Critical Content/Concept Web
Unit Topic:
8th grade Physical Education
Conceptual Lens:
Grade:
Lens Overview
Cooperative Games/Activities
8
Rules/Safety
Skills
Suggested Activities:
Re-Run
Sukiyaki
Scooters
Component:
Cooperative Games
Healthy Lifestyles
Overview:
The purpose of this component will be for
the students to understand that the
accomplishments are acceptable if the
outcomes reflect cooperation and
participation. Through participating in the
various activities, the students will
understand how sportsmanship and
following rules deter conflict.
Strategies
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Grade: 8
Subject: PE
Unit: 8th Grade Physical Education
Lens: Cooperative Games/Activities
Enduring Understandings
Guiding Questions
Rules/Safety
1. Object manipulation and spatial awareness are critical
1.A. Why is safety a key component in activities?
factors of safety.
5.1.1 Apply safety procedures when participating in all
physical activities.
2. Rules define the boundary of a team activity/game and
2A. What rules of the games are implemented to deter
contributes to the enjoyment and participation of the
conflict?
activity/game.
2B. How did the groups/teams eliminate conflict?
5.1.3 Work cooperatively with a group to achieve group
goals in competitive as well as cooperative settings.
5.1.2 Solve problems by analyzing potential
consequences when confronted with a behavioral choice.
3. Sportsmanship deters conflict and enhances enjoyment
3A. How do sportsmanship and/or teamwork carry over
of the selected cooperative activity/game
into everyday life?
5.1.3 Work cooperatively with a group to achieve group 3B. What is sportsmanship?
goals in competitive as well as cooperative settings.
5.1.5 Recognize the role of sport, games and dance in
modern culture.
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Grade: 8
Subject: PE
Unit: 8th Grade Physical Education
Lens: Cooperative Games/Activities
Enduring Understandings
4. Body and spatial awareness enhance dynamic
movement
1.1.2 Adapt and combine skills to meet the demands of
increasingly complex situations.
2.1.4 Observe and identify characteristics of highly
skilled performance that enable success in an activity.
5. Activity specific body movements and object
manipulation enhance level of performance
2.1.2 Identify the critical elements of movement
concepts as they relate to performance.
2.1.4 Observe and identify characteristics of highly
skilled performance that enable success in an activity.
Guiding Questions
Skills
4A. How does body/spatial awareness and proper
locomotor skills increase efficiency and performance?
4B. Why is body/spatial awareness important for safety?
4C. How is body/spatial awareness important to be
successful in cooperative games?
5A. How is performance influenced by proper technique?
Strategies
6. Team and individual decision-making based on rules and 6A. How do rules and strategies for each specific activity
strategies heightens success and appreciation for the team increase student success and appreciation for the
activity/game.
game/activity?
1.1.1 Demonstrate increasing competence and
strategies in more specialized skills and in invasion,
wall/net, fielding/striking, and target games through the
use of modified games.
1.1.3 Use basic offensive and defensive strategies in a
modified version of a team sport and individual sport
2.1.3 Explain and demonstrate game strategies for
invasion, wall/net, fielding/striking, and target games.
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Grade: 8
Subject: PE
Unit: 8th Grade Physical Education
Lens: Cooperative Games/Activities
Enduring Understandings
Guiding Questions
Healthy Lifestyles
7. Individuals are responsible for active participation with
7A. How does individual participation affect team or group
their team or group.
success?
3.1.1 Participate in daily physical activities to enhance
self-confidence by accomplishing personal goals.
3.1.2 Explore a variety of new and challenging physical
activities for personal interest, self-expression and social
interaction in and out of the physical education class
4.1.2 Participate in a variety of health-related fitness
activities in and out of physical education
8. Positive choices contribute to a healthy lifestyle.
8A. How will choices pertaining to physical activity affect
3.1.2 Explore a variety of new and challenging physical
you later in life?
