Scope and sequence · PE & Health
Sports & Games of the World
A one-semester history of play, from the Royal Game of Ur and the ancient Olympic stadium to chess, Go, mancala, cricket, football, basketball and the World Cup: who invented the games we love, how their rules were written, and what they teach about the people who played them.
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What to cover
29 of 30 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: Play in the Ancient World
- MUST COVER 1.1 The Royal Game of Ur · exam
- MUST COVER 1.2 Senet in Egypt · exam
- MUST COVER 1.3 Olympia and the Ancient Games · exam
- MUST COVER 1.4 Rome’s Chariots and the Circus Maximus · exam
- MUST COVER 1.5 The Mesoamerican Ballgame · exam
Unit 2: The Great Board Games
- MUST COVER 2.1 Chess: From Chaturanga to the Modern Queen · exam
- MUST COVER 2.2 Go and the 19 × 19 Board · exam
- MUST COVER 2.3 Mancala Across Africa · exam
- MUST COVER 2.4 Tafl in the Viking North and Nine Men’s Morris · exam
- MUST COVER 2.5 Backgammon, Tables and the Book of Games · exam
Unit 3: Medieval and Early Modern Sport
- MUST COVER 3.1 The Kings Who Banned Football and Golf · exam
- MUST COVER 3.2 Real Tennis and the Jeu de Paume · exam
- MUST COVER 3.3 Archery and the Longbow Butts · exam
- MUST COVER 3.4 Cricket’s First Laws, 1744 · exam
- MUST COVER 3.5 Curling, Bandy and the Highland Games · exam
Unit 4: The Rule-Makers
- MUST COVER 4.1 Why Sports Were Codified in the 1800s · exam
- MUST COVER 4.2 The Football Association and the Rugby Split · exam
- MUST COVER 4.3 Wimbledon and the Lawn-Tennis Rules · exam
- MUST COVER 4.4 Baseball’s Real Origins · exam
- MUST COVER 4.5 Muscular Christianity and Tom Brown’s School Days · exam
Unit 5: American Inventions
- MUST COVER 5.1 Naismith’s Thirteen Rules · exam
- MUST COVER 5.2 Morgan’s Mintonette Becomes Volleyball · exam
- MUST COVER 5.3 Walter Camp and the Football Reforms of 1905–06 · exam
- MUST COVER 5.4 Softball and Baseball Around the World · exam
- MUST COVER 5.5 Coubertin and the Modern Olympics, Athens 1896 · exam
Unit 6: Sport Around the World Today
- MUST COVER 6.1 The World Cup and Football’s Global Reach · exam
- MUST COVER 6.2 Cricket in India, Australia and the Caribbean · exam
- MUST COVER 6.3 Hockey and Canada · exam
- MUST COVER 6.4 Eric Liddell and the Virtue of Sport · exam
- OPTIONAL 6.5 Capstone: The History of a Game
36-week pacing calendar
This is a 20-week course. Pair it with another course in the same subject, or spread it over the year at a lighter pace.
| Week | Plan | Done | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | Day 1: Lesson 1.1 The Royal Game of Ur: video, teaching and worked examples Day 2: Lesson 1.1: project and notebook Day 3: Lesson 1.1: practice set and corrections Day 4: Lesson 1.2 Senet in Egypt: video, teaching and worked examples Day 5: Lesson 1.2: project and notebook | ||
| Wk 2 | Day 1: Lesson 1.2: practice set and corrections Day 2: Lesson 1.3 Olympia and the Ancient Games: video, teaching and worked examples Day 3: Lesson 1.3: project and notebook Day 4: Lesson 1.3: practice set and corrections Day 5: Lesson 1.4 Rome’s Chariots and the Circus Maximus: video, teaching and worked examples | ||
| Wk 3 | Day 1: Lesson 1.4: project and notebook Day 2: Lesson 1.4: practice set and corrections Day 3: Lesson 1.5 The Mesoamerican Ballgame: video, teaching and worked examples Day 4: Lesson 1.5: project and notebook Day 5: Lesson 1.5: practice set and corrections | ||
| Wk 4 | Day 1: Unit 1 test Day 2: Lesson 2.1 Chess: From Chaturanga to the Modern Queen: video, teaching and worked examples Day 3: Lesson 2.1: project and notebook Day 4: Lesson 2.1: practice set and corrections Day 5: Lesson 2.2 Go and the 19 × 19 Board: video, teaching and worked examples | ||
| Wk 5 | Day 1: Lesson 2.2: project and notebook Day 2: Lesson 2.2: practice set and corrections Day 3: Lesson 2.3 Mancala Across Africa: video, teaching and worked examples Day 4: Lesson 2.3: project and notebook Day 5: Lesson 2.3: practice set and corrections | ||
| Wk 6 | Day 1: Lesson 2.4 Tafl in the Viking North and Nine Men’s Morris: video, teaching and worked examples Day 2: Lesson 2.4: project and notebook Day 3: Lesson 2.4: practice set and corrections Day 4: Lesson 2.5 Backgammon, Tables and the Book of Games: video, teaching and worked examples Day 5: Lesson 2.5: project and notebook | ||
| Wk 7 | Day 1: Lesson 2.5: practice set and corrections Day 2: Unit 2 test Day 3: Lesson 3.1 The Kings Who Banned Football and Golf: video, teaching and worked examples Day 4: Lesson 3.1: project and notebook Day 5: Lesson 3.1: practice set and corrections | ||
