TRY SEVENS SCHOOL RESOURCES Rugby – Where in the world is it played? At a glance Where is rugby played around the world? What are similarities and differences between rugby playing countries? Why is it important to celebrate diversity in sport and in life? How does rugby unify people despite their differences? How can cultural diversity be celebrated at the upcoming rugby festival? Overview This lesson provides students with an understanding of how popular the game of rugby is around the world including the names of countries which play rugby; as well as the diversity of the countries which play rugby. Students interpret information about several rugby playing countries from around the world and use drawings, comparitive tables and card sorting activities to highlight the diversity between countries. Students reflect on the fact that rugby unifies people regardless of their ethnicity, religion, politics and culture. General capabilities Intercultural understanding can be developed when students learn and value other cultures and beliefs and compare and contrast other cultures with their own. Ethical understanding can be developed when students identify and investigate values such as respect, tolerance, solidarity, passion and inclusion. Literacy can be developed when students read, speak about and develop visual texts about different countries. ICT can be developed when students access information about other countries and develop visual text. Rugby Festival link The upcoming rugby festival is a great opportunity to celebrate diversity between class groups, teams, schools, communities and other countries e.g. cultural sharing, using team flags or emblems, performing team war dances, learning about other countries etc. Student Activities This lesson includes activities designed for students from Lower Primary (LP), Upper Primary (UP) and Lower Secondary (LS) school levels, however, teachers may also find some of the activities useful for all age groups (All). The stimulus, information and and activity sheets are designed to support each activity. LP Lower Primary student activities UP Upper Primary student activities LS Lower Secondary student activities All Activities which could be suitable for all ages. Teachers can modify to suit student group. 1 SEVEN WAYS TO CELEBRATE RUGBY SEVENS TRY SEVENS SCHOOL RESOURCES Activity 1 All Where is rugby played around the world? Show students the world map (see Stimulus 1). Ask students to locate their own country. Discuss ways of describing the location of countries using terms such as Northern and Southern Hemisphere, lines of latitude and longitude etc. Ask students how many countries in the world play rugby. Record answers then reveal that there are 120 countries which play, out of a possible 195 countries in the world? Discuss what percentage of countries therefore play rugby, i.e. 61.5%, making rugby an international sport. Discuss why rugby might be so popular and any other sports which could be classed as international sports e.g. soccer/football. Show and/or read students the list of “International Rugby teams” (see Information sheet 1). Discuss the rugby plaing countries e.g. interesting sounding countries; countries with colourful flags; countries which have special meaning to students etc. Ask students to locate the “Tier 1” rugby playing countries (i.e. England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Argentina) on the world map. Students can work in pairs, small groups or as a class group and use terms to describe the location of each country. Compare the “Rugby playing numbers” of the twenty countries which competed at the Rugby World Cup 2011 (see Stimulus 2). Discuss reasons for similarities and differences in rugby playing numbers. Ask students if they know of any rugby tournaments played between the countries in the Tier 1 and Tier 2 categories. Answers could include: IRB Sevens World Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens, The Rugby World Cup (which also includes some Tier 3 countries), The Six Nations Championship (played between Tier 1 Northern Hemisphere countries), The Rugby Championship (played between Tier 1 Southern Hemisphere countries) and Pacific Nations Cup (played betweeen Tier 2 countries Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and Japan). Activity 2 All Ask students if they know what the term diversity means in relation to countries. Explain that diversity describes the differences between countries including landscapes, climate, government, population, religion etc. Tell students