Week of 10/26/20 - 10/30/20

 Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will know the impact that sports had on race.

QOD: What NHL team was named after a Disney movie team?

Circle: What is your favorite sports movie of all time?

Remember the Titans: We will be watching the movie Remember the Titans in class. Students will be thinking about the impacts they see sports having on this high school.

Zoom Days: The day students are on Zoom this week they will be working on their Sports Figure assignment. All details are posted on Google Classroom

Week of 10/19/20 - 10/23/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will know the impact that sports had on race.

QOD: Who was the first boxer to ever defeat Muhammad Ali?

Circle: What is your favorite sports movie of all time?

Remember the Titans: We will be watching the movie Remember the Titans in class. Students will be thinking about the impacts they see sports having on this high school.

Zoom Days: The day students are on Zoom this week they will be working on their Sports Figure assignment. All details are posted on Google Classroom

Thursday 10/15/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will know the impact that sports had on race.

QOD: What is considered to be the most popular sport in the world?

Circle: What is your favorite sport? This can be to play or to watch!

Changes Other Than Protests: Students will be researching, and then we will be discussing, the other ways that sports can have an impact on racial injustice other than protesting. We will be talking about Jim Crow laws and how they related to what was going on in the sports world. 

Plessy v Ferguson: Students will be looking up the Plessy vs Ferguson court case. We will then be talking about how that impacted sports. 

Race by Position: We will be talking about how in the NFL, some positions are seen as "black positions" while some others are seen as "white positions." We will be taking a look at this article for more information. https://theundefeated.com/features/the-nfls-racial-divide/

We will also be watching this video around Gerald McCoy and Christian McCaffrey.   https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=725020811310688

This video is on Lamar Jackson getting asked to be a wide receiver.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z306xeG6yoU

Friday Night Lights Example

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQX3TBx8aw0

Important Athlete Project: Students will start working on their important athlete for racial injustice project today in class. 

Week of 10/5/20 - 10/9/20

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will know the impact that sports had on race.

QOD: What is the only NFL team to complete a perfect season? What is a perfect score in bowling?

Circle: Who is your favorite athlete right now? Why? When you were little, what was your favorite activity or game to play outside?

Personal History Presentations: Students will be presenting their personal histories to the class.

Race & Sports: We will be talking about the relationship between protesting and sports.

Kaepernick Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ7eKnfC_xQ

Kneeling Pro's & Con's: https://www.procon.org/headlines/kneeling-during-the-national-anthem-top-3-pros-and-cons/

Protest History: Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzNb6-rZvAU

Article: https://theundefeated.com/features/athletes-and-activism-the-long-defiant-history-of-sports-protests/

Sports Event: Students will be researching to find one event having to do with sports that may have had a big impact on race and social injustice.