Mitchell/ Slone
Critical Content/Concept Web
Unit Topic:
Middle School Physical Education
Conceptual Lens:
Grade:
Unit Overview
Team Sports
6-8
5-8
Rules/Safety
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Safety First
Adherence to Rules
Terminology
Skills
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Body/Spatial Awareness
Activity Specific Movements
Development
Component:
Team Sports
Healthy Lifestyles
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Active Participation
Social Responsibilities
Individual Responsibility
Strategies
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Sportsmanship
Tactics
Cooperation
Overview:
The purpose of the Team Sports
component will be for the students to
understand that acceptable outcomes
are the result of cooperation and
participation. Through participation in
the various activities, the students will
understand how sportsmanship and
adherence to rules deter conflict.
Students will understand that individual
responsibility and attitude play an
important role in group success.
Participation in various group activities
can contribute to living a healthy
lifestyle.
Suggested Activities:
Basketball
Basketball
Flag
Football
Soccer
Lacrosse
Football
Soccer
Kickball
Diamond
Games
Wiffle Ball
Volleyball
Volleyball
Floor Hockey
Team Handball
Striking Units
September 2010
Grade: 6-8
5-8
Subject: PE
Unit: Middle School Physical Education
Lens: Team Sports
Enduring Understandings
Guiding Questions
Rules/Safety
1. Object manipulation and spatial awareness are
1A. Explain how your environment affects physical
critical factors of safety
activity in a group setting?
2. Rules/terminology define the boundary of the
1B. What are the many environmental factors that can
selected cooperative activity/game and contribute to
make activity safe or unsafe?
the enjoyment and participation of the activity/game
2A. Why are rules/boundaries important?
3. Sportsmanship deters conflict and enhances
2B. How does terminology affect performance in an
enjoyment of the selected cooperative activity/game
activity?
3A. How can appropriate or poor sportsmanship effect
Standard 5: Exhibits personal and social responsibility.
personal motivation?
3B. How does sportsmanship carry over into everyday
life?
Skills
4. Body and spatial awareness enhance dynamic
4. Why is body and spatial awareness important in
movement
group activities?
5. Activity specific body movements and/or object
5A. How is performance influenced by correct
manipulation enhance level of performance
technique?
6. Skill Development will be enhanced by practice
5B. What methods can be used to assess skills to
ensure proper technique?
Standard 1: Demonstrates competency in motor skills.
6. How does practice enhance skill development?
September 2010
Grade: 6-8
5-8
Subject: PE
Unit: Middle School Physical Education
Lens: Team Sports
Enduring Understandings
Guiding Questions
Strategies
7. Individual decision-making based on rules, and tactics
heightens success and appreciation for the activity/game
8. Individuals are responsible for understanding and
demonstrating their role within the group
9. Individuals work cooperatively with others within group for
success of activity
10.
7. How do rules and strategies for each specific activity increase
student success and appreciation for the game/activity?
8. How do student choices contribute to or inhibit group success?
9. How can students incorporate others when working towards
success of activity?
Standard 2: Demonstrates understanding of strategies,
principles, and concepts.
Healthy Lifestyles
11. Individuals are responsible for active participation
12. Positive choices contribute to a healthy lifestyle
13. Social responsibility includes respecting self, others, equipment
and facility
10. What does active participation look like?
11. How will choices pertaining to physical activity affect you later
in life?
12A. Why is social responsibility important in physical activity?
12B. What are some elements of social responsibility?
Standard 4: Maintains healthy level of physical fitness.
Standard 5: Exhibits personal and social responsibility.
September 2010
Grade: 6-8
5-8
Subject: PE
Unit: Middle School Physical Education
Lens: Team Sports
AC = Assessment Code:
Critical Content and Skills
Students will Know…
1. Rules for the selected game/activity
2. Safety concerns associated with each
game/activity
3. How sportsmanship impacts flow and
enjoyment of the activity/game
4. Proper technique for selected game/activity
5. Proper warm-up and cool-down methods
6. The strategies associated with the selected
activity/game
7. Cooperatively working with others will lead to
a positive outcome
8. The importance of continued participation in
activities and its effect on their health and
fitness level
AC
Q – Quizzes
O – Observations
D – Dialogues
T - Tests
P - Prompts
WS – Work Samples
SA – Student Self-Assessment
Students will be able to do…
1. Participate in game/activity by adhering to the
rules
2. Demonstrate an appreciation for the safety
concerns associated with each game/activity
3. Demonstrate good sportsmanship while
participating in the cooperative activity/game
4. Resolve conflict peacefully through appropriate
channels
5. Demonstrate skills within the context of
selected activities
6. Demonstrate ability to use strategies/tactics
associated with the selected cooperative
activity/game
7. Demonstrate ability to work cooperatively with
others
8. Actively participate in selected cooperative
activities/games
AC
September 2010
Critical Content/Concept Web
Unit Topic:
Conceptual Lens:
Grade:
Unit Overview
Middle School Physical Education
Fitness-Based Courses
6-8
5-8
Muscular Strength and
Endurance
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Concept Knowledge
Concept Application
Assessment
Cardiovascular Endurance
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Concept Knowledge
Concept Application
Assessment
District-Wide Assessment
Requirement:
FitnessGram
Healthy Lifestyles
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Quality of Life
Social Responsibility
Individual Responsibility
Stress Management
Component:
Suggested Activities:
Strength/Weight Training
Fitness-Based
Courses
Flexibility and Balance
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Concept Knowledge
Concept Application
Assessment
Overview:
The purpose of the fitness-based courses
component is to encourage overall fitness
and the important role fitness plays in living
a healthier, happier and longer life.