they are going to explore the diversity between some of the Tier 1 and 2 rugby playing countries. Distribute the “Rugby playing country cards” (see Stimulus 3) to students and give students time to read the cards in pairs or small groups. Activity 3 LP UP LS Comparing rugby playing countries Student challenge: Celebrating diversity Challenge students to draw pictures of the one rugby playing country they think is totally different to their own country. Invite students to explain their drawing and why they think their chosen country is so different to their own country. Challenge students to complete a “comparitive table” (see Activity sheet 1) for one of the eight rugby playing countries and their own country using the cards, class discussion, books, internet research; and write a paragraph summarising the diversity of the two countries. Invite students to share their findings. Challenge students to arrange and sort the cards in various ways e.g. in order of land area, population, life expectancy, literacy rate; by continent, government type, landscapes etc. Discuss findings. Ask students what other information they could research e.g. cultural aspects. Discuss the possibility of developing quiz questions aroud their findings. Activity 4 Reflection Show students the rugby value card, “Solidarity” (see Stimulus 4). Ask students what they think this card means. Guide All discussion towards the game of rugby being a way of uniting people, despite their differences in religion, culture, politics and geography. Discuss the definition of solidarity i.e. the ties in a society (e.g. sport) that bind people to one another. Activity 5 Extension All Find out more about the culture of rugby playing countries around the world by visiting the following websites: CIA – The World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html); InfoPlease (http://www.infoplease.com/). Research the International Rugby Board at www.irb.com including its member country unions and world rankings. 2 SEVEN WAYS TO CELEBRATE RUGBY SEVENS TRY SEVENS SCHOOL RESOURCES Information sheet 1 International rugby teams Member unions of the International Rugby Board (iRB) are classified into tiers: "Tier 1" consists of the participants in the Six Nations Championship and The Rugby Championship "Tier 2" consists of the remaining High Performance unions. Other unions are classified as "Tier 3". Classification Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 with Rugby World Cup experience Tier 3 with no Rugby World Cup experience Member Unions Northern Hemisphere countries England France ("Les Tricolores" or "Les Bleus") Ireland Italy ("Gli Azzurri") Scotland Wales ("Dragons") Samoa (Manu Samoa) Tonga ('Ikale Tahi) Fiji ("The Flying Fijians") Japan ("The Cherry Blossoms" and more recently "Brave Blossoms") Southern Hemisphere countries Australia ("Wallabies") New Zealand ("All Blacks") South Africa ("Springboks") Argentina ("Pumas") USA ("The Eagles") Canada ("The Canucks") Georgia (The Lelos) Romania ("The Oaks") Ivory Coast (Les elephants) Namibia (Welwitschias) Portugal (Os Lobos) Russia (The Bears) Andorra (Els Isards) Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belgium (Black Devils) Bermuda Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana (Vultures) Brazil (Os Tupis)) British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia (Koupreys) Cameroon Cayman Islands Chile (Los Cóndores) China (PRC) Chinese Taipei (aka Republic of China or Taiwan) Colombia (Los Tucanes) Cook Islands Costa Rica (Los Ticos) Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador (Los Piqueros) Finland Greece Germany Ghana Guam Spain (Los Leones) Uruguay (Los Teros) Zimbabwe (Sables) Guatemala (Los Jaguares) Guyana Honduras Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Israel Jamaica Kazakhstan Kenya South Korea Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar (Les Makis) Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico (Serpientes) Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Netherlands (Oranje) Nigeria Niue Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea (Puk-Puks) Paraguay (Los Yacarés) Peru (Los Tumis) Philippines ("The Volcanoes") Poland Rwanda Senegal Serbia Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Tahiti Tanzania Thailand Togo Tunisia Trinidad and Tobago Uganda (Cranes) Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela (La Vinotinto) Zambia Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_rugby_union_teams 3 SEVEN WAYS TO CELEBRATE RUGBY SEVENS TRY SEVENS SCHOOL