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BRADY KIBLER

NASPE Standard #4
Standard 4- The physically literate individual exhibits
responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and
others.

Bullying
Anti-bullying. (n.d.). Retrieved March 20, 2015, from
http://www.kingslangley.herts.sch.uk/pastoral/anti-bullying.html
This text is a poster about bullying that you could hang up in a classroom or hallway of a
school. My standard is all about being respectful of self and others. There is no bigger issue in the
schools today than bullying. According to the standard that I chose, it is part of my job to teach
kids what bullying is and what the negative effects that come with these actions. This poster does a
great job of listing what bullying consists of. It would be great to have this poster in my classroom
and the hallways of my school to help remind my students. Some of the statements on this poster
are obvious forms of bullying, but some of them I have never thought of as bullying until I read the
poster.
Readablilty: N/A
Suitability: Since I found this on a secondary school website, I would give it a suitability of 7 and
up. Some of the language would be tough for really young students to understand, and there are no
pictures to portray the information.

StopBullying.Gov
Home | StopBullying.gov. (n.d.). Retrieved March 20, 2015, from
http://www.stopbullying.gov/

This website was put out by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to
help raise awareness and prevent all different types of bullying. On this website, you can
find information on how to prevent bullying and how to respond to bullying. This would be
a good website to use when covering bullying in my classroom. I could have my students
complete an assignment using the site. It also provides resources for getting help for your
friends or yourself. The suicide help line number is on this website along with information
on other ways of getting help.

Readability: 6.77 (Flesh-Kincaid)

Suitability: 11+ I would say that this website could be for students in middle school, but I
would be more inclined to use this in a high school classroom because high school students
have more time in health than middle school students. I think high school students would
get more from this website than middle school students.

Kids Health
Kids' Health - Topics -. (n.d.). Retrieved March 21, 2015, from http://
www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=286&id=2345#6

This website was created by the Government of South Australia for the purpose of
explaining the different forms of health in simple terms. The pictures on this site make it
very kid friendly. There is a section on the website about diversity and what it looks like. In
order to embrace diversity, students must meet the standard that I chose about respecting
others. Even though this website is created in Australia, I believe it would still be a great
resource for my students.

Readability: 4.11 (Flesh-Kincaid)

Suitability: I would say this site is suitable for 7+. It would work better for elementary
students than it would for middle or high school students.

The Crazy Horse Electric Game

By Chris Crutcher
The Crazy Horse Electric Game, Chris Crutcher, 1987. (n.d.). Retrieved March 21, 2015, from http://
www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-2592400019/crazy-horse-electric-game.html#PlotSummary

Crutcher, C. (1987). The Crazy Horse Electric game. New York: Greenwillow Books.

I actually read this book when I was in high school, but I had to find a summary of the book to
spark my memory. This book is about a boy named Willie Weaver who is the star pitcher for his
baseball team. He has the skills, good looks, and the girl. His life if going perfect until one day he
suffers an accident that takes all of this away from him. Willie cant handle all of the pity, so he packs
his things and runs away to San Francisco. Willie runs into trouble with a gang, and is saved from a
pimp named Lacey. His new friend Lacey takes him in and enrolls him into One More Last Chance
High School. Willie is able to find himself again through the help of the PE teacher. This book
highlights the struggles that many students face trying to learning how to respect themselves. It also
helps to support the NASPE Standard that I chose.

Readability: 6.2 (Flesh-Kincaid)

Suitability: I read this book when I was Junior or Senior in high school and I think that this book had
good amounts of adult content, so I would give it a suitability rating of 13+.

Ironman

By Chris Crutcher
Ironman by Chris Crutcher. (n.d.). Retrieved March 21, 2015, from
http://kaitlynfisher.blogspot.com /

Crutcher, C. (1995). Ironman: A novel. New York: Greenwillow Books.

Ironman by Chris Crutcher is about a teenage triathlete named Bo who has anger issues.
He calls his teacher, Mr. Redmond, an asshole and has to attend anger management classes or
hell be suspended for a month. Throughout the novel hes training for Yukon Jacks, a big
triathlon near his home. He meets a girl, Shelly, in Anger Management and starts going out with
her. She challenges a college student, Wyrack, to make up a team and race Bo. In the end Bo
learns how to control his anger and beats Wyracks team. Kaitlyn Fisher
I havent read this book yet, but I have heard great things about it. According to this summary the
main character struggles with respecting himself and others, but he is able to turn it around in the
end. This would be another novel that would support the standard I chose.
Readability: 14.3 (Flesh-Kincaid)
Suitability: Most books that Chris Crutcher writes have a good amount of adult content in them
so I would give this book a suitability of 13+.

The Ugly Duckling

By Busra Zeybek

Zeybek, B. (n.d.). The Ugly Duckling. Retrieved March 21, 2015, from
http://www.storyjumper.com/book/index/10207662/The-Ugly-Duckling#

I found a copy of The Ugly Duckling on the website above. Everyone knows the
story of The Ugly Duckling. The Ugly Duckling grows up thinking it is ugly because
it is being compared to the other ducklings. The duckling gets teased to the point where
it runs away. It goes through life thinking it is ugly until one day that it realizes that it
has been a beautiful swan the entire time. This story goes along well with the standard I
chose, because people tease others based on a certain belief of how things should be
rather than seeing the beauty in everyone. Physical activity is personal for each person
just like beauty is, so students need to respect that about themselves and others.