activities for personal interest, self-expression and social
interaction in and out of the physical education class
3.1.3 Establish personal physical activity goals that meet
individual needs and enhance personal enjoyment
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Grade: 8
Subject: PE
Unit: 8th Grade Physical Education
Lens: Cooperative Games/Activities
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. Students will know proper technique for:
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Dribbling
Passing
Catching
Throwing/Tossing
Trapping
Shooting
Striking
Kicking
Punting
Running
Dodging
Chasing
Jumping
Body Manipulation
Rhythm
5. Appropriate positioning as applied to
selected activity/game
AC = Assessment Code:
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. Play each game/activity by 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. Students will be able to demonstrate the following
skills with control:
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AC
Dribbling
Passing
Catching
Throwing/Tossing
Trapping
Shooting
Striking
Kicking
Punting
Running
Dodging
Chasing
Jumping
Body Manipulation
Rhythm
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6. The strategies associated with the selected
activity/game
7. Cooperatively working with others will lead
to a positive outcome
8. Students will know the importance of
continued participation activities will have a
positive affect on their health and fitness
6. Participate in the selected activity using proper
positioning
7. Demonstrate ability to use strategies associated
with the selected cooperative activity/game
8. Demonstrate ability to work cooperatively with
others
9. Students will actively participate in individual
activities/games
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Critical Content/Concept Web
Unit Topic:
8th Grade Physical Education
Conceptual Lens:
Grade:
Lens Overview
Individual Sports/Activities
8
Rules/Safety
Skills
Component:
Individual Sports
Healthy Lifestyles
Strategies
Overview:
This component provides the students
with the opportunity to participate in
individual activities that contribute to a
healthy lifestyle. Individual sports provide
the opportunity for students to pursue
activities that are outside the team sports
realm; this promotes individuality.
Suggested Activities:
Archery
Badminton
Bowling
Dance
Darts
Frisbee Golf
Golf
Pickle Ball
Rock Climbing
Table Tennis
Tennis
Track and Field
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Grade: 8
Subject: PE
Unit: 8th Grade Physical Education
Lens: Individual Sports/Activities
Enduring Understandings
Guiding Questions
Rules/Safety
1. Object manipulation and spatial awareness are critical
1A. What is the importance of object manipulation and
factors of safety.
safety in relation to spatial awareness?
5.1.1 Apply safety procedures when participating in all
physical activities.
2. Rules define the boundary of the selected individual
activity/game and contributes to the enjoyment and
participation of the activity/game.
5.1.1 Apply safety procedures when participating in all
physical activities.
2A. How does the responsibility of abiding by the rules
affect participation and strategy?
3. Sportsmanship deters conflict and enhances enjoyment
of the selected individual activity/game
5.1.2 Solve problems by analyzing potential
consequences when confronted with a behavioral choice.
5.1.4 Willingly join others of diverse characteristics and
backgrounds during physical activity.
3A. How does sportsmanship carry over into everyday life?
3B. What is sportsmanship?
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Grade: 8
Subject: PE
Unit: 8th Grade Physical Education
Lens: Individual Sports/Activities
Enduring Understandings
Guiding Questions
skills
4A. How can an understanding of spatial awareness
improve performance?
4B. How is spatial awareness related to body control?
4. Body and spatial awareness enhance dynamic
movement.
1.1.1 Demonstrate increasing competence and
strategies in more specialized skills and in invasion,
wall/net, fielding/striking, and target games through the
use of modified games.
1.1.2 Adapt and combine skills to meet the demands of
increasingly complex situations.
5A. How is performance influenced by proper technique?
5. Activity specific body movements and object
manipulation enhance level of performance
2.1.2 Identify the critical elements of movement
concepts as they relate to performance.
2.1.4 Observe and identify characteristics of highly
skilled performance that enable success in an activity.
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Grade: 8
Subject: PE
Unit: 8th Grade Physical Education
Lens: Individual Sports/Activities
Enduring Understandings
Guiding Questions
Strategies
6. Individual decision-making based on rules and strategies
heightens success and appreciation for the activity/game.
1.1.1 Demonstrate increasing competence and strategies in
more specialized skills and in invasion, wall/net, fielding/striking,
and target games through the use of modified games.
1.1.3 Use basic offensive and defensive strategies in a
modified version of a team sport and individual sport
2.1.3 Explain and demonstrate game strategies for invasion,
wall/net, fielding/striking, and target games.
5.1.2 Solve problems by analyzing potential consequences
when confronted with a behavioral choice.
6A. How do rules and strategies for each specific activity increase
student success and appreciation for the game/activity?
