Lesson Plan Dec.

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Teacher’s Name: Mrs. Anderson Course: Physical Education
Topic: Ball control skills and throwing Length of Class: 45 min 1:20-2:05
Materials: Scoops and balls, stick with students name on them.
Guiding Question: How might awareness of the surroundings impact movement?
Curricular Outcomes: Students demonstrate how movement can support different
types of physical activity.
Knowledge: Object manipulation can occur in many ways including throwing, retreiving,
and retaining objects.
Objectives:
At the end of the lesson students will be able to:
1) Recognize how they can benefit from each game.
2) Explain why these games are important to Indigenous cultures.
3) Demonstrate that they understand the rules for various Indigenous games.

Activities Time Allowed

START IN THE CLASSROOM: 1:20-1:25

 Have students line up by the door, ready to walk to the gym. 5 min
Remind them about the rules of the hallway.
 When they get to the gym, they will run one full lap around our
section, and then sit together.
 Tell students we are going to be silent ninjas on our way to gym
class. Do ninjas stomp their feet? Do they talk to the other
ninjas? NO!! Do the silently walk carefully and quietly? YES!
When they are ready, walk to the gym.
After students have run a full lap (or two if they feel like it), have
everyone sit as a group.

Before beginning the lesson-

 Oki and Welcome! 1:25-1:30
 Explain that we are going to play a couple of traditional 5 min
Blackfoot games.

Lacrosse (Haudenosaunee/Iroquois)
A lot of the games we play every day are based on traditional 1:30-1:40
Indigenous games, including lacrosse. Lacrosse has been played by 10 min
Indigenous people for hundreds of years before settlers even came to
Canada, and is the national summer sport of Canada.
 Lacrosse golf -try to throw a ball from a lacrosse stick into a
bucket or bin without letting it bounce.
 Work in teams, run and scoop balls and toss the ball into a
hoop/bucket. Same game as when coach came to teach us
 lacrosse.
Equipment required: Lacrosse stick, ball or scoop and wiffle ball.

Clean up and introduce the next game

Hoop Toss: Play in teams with 3-4 peaople on each team.

This game is traditionally played with a small hoop and a sticking
sticking out of the ground. It was used by Indigenous communities to
test a persons accuracy, patience, and ability to succeed under pressure. 1:40-1:50
 Place a pylon on a line, and another pylon about 10 feet away. 10 min
 Have students stand by one pylon holding a hoop.
 Students then toss the hoop so that it lands over top of the pylon.
The first team to get all their pylons on the hoop wins that round.
 When all students have completed the task, have students
retrieve their sticks and return to the pylon.
 Repeat play.

Spin the wheel

Discuss the games with the students- 1:50-1:55

 What would we learn from these games? 5 min
 Why were they played?
1:55-2:00
Have students line up to go to the music room.
5 min

Assessment:
Observation- watch students to make sure they are following the instructions. Watch for
understanding of the activity goal.
Formative assessment- Discuss with students why each game is important. Ask them to
repeat key words back to me, and consistently ask meaningful questions about what the
task is teaching them while they are participating.
Record progress on the Student skills checklist.