Sports (7th Grade)

Matt Wallin

What Learning Skills Can We Utilize from Sports?

Content Area

Thematic
Questions

History

How and when

was baseball
created?

Activities

Technology
Integration

Each student will

Aside from the
utilize a
students using
technological
their own
device with
technology, the
Why did football internet access, or teacher will utilize
become so popular get in a group if the internet and a
so fast?
they don't have projector to aid the
one, and research students in their
Who created the
the 3 major U.S. research and show
game of basketball sports and their
images or videos
and how was it
histories.
of early sports.
initially played?

Assessment
and/or Rubric
Scale

Student Products
or Portfolio

NM Content
Standards with
Benchmarks

Each student or
group of students
will tell the rest of
the class and the
teacher the answer
of the questions
listed in the
Thematic
Questions
columns, as well
at least 2 other
facts they found
interesting while
doing their
research. (10 pts.)

The students will

create a table for
the 3 sports and
list the creator of
the sport, the birth
year of the sport,
the boom of the
popularity of the
sport, key players
from the sports,
and 1 or more
reasons why the
sport has impacted
the history of
mankind.

Benchmark 1-D:
- Use resources for
historical
information.
- Gather, organize,
and interpret info
using a variety of
media and
technology.
- Show the
relationship
between social
contexts and
events.
- Use effective
communication
skills and
strategies to share
research findings.