Healthy Lifestyles
7. Individuals are responsible for active participation.
3.1.1 Participate in daily physical activities to enhance selfconfidence by accomplishing personal goals.
3.1.2 Explore a variety of new and challenging physical
activities for personal interest, self-expression and social
interaction in and out of the physical education class
4.1.2 Participate in a variety of health-related fitness activities
in and out of physical education
7A. How does individual participation affect other students?
7B. How does motivation affect individual participation?
8. Positive choices contribute to a healthy lifestyle
3.1.2 Explore a variety of new and challenging physical
activities for personal interest, self-expression and social
interaction in and out of the physical education class
3.1.3 Establish personal physical activity goals that meet
individual needs and enhance personal enjoyment
8A. How will choices pertaining to physical activity affect you
later in life?
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Grade: 8
Subject: PE
Unit: 8th Grade Physical Education
Lens: Individual Sports/Activities
Critical Content and Skills
AC = Assessment Code:
Students will Know…
9. Rules for the selected game/activity
10. Safety concerns associated with each
game/activity
11. How sportsmanship impacts flow and
enjoyment of the activity/game
12. Students will know proper technique for:
 Dribbling
 Catching
 Throwing/Tossing
 Trapping
 Shooting
 Striking
 Kicking
 Punting
 Running
 Dodging
 Chasing
 Jumping
 Body Manipulation
 Rhythm
13. The difference between offense and defense
as they apply to individual activities/games
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. Play each game/activity by 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. Students will be able to demonstrate the
following skills with control:
 Dribbling
 Catching
 Throwing/Tossing
 Trapping
 Shooting
 Striking
 Kicking
 Punting
 Running
 Dodging
 Chasing
 Jumping
 Body Manipulation
AC
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14. Appropriate positioning as applied to selected
activity/game
15. The strategies associated with the selected
activity/game
16. Students will know the importance of
continued participation activities will have a
positive affect on their health and fitness
 Rhythm
6. Transition between offense and defense
7. Participate in the selected activity using proper
positioning
8. Participate in the selected activity using proper
positioning
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Critical Content/Concept Web
Unit Topic:
8th Grade Physical Education
Conceptual Lens:
Grade:
Lens Overview
Fitness
8
Muscular Strength and
Endurance
Cardiovascular Endurance
Healthy Lifestyles
Required Assessment:
President’s Fitness Challenge
Component:
Fitness
Flexibility
Overview:
The purpose of this component is to
encourage overall fitness and the role
fitness plays in living a healthier, happier
and longer life. Motivation and the
interrelationship of physical and healthrelated 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
Suggested Activities:
Distance Running
Plyometrics
Power Walking
Resistance/Weight Training
Speed/Agility Training
Taebo
Aerobics
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Grade: 8
Subject: PE
Unit: 8th Grade Physical Education
Lens: Fitness
Enduring Understandings
Guiding Questions
Muscular Strength and Endurance
1. Muscular strength and endurance enhance
1A. What type of activities/exercises can you perform to
performance and decrease risk for injury
improve muscular strength and endurance?
2.1.1 Describe training and conditioning principles for
1B. What is muscular strength?
specific physical activities.
1C. What is muscular endurance?
4.1.1 Demonstrate health-related fitness by improving,
meeting and/or sustaining gender and age-related fitness
standards as defined by approved tests
4.1.2 Participate in a variety of health-related fitness
activities in and out of physical education
4.1.4 Apply basic principles of training to improve
physical fitness goals.
Cardiovascular Endurance
2. Improving cardiovascular endurance will enhance
2A. How do you determine a Target Heart Rate?
wellness and the quality of life
2B. How can cardiovascular endurance be improved?
2.1.1 Describe training and conditioning principles for
2C. What is cardiovascular endurance?
specific physical activities.
4.1.1 Demonstrate health-related fitness by improving,
meeting and/or sustaining gender and age-related fitness
standards as defined by approved tests
4.1.2 Participate in a variety of health-related fitness
activities in and out of physical education
4.1.3 Assess physiological indicators of exercise during
and after physical activity.
4.1.4 Apply basic principles of training to improve
physical fitness goals.
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Grade: 8
Subject: PE
Unit: 8th Grade Physical Education
Lens: Fitness
Enduring Understandings
Guiding Questions
Flexibility
3. Improving flexibility will reduce the risk of muscle
3A. How does flexibility reduce your risk of injury while
and tendon injuries.
participating in physical fitness activities?