RESOURCES World map Stimulus 1 Source: http://capocci.pbworks.com/w/page/11207809/Longitude%20and%20Latitude Longitude - are lines that run from north to south, pole to pole. Lines of longitude measure distances west and east of the prime meridian. Latitude- are lines that run from west to east and they measure distances north and south of the Equator. Hemispheres- any half of the Earth i.e. Northern Hemisphere refers to ‘above’ the Equator; Southern Hemisphere refers to ‘below’ the Equator. Prime Meridian- this line "cuts" the world into the Eastern and Western hemispheres. Equator- this line "cuts" the world into the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Basic geographic terms to describe location of countries: SEVEN WAYS TO CELEBRATE RUGBY SEVENS 4 TRY SEVENS SCHOOL RESOURCES Rugby player numbers Stimulus 2 These figures are from the IRB website and the diagram works thus: The large circle for each nation is the Total Number of Registered Rugby Players (TRP) in that country .... that's men, women, boys and girls. These are all in proportion to each other. Each large circle has a smaller circle inside it, again in proprtion, that represents how many of those players are Senior Males (SM). Source: http://ruggerblogger.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/international-player-numbers.html SEVEN WAYS TO CELEBRATE RUGBY SEVENS 5 TRY SEVENS SCHOOL RESOURCES Stimulus 3 Rugby playing country cards - Australia Australia FAST FACTS Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952) Governor-General: Quentin Bryce (2008) Prime Minister: Julia Gillard (2010) Land area: 2,941,283 sq mi (7,617,931 sq km); total area: 2,967,893 sq mi (7,686,850 sq km) Population (2012 est.): 21,015,576 (growth rate: 1.13%); birth rate: 12.28/1000; infant mortality rate: 4.55/1000; life expectancy: 81.9 Capital (2009 est.): Canberra, 384,000 Largest cities: Sydney 4.429 million; Melbourne 3.853 million; Brisbane 1.97 million; Perth 1.599 million (2009) Monetary unit: Australian dollar Languages: English 78.5%, Chinese Source: http://governmentbusinessgrants.com.au/secure/aus tralian-indigenous-grants.html 2.5%, Italian 1.6%, Greek 1.3%, Arabic 1.2%, Vietnamese 1%, other 8.2%, unspecified 5.7% (2006 Census) Ethnicity/race: Caucasian 92%, Asian Source: http://www.sanzarrugby.com/therugbychampionshi p/news/wallabies-named-to-face-springboks-inperth-round-three-of-the-rugby-championship/ 7%, aboriginal and other 1% Religions: Protestant 27.4% (Anglican 18.7%, Uniting Church 5.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3%), Catholic 25.8%, Eastern Orthodox 2.7%, other Christian 7.9%, Buddhist 2.1%, Muslim 1.7%, other 2.4%, unspecified 11.3%, none 18.7% (2006 Census) National Holiday: Australia Day, January Source: http://www.australianscenics.com/Australian_Landsc apes.htm Source: http://www.australianscenics.com/Australian_Land scapes.htm 26 Literacy rate: 99% (2011 est.) Source: http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html 6 SEVEN WAYS TO CELEBRATE RUGBY SEVENS TRY SEVENS SCHOOL RESOURCES Stimulus 3 Rugby playing country cards – South Africa South Africa FAST FACTS Source: http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html President: Jacob Zuma (2009) Total area: 471,008 sq mi (1,219,912 sq km) Population (2012 est.): 48,810,427 (growth rate: –0.412%); birth rate: 19.32/1000; infant mortality rate: 42.67/1000; life expectancy: 49.41; density per sq mi: 109.8 Administrative capital (2003 est.): Pretoria, 1,541,300 (metro. area), 1,249,700 (city proper); Legislative capital and largest city: Cape Town, 3,140,600 (metro. area), 2,733,000 (city proper). Judicial capital: Bloemfontein, 378,000. No decision has been made to relocate the seat of government. South Africa is demarcated into nine provinces, consisting of the Gauteng, Northern Province, Mpumalanga, North West, KwaZulu/Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape, and Free State. Each province has its own capital. Source: http://www.sanzarrugby.com/therugbychampionship /news/springboks-name-squad-for-tour-in-therugby-championship-2012/ Other large cities: Johannesburg, Source: http://www.south-africa-tours-andtravel.com/xaus-lodge.html 1,009,035; Soweto, 858,644; Durban, 536,644 (2001). Monetary unit: Rand Languages: IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2% (2001) Ethnicity/race: black African 79%, white 9.6%, colored 8.9%, Indian/Asian 2.5% (2001) Source: http://www.southafricain1.com/explore/south-africa/ Religions: Zion Christian 11%, Source: http://www.tropicalisland.de/south_africa_cape_to wn_peninsula.html Pentecostal/Charismatic 8%, Catholic 7%, Methodist 7%, Dutch Reformed 7%, Anglican 4%, other Christian 36%, Islam 2%, none 15% (2001) Literacy rate: 86.4% (2003 est.) 7 SEVEN WAYS TO CELEBRATE RUGBY SEVENS TRY SEVENS SCHOOL RESOURCES Stimulus 3 Rugby playing country cards – United States of America United States of America FAST FACTS President: Barack H. Obama (2009) Vice President: Joseph Biden (2009) Land area: 3,539,225 sq mi (9,166,601 sq km); total area: 3,718,691 sq mi (9,631,420 sq km) Population (2012 est.): 313,847,465 (growth rate: 0.899%); birth rate: 13.68/1000; infant mortality rate: 5.9/1000; life expectancy: 78.49; density per sq mi: 85 Capital (2010 est.): Washington, DC, 601,723 Largest cities (2010 est.): New York, 8,175,133; Los Angeles, 3,792,621; Chicago, 2,695,598; Houston, 2,099,451; Philadelphia, 1,526,006; Phoenix, 1,445,632; San Antonio, 1,327,407; San Diego, 1,307,402; Dallas, 1,197,816; San Jose, 945,942 Source: http://rugbywrapup.com/2012/10/team-usarugby-eagles-should-play-in-germany-not-wales Monetary unit: dollar Source: http://www.lookandlearn.com/blog/8271/thesnyder-act/ Languages: English 82%, Spanish 11% (2000) Ethnicity/race (2010 Census): White: 223,553,265 (72.4%); Black: 38,929,319 (12.6%); Asian: 14,674,252 (4.8%); American Indian and Alaska Native: 2,369,431 (0.8%); Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: 1,225,195 (0.4%); Hispanic origin:1 50,477,594 (16.3%) Source: http://wikitravel.org/en/United_States_of_America Religions: Protestant 51.3%, Roman Source: http://wikitravel.org/en/United_States_of_Amer ica Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, Jewish 1.7%, Muslim 0.6%, none 4% (2007) Literacy rate: 99% (2003 est.) Source: http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html 8 SEVEN WAYS TO CELEBRATE RUGBY SEVENS TRY SEVENS SCHOOL RESOURCES Stimulus 3 Rugby playing country cards - Argentina Argentina FAST FACTS President: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2007) Land area: 1,056,636 sq mi (2,736,690 sq km); total area: 1,068,296 sq mi (2,766,890 sq km) Population (2012 est.): 42,192,494 (growth rate: 1.0%); birth rate: 17.34/1000; infant mortality rate: 10.52/1000; life expectancy: 77.14; density per sq mi: 38 Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Buenos Aires, 12,988,000 Other large cities: Córdoba, 1,493,000; Rosario, 1,231,000; Mendoza, 917,000; San Miguel de Tucuman 831,000 Monetary unit: Peso National name: República Argentina Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina Languages: Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French Source: http://www.pulsamerica.co.uk/parentesis/2012/03/ 15/will-argentine-rugby-be-willing-to-reap-thebenefits-of-2012/ Ethnicity/race: white (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry), Amerindian, or other non-white groups 3% Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4% National Holiday: Revolution Day, May 25 Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina Literacy rate: 97.2% (2011 est.) Source: Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina Source: http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html 9 SEVEN WAYS TO CELEBRATE RUGBY SEVENS TRY SEVENS SCHOOL RESOURCES Stimulus 3 Rugby playing country cards - Japan Japan FAST FACTS Emperor: Akihito (1989) Prime Minister: Shinzo Abe (2012) Land area: 152,411 sq mi (394,744 sq km); total area: 145,882 sq mi (377,835 sq km) Population (2012 est.): 127,368,088 (growth rate: -0.077%); birth rate: 8.39/1000; infant mortality rate: 2.21/1000; life expectancy: 83.91 Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Tokyo, 36.507 million Other large cities: Osaka-Kobe 11.325 million; Nagoya 3.257 million; FukuokaKitakyushu 2.809 million; Sapporo 2.673 million (2009) Monetary unit: Yen National name: Nippon Language: Japanese Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan Ethnicity/race: Japanese 98.5%, Source: http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/news/newsid =2061761.html Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.6% note: up to 230,000 Brazilians of Japanese origin migrated to Japan in the 1990s to work in industries; some have returned to Brazil (2004) Religions: Shintoism 83.9%, Buddhism 71.4%, Christianity 2%, other 7.8% note: total adherents exceeds 100% because many people belong to both Shintoism and Buddhism (2005) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan National Holiday: Birthday of Emperor Akihito, December 23 Source: http://students.cis.uab.edu/brennab/brennab/FINA L_PROJECT/Photos.html Literacy rate: 99% (2002 est.) Source: http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html 10 SEVEN WAYS TO CELEBRATE RUGBY SEVENS TRY SEVENS SCHOOL RESOURCES Stimulus 3 Rugby playing country cards - Russia Russia FAST FACTS President: Vladimir Putin (2012) Prime Minister: Dmitry Medvedev (2012) Land area: 6,592,812 sq mi (17,075,400 sq km); total area: 6,592,735 sq mi (17,075,200 sq km) Population (2011 est.): 138,082,178 (growth rate: –0.48%); birth rate: 10.94/1000; infant mortality rate: 9.88/1000; life expectancy: 66.46; density per sq mi: 21.5 Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Moscow, 11,514,300 Other large cities: St. Petersburg, 6,100,520; Novosibirsk, 1,397,191; Yekaterinburg, 1,332,264; Nizhny Novgorod, 1,272,527; Samara, 1,164,900; Kazan, 1,143,600; Omsk, 1,129,120; Chelyabinsk, 1,093,699; Rostov-on-Don, 1,048,991; Ufa, 1,024,842; Volgograd, 1,021,200 Monetary unit: Russian ruble (RUR) National name: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya Languages: Russian, many minority languages Ethnicity/race: Russian 79.8%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, other or unspecified 12.1% (2002) Religions: Russian Orthodox 15%–20%, other Christian 2%, Islam 10%–15% (2006 est.; includes practicing worshippers only) Literacy rate: 99.4% (2002 est.) Source: http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html 11 SEVEN WAYS TO CELEBRATE RUGBY SEVENS TRY SEVENS SCHOOL RESOURCES Stimulus 3 Rugby playing country cards – Italy Italy FAST FACTS President: Giorgio Napolitano (2006) Prime Minister: Mario Monti (2011) Land area: 113,521 sq mi (294,019 sq km); total area: 116,305 sq mi (301,230 sq km) Population (2012 est.): 61,261,254 (growth rate: .38%); birth rate: 9.06/1000; infant mortality rate: 3.36/1000; life expectancy: 81.86 Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Rome, 3.357 million Other large cities: Milan 2.962 million; Naples 2.27 million; Turin 1.662 million; Palermo 872,000 (2009) Monetary unit: Euro (formerly lira) National name: Repubblica Italiana Languages: Italian (official); German-, French-, and Slovene-speaking minorities Ethnicity/race: Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian- and Greek-Italians in the south) Religions: Christian 80% (overwhelming Roman Catholic with very small groups of Jehova Witnesses and Protestants), Muslims NEGL (about 700,000 but growing), Atheists and Agnostics 20% National Holiday: Republic Day, June 2 Literacy rate: 99% (2003 est.) Source: http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html 12 SEVEN WAYS TO CELEBRATE RUGBY SEVENS TRY SEVENS SCHOOL RESOURCES Stimulus 3 Rugby playing country cards – France France FAST FACTS President: François Hollande (2012) Prime Minister: Jean-Marc Ayrault (2012) Land area: 210,668 sq mi (545,630 sq km); total area: 211,209 sq mi (547,030 sq km) Population (2011 est.): 65,630,692 (growth rate: 0.5%); birth rate: 12.72/1000; infant mortality rate: 3.37/1000; life expectancy: 81.46; density per sq km: 100 Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Paris, 9,854,000 (metro. area), 2,110,400 (city proper) Other large cities: Marseille, 820,700; Lyon, 443,900; Toulouse, 411,800; Nice, 332,000; Nantes, 282,300; Strasbourg, 272,600; Bordeaux, 217,000 Monetary unit: Euro (formerly French franc) National name: République Française Languages: French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects (Provençal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) Ethnicity/race: Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Southeast Asian, and Basque minorities Religions: Roman Catholic 83%–88%, Protestant 2%, Islam 5%–10%, Jewish 1%, unaffiliated 4% National Holiday: Fete de la Federation, July 14 Literacy rate: 99% (2011 est.) Source: http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html 13 SEVEN WAYS TO CELEBRATE RUGBY SEVENS TRY SEVENS SCHOOL RESOURCES Activity sheet 1 Comparitive table Feature Rugby playing country: My country: _______________________________ _______________________________ Head of government Population Land area Population density i.e. population/km2 Largest city Monetary unit Languages Religion Ethnicity/race National holiday Literacy rate Location Colours of flag Write a paragraph comparing the countries. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14 SEVEN WAYS TO CELEBRATE RUGBY SEVENS TRY SEVENS SCHOOL RESOURCES Stimulus 4 Solidarity – Rugby value card 15 SEVEN WAYS TO CELEBRATE RUGBY SEVENS