Local Olympics Unit Plan
Overview
Description of theme and the content
Subject area curricula addressed
Rationale
Value of the unit for students’ lives
development, and learning.
Describe how First Peoples’
Principles of Learning is addressed
Curricular Connections
Curricular Connections and Content
explored through the unit
Theme:​​ Hosting the Olympics locally
Subject Areas:​​ Math, ELA, Art, First Nation Studies,
Science
Value:​​ Students gain an understanding of biomechanics
and the relation between math and sports performance.
The students will have the opportunity to witness how
people can understand text differently depending on their
world views and perspectives. Students will also gain an
understanding of the proceedings of the 2010 Olympics and
begin to think about the difference between cultural
representation and cultural appropriation. To move forward
with reconciliation these are conversations and ideas that
are important to share with the students. The students will
also gain understanding of the target markets for which to
build a marketing proposal around and gain understanding
as to how to make the appropriate proposals to First
Nations communities in order to engage First Nations
communities as major stakeholders in the hosting of local
Olympic games.
Math: ​Representing and analyzing situations allows us to
notice and wonder about relationships, measurement, line
of best fit, slope, linear equations, statistics, & graphing
ELA:​​ Respectfully exchange ideas and viewpoints from
diverse perspectives to build shared understanding and
extend thinking, ​Identify bias, contradictions, and
distortions,
Art: ​Creative ways to add value to an existing idea or
product, & Graphic design
First Nation Studies:​​ Reconciliation, appropriation
Science: ​Biomechanics, scientific method
Marketing: ​Social, ethical, and sustainability considerations
impact design and decision making. Ethical Marketing
contributed to a healthier global marketplace
Materials
Summary list from lesson plans
Scope and Sequence
List of the lesson topics through the
unit
(​The subject area and class that the
lesson will be taught during)
Culminating Activity
Culminating activity that students will
engage in/create as evidence of their
learning
Math: ​12 Meter sticks, 12 roles of tape, 8 pieces of string, 8
Styrofoam balls, 6 knee bend 30 angle tools (cardboard
cutouts work), 6 knee bend 60 angle tools, Space / stations
around the hallway, Pencil, 30 Worksheets, Graph paper
ELA: ​30 handouts (15 printouts of first article and 15
printouts of the second article) One YouTube video
Art: ​Roll of paper, construction paper, poster board, pens,
pencil crayons, felts, glue sticks, various colouring supplies.
Lesson 1 (​​Media Studies​): The Olympic Games: A Textual
Analysis of Indigenous Involvement
Lesson 2 (​​Marketing)​ ​: T ​ he Olympic Games: Developing
Understanding of Target Markets & Customer Persona
Development
Lesson 3 ​(M​ ath​)​:​ The Olympic Games: Biomechanics and
Linear Relations
Lesson 4 ​(M ​ edia Studies​):​ ​ The Olympic Games: Drafting a
Press Release
Lesson 5 ​(M ​ arketing)​ ​:​ The Olympic Games: Stakeholder
Engagement and Stakeholder Mapping / Engaging
Indigenous Communities
Lesson 6 ​(M ​ ath​)​:​ The Olympic Games: Olympic statistics
and linear relations
Lesson 7 & 8: ​Local Olympics Proposal Poster creation
Lesson 9: ​Student Proposal Poster gallery walk
In groups, students will create a proposal poster for the
Olympics to be hosted in Nanaimo. (See rubric for poster
requirements and details)