| Wk 8 | Day 1: Lesson 3.2 Real Tennis and the Jeu de Paume: video, teaching and worked examples Day 2: Lesson 3.2: project and notebook Day 3: Lesson 3.2: practice set and corrections Day 4: Lesson 3.3 Archery and the Longbow Butts: video, teaching and worked examples Day 5: Lesson 3.3: project and notebook | ||
| Wk 9 | Day 1: Lesson 3.3: practice set and corrections Day 2: Lesson 3.4 Cricket’s First Laws, 1744: video, teaching and worked examples Day 3: Lesson 3.4: project and notebook Day 4: Lesson 3.4: practice set and corrections Day 5: Lesson 3.5 Curling, Bandy and the Highland Games: video, teaching and worked examples | ||
| Wk 10 | Day 1: Lesson 3.5: project and notebook Day 2: Lesson 3.5: practice set and corrections Day 3: Unit 3 test Day 4: Review day for the midterm Day 5: Midterm exam | ||
| Wk 11 | Day 1: Lesson 4.1 Why Sports Were Codified in the 1800s: video, teaching and worked examples Day 2: Lesson 4.1: project and notebook Day 3: Lesson 4.1: practice set and corrections Day 4: Lesson 4.2 The Football Association and the Rugby Split: video, teaching and worked examples Day 5: Lesson 4.2: project and notebook | ||
| Wk 12 | Day 1: Lesson 4.2: practice set and corrections Day 2: Lesson 4.3 Wimbledon and the Lawn-Tennis Rules: video, teaching and worked examples Day 3: Lesson 4.3: project and notebook Day 4: Lesson 4.3: practice set and corrections Day 5: Lesson 4.4 Baseball’s Real Origins: video, teaching and worked examples | ||
| Wk 13 | Day 1: Lesson 4.4: project and notebook Day 2: Lesson 4.4: practice set and corrections Day 3: Lesson 4.5 Muscular Christianity and Tom Brown’s School Days: video, teaching and worked examples Day 4: Lesson 4.5: project and notebook Day 5: Lesson 4.5: practice set and corrections | ||
| Wk 14 | Day 1: Unit 4 test Day 2: Lesson 5.1 Naismith’s Thirteen Rules: video, teaching and worked examples Day 3: Lesson 5.1: project and notebook Day 4: Lesson 5.1: practice set and corrections Day 5: Lesson 5.2 Morgan’s Mintonette Becomes Volleyball: video, teaching and worked examples | ||
| Wk 15 | Day 1: Lesson 5.2: project and notebook Day 2: Lesson 5.2: practice set and corrections Day 3: Lesson 5.3 Walter Camp and the Football Reforms of 1905–06: video, teaching and worked examples Day 4: Lesson 5.3: project and notebook Day 5: Lesson 5.3: practice set and corrections | ||
| Wk 16 | Day 1: Lesson 5.4 Softball and Baseball Around the World: video, teaching and worked examples Day 2: Lesson 5.4: project and notebook Day 3: Lesson 5.4: practice set and corrections Day 4: Lesson 5.5 Coubertin and the Modern Olympics, Athens 1896: video, teaching and worked examples Day 5: Lesson 5.5: project and notebook | ||
| Wk 17 | Day 1: Lesson 5.5: practice set and corrections Day 2: Unit 5 test Day 3: Lesson 6.1 The World Cup and Football’s Global Reach: video, teaching and worked examples Day 4: Lesson 6.1: project and notebook Day 5: Lesson 6.1: practice set and corrections | ||
| Wk 18 | Day 1: Lesson 6.2 Cricket in India, Australia and the Caribbean: video, teaching and worked examples Day 2: Lesson 6.2: project and notebook Day 3: Lesson 6.2: practice set and corrections Day 4: Lesson 6.3 Hockey and Canada: video, teaching and worked examples Day 5: Lesson 6.3: project and notebook | ||
| Wk 19 | Day 1: Lesson 6.3: practice set and corrections Day 2: Lesson 6.4 Eric Liddell and the Virtue of Sport: video, teaching and worked examples Day 3: Lesson 6.4: project and notebook Day 4: Lesson 6.4: practice set and corrections Day 5: Lesson 6.5 Capstone: The History of a Game: video, teaching and worked examples | ||
| Wk 20 | Day 1: Lesson 6.5: project and notebook Day 2: Lesson 6.5: practice set and corrections Day 3: Unit 6 test Day 4: Review day for the final Day 5: Final exam | ||
| Wk 21 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 22 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 23 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 24 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
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| Wk 26 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 27 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 28 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 29 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 30 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 31 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
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| Wk 33 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 34 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 35 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 36 | Open week: second course, project or review |
Grading: Practice sets (completed and corrected) 15%, Projects (play, records, conclusions) 25%, Scorebook (organisation, honesty, completeness) 10%, Unit tests 30%, Midterm exam 10%, Final exam 10%. Scale: A 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69, F below 60.