2.1.1 Describe training and conditioning principles for
3B. How can flexibility be maintained and/or improved?
specific physical activities.
3C. What is flexibility and how does it improve
4.1.1 Demonstrate health-related fitness by improving,
performance?
meeting and/or sustaining gender and age-related fitness
standards as defined by approved tests
4.1.2 Participate in a variety of health-related fitness
activities in and out of physical education
4.1.4 Apply basic principles of training to improve
physical fitness goals.
Speed and Agility
4. Improving speed and agility impact the level of
4A. What is speed and how does it improve performance?
performance
4B. What is agility and how does it improve performance?
2.1.1 Describe training and conditioning principles for
specific physical activities.
4.1.1 Demonstrate health-related fitness by improving,
meeting and/or sustaining gender and age-related fitness
standards as defined by approved tests
4.1.2 Participate in a variety of health-related fitness
activities in and out of physical education
4.1.4 Apply basic principles of training to improve
physical fitness goals.
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Grade: 8
Subject: PE
Unit: 8th Grade Physical Education
Lens: Fitness
Enduring Understandings
Guiding Questions
Healthy Lifestyles
5. Improving personal fitness will lead to an improved
5A. Why is conditioning a key component in fitness
quality of life and decreased risk of injury and
activities?
disease
5B. Justify the importance of each fitness component.
2.1.1 Describe training and conditioning principles for
5C. What are the components of fitness and what tests do
specific physical activities.
we perform to measure each.
4.1.2 Participate in a variety of health-related fitness
activities in and out of physical education
4.1.4 Apply basic principles of training to improve
physical fitness goals.
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Grade: 8
Subject: PE
Unit: 8th Grade Physical Education
Lens: Fitness
Critical Content and Skills
AC = Assessment Code:
Students will Know…
1. Muscular strength is the body’s ability to
generate force in a short amount of time
2. Muscular endurance is the measure of how well
muscles can repeatedly generate force and the
amount of time they can maintain activity
3. Cardiovascular endurance is the body’s ability to
exercise continuously for extended periods of
time without fatigue
4. Target Heart Rate is a measure of cardiovascular
endurance
5. Students will know that flexibility is the ability to
move through a full range of motion
6. Weight transfer and body control improve agility
7. Agility is the ability to change directions quickly
8. Speed is the ability to move across a distance in
a short period of time
9. Motivation and individual responsibility play an
important role in fitness
10. 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.
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. Students will participate in the President’s Fitness
Challenge
2. Students will participate in activities that prepare for
the President’s Fitness Challenge
3. Students will participate in physical education activities
AC
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Critical Content/Concept Web
Unit Topic:
8th Grade Physical Education
Conceptual Lens:
Grade:
Lens Overview
Team Sports/Activities
8
Skills
Rules / Safety
Teamwork /
Sportsmanship
Component:
Suggested Activities:
Basketball
Football
Lacrosse
Rugby
Soccer
Team Sports
Strategies
Overview:
This component provides the students with
the opportunity to gain a deeper
understanding about the multiple aspects of
team sports. The students will also
understand that individual responsibility and
attitude play an important role in group
success. To raise the level of performance,
instructors will focus on: skills, rules/safety,
strategy, sportsmanship/teamwork, and
healthy lifestyles.
Healthy Lifestyles
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Grade: 8
Subject: PE
Unit: 8th Grade Physical Education
Lens: Team Sports/Activities
Enduring Understandings
Guiding Questions
Rules/Safety
1. Object manipulation and spatial awareness are critical
factors of safety.
5.1.1 Apply safety procedures when participating in all
physical activities.
2. Rules define the boundary of a team activity/game and
contributes to the enjoyment and participation of the
activity/game.
5.1.3 Work cooperatively with a group to achieve group
goals in competitive as well as cooperative settings.
5.1.2 Solve problems by analyzing potential
consequences when confronted with a behavioral choice.
1A. What is the importance of object manipulation and
safety in relation to spatial awareness?
2A. How does the responsibility of abiding by the rules
affect participation and increase safety?
Skills
3. Body and spatial awareness enhance dynamic
movement
1.1.2 Adapt and combine skills to meet the demands of
increasingly complex situations.
2.1.4 Observe and identify characteristics of highly
skilled performance that enable success in an activity.