Motivation and the interrelationship of
physical and health-related skills will be
emphasized to promote a healthy lifestyle.
Students will understand the fitness
components and specific activities needed to
improve personal fitness.
Speed and Agility
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Concept Knowledge
Concept Application
Assessment
September 2010
Grade: 6-8
5-8
Subject: PE
Unit: Middle School Physical Education
Lens: Fitness-Based Courses
Enduring Understandings
Guiding Questions
Muscular Strength and Endurance
1. Muscular strength and endurance enhance performance and
decrease risk for injury
Standard 4: Maintains healthy level of physical fitness.
1A. What is the difference between muscular strength and
muscular endurance?
1B. How does an individual use exercise to develop muscular
strength and muscular endurance?
1C. Why should an individual assess their strength and endurance
before beginning a program?
Cardiovascular Endurance
2. Improving cardiovascular endurance will enhance wellness and
the quality of life
Standard 4: Maintains healthy level of physical fitness.
2A. Describe the benefits of cardiovascular fitness to health and
wellness.
2B. Describe and demonstrate some methods you can use to
assess your cardiovascular fitness (target heart rate)?
Flexibility and Balance
3. Improving flexibility will increase range of motion and reduce
the risk of injury
4. Improving balance will increase core strength and endurance.
Standard 4: Maintains healthy level of physical fitness.
3A. Describe the characteristics of flexibility?
3B. Explain how you benefit from good flexibility?
3C. Explain why it is important to balance strength and flexibility
exercises?
4A. Explain how good balance will affect your core strength and
endurance?
4B. Describe how good balance will affect the performance of a
given activity?
4C. Create a plan to improve your balance/core strength?
September 2010
Grade: 5-8
6-8
Subject: PE
Unit: Middle School Physical Education
Lens: Fitness-Based Courses
Enduring Understandings
Guiding Questions
Speed and Agility
5. Improving speed and agility impact the level of performance
Standard 4: Maintains healthy level of physical fitness.
5A. Why do you want to develop speed and agility?
5B. Do speed, power, and agility determine personal success of an
activity? If yes, give some examples of activities influenced by
these skills?
Healthy Lifestyles
6. Improving personal fitness will lead to an improved quality of
life and decreased risk of injury and disease
7. Learning and implementing stress management techniques can
improve quality of life
8. Social responsibility includes respecting self, others, equipment
and facility
6A.Describe various types of lifestyle physical activities?
6B. Describe the frequency, the intensity, and the duration (time)
of exercise necessary to improve and maintain a healthy
fitness level.
7A. Define stress and list its causes?
7B. Describe some stress management techniques.
8. What characteristics describe a socially responsible person?
Standard 4: Maintains healthy level of physical fitness.
Standard 2: Demonstrates understanding of strategies,
principles, and concepts.
