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American
Football
Lets Watch! 2
Quiz! 3

Which game is oldest?

a. Soccer
b. Hockey
c. Baseball
d. Basketball
e. American Football
Quiz! 4

Which game is oldest?

a. Soccer 1863 U.K.
b. Hockey 1875 Canada
c. Baseball 1846 U.S.
d. Basketball 1891 U.S.
e. American Football 1869 U.S.

- "These are popular team sports in America!

Game Values 5

Unity
Strength
Teamwork
Perseverance

- "These are also good life skills!

Game Language 6

Offense End Zone

Defense Field Goal
Tackle Coin Toss
Touchdown Kickoff

- Do you know these words?

Who Plays? 7

America )
Children begin playing
pee-wee football at 7 years old.
Who Plays? 8

America )
High school teams: 14,048
University teams: 128
Professional NFL teams: 32
Who Plays? 9

NFL
Teams

Which is
best?
Who Plays? 10

Globally
Africa: Egypt * and Kenya +
Americas: Chile , and Mexico -
Asia: India . and S. Korea /
Europe: Belarus 0 and Estonia 1
Quiz! 11

What kind of football do

children play?
a. Junior Football
b. Youth Football
c. Small Football
d. Pee-Wee Football
Quiz! 12

What kind of football do

children play?
a. Junior Football
b. Youth Football
c. Small Football
d. Pee-Wee Football
Players | Sammy Baugh 13
Players | Sammy Baugh 14
Players | J.J. Watt 15
Players | J.J. Watt 16
Players | J.J. Watt 17

Using Twitter , he
helped raise
18.5 million dollars
to help victims of
Hurricane Harvey.
Players | Tautvydas Kieras 18

- The 1st native Lithuanian to play in the NFL!

Players | Tautvydas Kieras 19
A Little History 20

Ancient Greece
The Greeks played Harpaston.
Teams kicked, threw, ran with ball.
A Little History 21

England (early 1100s)

Like Harpaston.
More popular than archery, King
banned it.
A Little History 22

England (early 1800s)

Two kinds played.
One became soccer, other rugby.
A Little History 23

America (late 1800s)

Princeton and Rutgers Universities
played 1st American game.
Formed Intercollegiate Football
Association (IFA) with Yale and
Colombia.
President Theodore Roosevelt asked
IFA to make game safer.
Quiz! 24

Which U.S. President ordered

football be made safer?
a. President Donald Trump
b. President Barack Obama
c. President Franklin Roosevelt
d. President Theodore Roosevelt?
Quiz! 25

Which U.S. President ordered

football be made safer?
a. President Donald Trump
b. President Barack Obama
c. President Franklin Roosevelt
d. President Theodore Roosevelt
Safety Equipment 26
Have you 27

Played on an organized team?

Played at school?
Gone to a game?
Watched a game on TV?
Or
You know nothing about it?
We will 28

Learn a few basic rules.

Play our own game!
Rules | Game Structure 29

Rectangular field
2 teams of 11 players
Offense and Defense
60 minutes, 4 quarters
Rules | Game Structure 30
Rules | Scoring Points 31

Touchdown
Throw or carry ball into End Zone.
Field Goal
Kick ball through goal posts.
Rules | Scoring Points 32
Rules | Starting a Game 33

Coin Toss
Teams choose heads or tails.
Winner chooses offense/defense.
Kickoff
The game starts with a kickoff.
Rules | Playing a Game 34

Possession of the ball

Team must run to other teams
End Zone.
If Offense fails to move ball
forward, they must give to
opposing team.
Defense becomes Offense.
Quiz! 35

How many players are on a

team?
a. 2
b. 5
c. 7
d. 11
Quiz! 36

How many players are on a

team?
a. 2
b. 5
c. 7
d. 11
Quiz! 37

How do players score points?

a. Touchdowns
b. Hole in ones
c. Field Goals
d. Kickoffs
Quiz! 38

How do players score points?

a. Touchdowns
b. Hole in ones
c. Field Goals
d. Kickoffs
Well play Flag Football! 39

In Flag Football, a player cannot

be tackled!
Well play Flag Football! 40

In Flag Football, a player grabs

the other teams flag!
Video | Flag Football 41
Choose a word 42
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Lets play!