4. Activity specific body movements and object
manipulation enhance level of performance
2.1.2 Identify the critical elements of movement
concepts as they relate to performance.
2.1.4 Observe and identify characteristics of highly
skilled performance that enable success in an activity.
3A. How can an understanding of spatial awareness
improve performance?
3B. How is spatial awareness related to body control?
4A. How is performance influenced by proper technique?
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Grade: 8
Subject: PE
Unit: 8th Grade Physical Education
Lens: Team Sports/Activities
Enduring Understandings
Guiding Questions
Teamwork/Sportsmanship
5. Individuals are responsible for their actions, attitude,
5A. Why is giving and showing respect for others important
and participation within their team or group.
in Physical Education?
5.1.2 Solve problems by analyzing potential
5B. How does responsibility of abiding by the rules affect
consequences when confronted with a behavioral choice.
the participation of the team or group?
5.1.4 Willingly join others of diverse characteristics and
backgrounds during physical activity.
6. Sportsmanship and teamwork deters conflict and
6A. How do sportsmanship and/or teamwork carry over into
enhances team success.
everyday life?
5.1.3 Work cooperatively with a group to achieve group 6B. What is sportsmanship?
goals in competitive as well as cooperative settings.
5.1.5 Recognize the role of sport, games and dance in
modern culture.
Strategies
7. Team and individual decision-making based on rules and 7A. How do rules and strategies for each specific activity
strategies heightens success and appreciation for the team increase student success and appreciation for the
activity/game.
game/activity?
1.1.1 Demonstrate increasing competence and
strategies in more specialized skills and in invasion,
wall/net, fielding/striking, and target games through the
use of modified games.
1.1.3 Use basic offensive and defensive strategies in a
modified version of a team sport and individual sport
2.1.3 Explain and demonstrate game strategies for
invasion, wall/net, fielding/striking, and target games.
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Grade: 8
Subject: PE
Unit: 8th Grade Physical Education
Lens: Team Sports/Activities
Enduring Understandings
Guiding Questions
Healthy Lifestyles
8. Individuals are responsible for active participation with
8A. How does individual participation affect team or group
their team or group.
success?
3.1.1 Participate in daily physical activities to enhance
self-confidence by accomplishing personal goals.
3.1.2 Explore a variety of new and challenging physical
activities for personal interest, self-expression and social
interaction in and out of the physical education class
4.1.2 Participate in a variety of health-related fitness
activities in and out of physical education
9. Positive choices contribute to a healthy lifestyle.
9A. How can choices pertaining to physical activity affect
3.1.2 Explore a variety of new and challenging physical
you later in life?
activities for personal interest, self-expression and social
interaction in and out of the physical education class
3.1.3 Establish personal physical activity goals that meet
individual needs and enhance personal enjoyment
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Grade: 8
Subject: PE
Unit: 8th Grade Physical Education
Lens: Team Sports/Activities
Critical Content and Skills
AC = Assessment Code:
Students will Know…
1. Rules for the selected team activity/game
2. Safety concerns associated with each team
activity/game
 Passing
 Dribbling
 Catching
 Throwing
 Trapping
 Shooting
 Striking
 Kicking
 Punting
 Running
 Dodging
 Chasing
3. How individual attitude affects team
success
4. How individual level of participation affects
personal and team success
5. How sportsmanship enhances the flow and
enjoyment of a team activity/game
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. Play each team activity/game by the rules
2. Demonstrate an appreciation for the safety
concerns associated with each team activity/game
 Passing
 Dribbling
 Catching
 Throwing
 Trapping
 Shooting
 Striking
 Kicking
 Punting
 Running
 Dodging
 Chasing
3. Students will successfully participate in the
selected activity with a team or group
4. Students will actively participate in the selected
activity
5. Students will demonstrate sportsmanship in a
team or group environment
6. Students will be able to resolve conflict
peacefully through appropriate channels
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6. How conflict between teams and
teammates will deter from enjoyment and
success in the team activity/game
7. The difference between offense and
defense
8. The various positions and how they apply
to team strategy
9. The strategies associated with the selected
team activity/game
10. Students will explain the importance of
continued participation in team or group
activities will have a positive affect on their
health and fitness
7. Transition between offense and defense
8. Play a variety of positions
9. Demonstrate individual and team strategy
10. Students will actively participate in team or
group activities/games
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