September 2010
Grade: 6-8
9-12
Subject: PE
Unit: High School Physical Education
Lens: Fitness
AC = Assessment Code:
Critical Content and Skills
Students will Know…
1. Proper warm-up and cool-down methods
2. Muscular strength is the body’s ability to
generate force in a short amount of time
3. Muscular endurance is the measure of how well
muscles can repeatedly generate force and the
amount of time they can maintain activity
4. Cardiovascular endurance is the body’s ability to
exercise continuously for extended periods of
time
5. Target Heart Rate is a measure of cardiovascular
endurance
6. Flexibility is the ability to move through a full
range of motion
7. Balance is the state of equal distribution of
weight
8. Weight transfer and body control improve agility
9. Agility is the ability to change directions quickly
10. Speed is the ability to move across a distance in
a short period of time
11. Motivation and individual responsibility play an
important role in fitness
12. Making healthy lifestyle choices now and in the
future plays a role in decreasing obesity,
cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes,
hypertension, and various other medical
conditions
13. Stress management techniques can prepare an
individual to deal with demanding situations
AC
Q – Quizzes
O – Observations
D – Dialogues
Students will be able
P – Prompts
T - Tests
WS – Work Samples
SA – Student Self-Assessment
to do…
1. Participate in the Fitness Gram
2. Participate in activities that prepare for the Fitness
AC
T/O
Gram
3. Participate in physical education activities
4. Apply fitness concepts to attain personal fitness goals
September 2010
Critical Content/Concept Web
Unit Topic:
Middle School Physical Education
Conceptual Lens:
Grade:
Unit Overview
Individual Sports
6-8
5-8
Rules/Safety
•
•
Safety First
Adherence to Rules
Skills
•
•
Body/Spatial Awareness
Activity Specific Movements
Component:
Individual Sports
Healthy Lifestyles
•
•
•
Active Participation
Social Responsibilities
Individual Responsibility
Overview:
This component provides the students
with the opportunity to participate in
individual activities that contribute to a
healthy lifestyle and will provide skills for
lifetime activities.
Suggested Activities:
Archery
Bowling
Frisbee
Golf
Track and Field
Striking Units
Aquatics
Strategies
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•
Sportsmanship
Tactics
September 2010
Grade: 5-8
6-8
Subject: PE
Unit: Middle School Physical Activities
Lens: Individual Sports
Enduring Understandings
Guiding Questions
Rules/Safety
1. Object and spatial awareness are critical factors of safety
2. Rules define the boundary of the selected individual
activity/game and contribute to the enjoyment and participation
of the activity/game
3. Sportsmanship deters conflict and enhances enjoyment of the
selected individual activity/game
Standard 2: Demonstrates understanding of strategies,
principles, and concepts.
Standard 5: Exhibits personal and social responsibility.
1A. Explain how your environment affects physical activity within
individual sports?
1B. What are the many environmental factors that can make activity
safe or unsafe?
2.
Why are rules important?
3A. How does appropriate or poor sportsmanship affect personal
motivation?
3B. How does sportsmanship carry over into everyday life?
Skills
4. Body and spatial awareness enhance dynamic movement
5. Activity specific techniques enhance level of performance
Standard 1: Demonstrates competency in motor skills.
4A. Why is body and spatial awareness important in group
activities?
4B. How is spatial awareness related to body control?
5A. How is performance influenced by correct technique?
5B. What methods can be used to assess skills to ensure proper
technique?
September 2010
Grade: 6-8
5-8
Subject: PE
Unit: Middle School Physical Education
Lens: Individual Sports
Enduring Understandings
Guiding Questions
Strategies
6. Individual decision-making based on rules and strategies/tactics
heightens success and appreciation for the activity
6. How do rules and strategies for each specific activity increase
student success and appreciation for the game/activity?
Standard 2: Demonstrates understanding of strategies,
principles, and concepts.
Healthy Lifestyles
7. Individuals are responsible for active participation
8. Positive choices contribute to a healthy lifestyle
9. Social responsibility includes respecting self, others, equipment
and facility
7. What does active participation look like?
8. How will choices pertaining to physical activity affect you later
in life?
9A. Why is social responsibility important in physical activity?
9B. What are some elements of social responsibility?
Standard 4: Maintains healthy level of physical fitness.
Standard 5: Exhibits personal and social responsibility.
September 2010
6-8
Grade: 5-8
Subject: PE
Unit: Middle School Physical Education
Lens: Individual Sports
AC = Assessment Code:
Critical Content and Skills
Students will Know…
1. Rules for the selected game/activity
2. Safety concerns associated with each
game/activity
3. How sportsmanship impacts flow and
enjoyment of the activity/game
4. Proper warm-up and cool-down methods
5. Proper technique for selected
activity/game
6. The strategies associated with the selected
activity/game
7. The effect of continued participation in
activities on their health and fitness level
AC
Q – Quizzes
O – Observations
D – Dialogues
T - Tests
P - Prompts
WS – Work Samples
SA – Student Self-Assessment
Students will be able to do…
1. Participate in each game/activity by
adhering to the rules
2. Demonstrate an appreciation for the safety
concerns associated with each
game/activity
3. Demonstrate good sportsmanship while
participating in the individual activity/game
4. Resolve conflict peacefully through
appropriate channels
5. Demonstrate skills within the context of the
curriculum activities
6. Participate in the selected activities using
proper techniques/tactics
AC
September 2010