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Theme for the lessons: Hockey Mask History

Primary Level

Overall Curriculum Expectations:


Oral Language
- listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for
a variety of purposes;
- use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences
for a variety of purposes;
Reading
- read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, graphic, and informational
texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning;
Writing
- generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose
and audience;
- draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms
and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience;
Art
- produce two- and three-dimensional works of art that communicate a variety of ideas
(thoughts, feelings, experiences) for specific purposes and to specific audiences, using a
variety of art forms
Physical Education
- apply a variety of movement skills in combination and in sequence (locomotion/
travelling, manipulation, and stability) in physical activities (e.g., dance) and formal games
(e.g., badminton, soccer);
- apply the principles of movement while refining movement skills (e.g., dribbling a ball
quickly and slowly in basketball).

Read Aloud Activity The Goalie Mask


Frontloading Activity By Mike Leonetti
ISBN: 9781551929293
Read “The Goalie Mask” to the class.
Frontloading is essential in bringing/activating prior knowledge
to the students. This book is only a suggestion; feel free to use
your own.

Weave a web of understanding activity This activity (or


In small groups of students. Ask the students to draw one item any cooperative
learning activity)
about goalie masks or hockey masks they know and can bring will help bring
to the group. In a large circle, students share what they know some prior
about goalie masks. The goal is for the groups to discuss and knowledge to the
brainstorm ideas. lesson

Shared Reading/ Read Aloud Read along with


Take your favorite few lines from the book and have students the students (ask
them to read with
follow along while you read it. you if they feel
Depending on the Primary level/ability, have students dissect comfortable or just
the words according to structure and voice. Discuss the follow along with

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illustration in the book and why the author chose the their eyes).
colors/images he did.

History

The first mask was a crude leather model (actually a football "nose-guard") worn by Clint
Benedict in the 1920s to protect his broken nose.[1] After recovering from the injury, he never
used it again. Jacques Plante was the first to wear a mask full-time after being struck in the face
with a puck during a game in 1959.[2] Although Plante faced some derision, the fiberglass goalie
mask soon became the standard and a symbol of the game as typified by the famous painting,
"At The Crease," by Ken Danby. This style of mask is no longer used by hockey leagues; yet its
fame continues because of its continued use by horror icon Jason Voorhees of the Friday the
13th movie series.[3] Since the invention of the fiberglass hockey mask, professional goalies no
longer play without a mask. The last goalie not to wear a mask was Andy Brown, who last played
in the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 1973-74 season.[4]

The advent of the goalie mask changed the way goaltenders play, allowing them to make more
saves on their knees without fear of serious head or facial injuries. Before the advent of the mask,
most goaltenders stayed standing as much as possible. In the modern era, a goaltender is likely
to make the majority of saves when he has one or both knees on the ice.

Provided by: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goalie_mask

Group Activity:
After the piece has been read to the students, ask them to Use sentence
strips or strips of
discuss in their pairs/groups what is the most important piece of paper for groups
information in the paragraph. Tell me them to be prepared to to share.
share. Have student write one sentence on a sentence strip and
tape their response on the board or chart paper for others to see.

Each group will read aloud their answer.

Cross Curricular Activities:

Art: Paper Mache Goalie Masks (make sure the students are This activity
frontloaded with some images of NHL masks and the symmetry extension should
be started on the
that goes into creating the images. This is a fantastic opportunity first day in order
to extend symmetry from the Math curriculum. to allow time for
the layers to dry.
One paper mache website link to explain “how to” :
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/makingmasks/l/blpmchface.htm Rubric attached

This activity could be combined with an Intermediate “buddy”


class to encourage students to work with each other. Students
can work in small groups to create group masks instead of 1
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mask per child.

Take care to use


Physical Education: the proper safety
equipment
“Game of hockey” (ice surface is not necessary)
Review rules of the game with students prior.
Help students become familiar with hockey. Ask a few students
who play hockey to demonstrate how to hold a stick and carry
the puck. In addition, rely on these students to help explain the
purpose of the game and some of the rules.

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