Plan | Done | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | Session 1: Lesson 1.1 Made for Work and Play: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 1.1 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 2 | Session 1: Lesson 1.2 Tag, Hopscotch, Marbles and Knucklebones: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 1.2 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 3 | Session 1: Lesson 1.3 Bruegel’s Children’s Games: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 1.3 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 4 | Session 1: Lesson 1.4 Playing Fair: Rules, Referees and Honest Play: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 1.4 project and scorebook Session 3: Unit 1 review and portfolio project | ||
| Wk 5 | Session 1: Lesson 2.1 The Royal Game of Ur: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 2.1 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 6 | Session 1: Lesson 2.2 Senet: The Game of the Pharaohs: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 2.2 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 7 | Session 1: Lesson 2.3 Mancala: The Sowing Game: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 2.3 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 8 | Session 1: Lesson 2.4 Nine Men’s Morris: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 2.4 project and scorebook Session 3: Unit 2 review and portfolio project | ||
| Wk 9 | Session 1: Lesson 3.1 The Ancient Games and the Stadion: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 3.1 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 10 | Session 1: Lesson 3.2 The Olive Wreath and Paul’s “So Run”: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 3.2 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 11 | Session 1: Lesson 3.3 Coubertin and the First Modern Games, 1896: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 3.3 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 12 | Session 1: Lesson 3.4 Eric Liddell: The Runner Who Would Not Run on Sunday: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 3.4 project and scorebook Session 3: Unit 3 review and portfolio project | ||
| Wk 13 | Session 1: Lesson 4.1 Chess: From India to the World: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 4.1 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 14 | Session 1: Lesson 4.2 Go: Black and White Stones: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 4.2 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 15 | Session 1: Lesson 4.3 Kites, Shuttlecocks and Cuju: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 4.3 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 16 | Session 1: Lesson 4.4 Sepak Takraw and Cricket in India: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 4.4 project and scorebook Session 3: Unit 4 review and portfolio project | ||
| Wk 17 | Catch-up and review week (no new lessons) | ||
| Wk 18 | Session 1: Lesson 5.1 Bao: East Africa’s Great Counting Game: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 5.1 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 19 | Session 1: Lesson 5.2 The Rubber Ball: From Mesoamerica to Today: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 5.2 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 20 | Session 1: Lesson 5.3 Lacrosse and the Haudenosaunee: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 5.3 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 21 | Session 1: Lesson 5.4 Hockey and Canada: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 5.4 project and scorebook Session 3: Unit 5 review and portfolio project | ||
| Wk 22 | Session 1: Lesson 6.1 Soccer’s First Rules, 1863: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 6.1 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 23 | Session 1: Lesson 6.2 Golf at St Andrews: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 6.2 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 24 | Session 1: Lesson 6.3 Tennis: From the Jeu de Paume to Wimbledon: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 6.3 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 25 | Session 1: Lesson 6.4 Curling and the Highland Games: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 6.4 project and scorebook Session 3: Unit 6 review and portfolio project | ||
| Wk 26 | Session 1: Lesson 7.1 Baseball: The Knickerbocker Rules of 1845: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 7.1 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 27 | Session 1: Lesson 7.2 Naismith’s Basketball, 1891: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 7.2 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 28 | Session 1: Lesson 7.3 Morgan’s Volleyball, 1895: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 7.3 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 29 | Session 1: Lesson 7.4 Walter Camp’s Football: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 7.4 project and scorebook Session 3: Unit 7 review and portfolio project | ||
| Wk 30 | Session 1: Lesson 8.1 The Mansion of Happiness and the Checkered Game of Life: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 8.1 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 31 | Session 1: Lesson 8.2 Checkers and Dominoes: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 8.2 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 32 | Session 1: Lesson 8.3 Inventing a Game with Fair Rules: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 8.3 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 33 | Session 1: Lesson 8.4 A World Games Festival: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 8.4 project and scorebook Session 3: Unit 8 review and portfolio project | ||
| Wk 34 | Catch-up week: finish any MUST COVER lesson not yet done | ||
| Wk 35 | Catch-up week: finish any MUST COVER lesson not yet done | ||
| Wk 36 | Year-end review, portfolio and records |
Grading: Projects (making the game, playing it, following the rules) 40%, Scorebook (rules written down, score tables, honest records, reflections) 20%, Unit reviews 15%, Portfolio projects 25%. Scale: A 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69. Below 60: redo the project or review with help.