Readability: 0.9 (Flesh-Kincaid)

Suitability: 3+

Travel Team
By Mike Lupica

Lupica, M. (2006). Travel team. New York: Puffin Books.

I read this book when I was in middle school, and it is still my favorite book to this day. This
book is about a boy named Danny who loves basketball and has been playing his entire life. Danny
tries out for the local travel team and is cut. He was not cut because he was not good enough, but
rather because he is too small. Dannys father ends up putting another team together with the players
that were cut from the other travel team. The book is a great example of why students should respect
themselves and others. Dannys talents were not respected by the coaches of the travel team because
he was too small. This could have lead him to stop believing in himself, but it doesnt. He is able to
earn the respect of the coaches and players of the other team. This book demonstrates what can
happen when you respect every member of a team for who they are.

Readability: 3.8 (Flesh-Kincaid)

Suitability: I would give this a suitability of 10+. I think this book is more suitable for middle
school aged students than elementary or high school students.

Heat

By Mike Lupica
Lupica, M. (2006). Heat. New York: Philomel Books.

This book is about a young boys dreams and struggles of getting to the Little League World Series in
Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The main characters, Michael (Miguel is his birth name), mother died in their
home country Cuba. Along with his father and his brother, they made the long trip to America in search of a
better life. They eventually settled in New York City just around the corner from Yankee Stadium. Michaels
father passed away which left Michaels 17 year old brother Carlos in charge. With Carlos 18 birthday just
around the corner, the two brothers kept the death of their father a secret in hopes of not getting split up.
Michael is the star pitcher of his Little League team. He was so good that other coaches questioned his age, and
with no father and no birth certificate to prove his age, Michael was suspended from the league until they could
find proper documentation. Through the help of Michaels friend Ellie and her Cuban born professional baseball
player of a father, Michael is able to get the documentation and play in Yankee stadium for the chance to make it
to Williamsport, PA. Throughout this book there are many instances where the characters experience different
social experiences that highlight what the standard I chose is trying to get across to students.

Readability: 7 (Flesh-Kincaid)
Suitability: I would give this book a suitability of 10+. The language and situations in this book would relate
better with students in middle school than they would in elementary or high school students.

Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of

Aggression in Girls
By Rachel Simmons

Simmons, R. (2002). Odd girl out: The hidden culture of aggression in girls. New York: Harcourt.

Simmons, R. (n.d.). Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls. Retrieved March
22, 2015, from http://www.rachelsimmons.com/books-and-tv/odd-girl-out /

In this revised and updated edition, internationally recognized educator and bullying expert Rachel Simmons
gives girls, parents and educators proven techniques for navigating social dynamics in person and online. Simmons
offers new classroom initiatives and step-by-step suggestions for girls and their parents. This quote came from the
second source listed above. I was able to find a preview version of this book online, and it seems that this book does
a great job explaining social situations that plague females by using real life examples. Since I am not a female, I
cant relate to the struggles that teenage girls go through. Reading this book would allow me to get an inside look on
these social situations. As a future health educator and parent, I will need to know this information. It would also be
great to have in my classroom for my female students to read how to handle these social experiences. This book also
does a good job driving home the idea behind the standard I chose.

Readability: 8.3 (Flesh-Kincaid)

Suitability: I would give this a suitability rating of 13+. I feel like teenagers would be able to relate to this text better
than students in elementary school.

Life Strategies for Teens

By Jay McGraw

McGraw, J. (2000). Life strategies for teens. New York: Fireside.

Weaver, V. (n.d.). Books R4 Teens - Book Review - Life Strategies for Teens (J. Moore, Ed.). Retrieved March 22, 2015,
from http://www.edb.utexas.edu/resources/booksR4teens/book_reviews/book_reviews.php?book_id=67

The young author of this advice book for Teens has adapted the Ten Life Laws his father, Dr. Phil McGraw, a
psychologist, created to be appropriate and applicable to the lives of teenagers. While believing that his dad had a workable
plan for helping people determine the best course for a successful life, Jay knew his father did not completely understand
how Teens think and what is important in their lives, and as a result, he decided to gear his book toward a teenage audience.
McGraw encouraged Teens to create their own experience, to make good decisions and act on them, and to forgive the
people that have hurt them. McGraw uses personal stories as well as accounts from other Teens to illustrate his points, and
his tone is very forthcoming, sometimes brutally honest, and never preachy.Vicki Weaver.
This book would be a great resource to offer to my students as an additional way to help meet the standard that I chose. They
can use this book to help apply the information that they are provided in class to their own lives.

Readability: 4.1 (Flesh-Kincaid)

Suitability: I would give this a suitability rating of 13+. I dont think the content and language is that difficult, but since this
book is designed for teens it wouldnt be very interesting or applicable for elementary students.