THE ROLES OF SPORT Module D: Lesson 1

Grade 11 Active, Healthy Lifestyles

HISTORY OF SPORT• Recorded for centuries

• Sport of wrestling is depicted on ancient Egyptian urns known to be older than 4000 years.

• Formal sport was a natural follow-up to children’s game

• Ancient Greeks– Original Olympic Game

s• Roman gladiator sports• Medieval times

– Productive work– Trivial unless to

prepare for war

• Olympic Games revived in 1896• Venue made for

international competition in France.

• 1970s professional sport evolved

• Amateur removed from the Olympics in the 1980s

• Modern Olympic Games• Greatest media

coverage.• Drug use and abuse

have tarnished the games.

ORIGIN OF SPORT – ACTIVITY #1

Learn more about the origins of various sports. Add a few more sports to the list.

You are to complete RM1 – SI. Use the internet to research each of the sports to find the

answers to them.

THE CANADIAN SPORT LANDSCAPE

Many games and sports are part of a country’s cultural heritage and a source of national pride Ice hockey Curling Speed skating Lacrosse Sprinters

Are there any other sports that can be called our own?

SPORT ORIGIN – ACTIVITY #2

Discuss the background of a famous Canadian athlete. Choose 6 – 8 famous Canadian Athletes from

Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame. Create a single page document of each athlete with

the following criteria: Name with picture. Born, died, raised, sport. What were they before the sport, and after. What accomplishments did they have during their

sporting career, and then after? Watch a video of your athlete. What makes them a

Hall of Famer?

THE CONTINUUM OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SPORT• Free play

– Explore, express ourselves, pretend, and role play using various forms of physical activity

– No firm rules – Anywhere– Simply for pleasure

• Game play – Greater structure – Competition– Clear set of objectives,

rules, regulations– Luck, skill or strategy

• Inactive or Active– No leagues, standings or

schedules– Players are usually the

officials

• Sport – Specialized form of game

play• Physical component• Winning and losing• Governed by an organization

or institution• Specialized facilities and

equipment– Reflects its values, beliefs,

attitudes and culture– Hobby or for the love of the

game• Work

– Professional players and coaches

EXAMPLES OF FREE PLAY – ACTIVITY #3

• Tear a sheet of paper into 12 pieces.• Identify 3 examples of free play that one might

engage in as a child, a teen, an adult and a senior.• Place your examples into the appropriate categories.

Questions • Are there any suggestions that are not examples of

free play? • How are the examples of free play for each age

group different? How are they similar?• Does each of the four categories have examples of

the purposes of free play? If the purposes change, why do they change from one age group to another?

CONTINUUM OF PARTICIPATION – ACTIVITY #4

Classify the list of activities according to the stage that best describes each activity.

WHY DO PEOPLE BECOME INVOLVED IN SPORT? ACTIVITY #5

• Brainstorm reasons for participation in sport• Distinguish between your examples:

– extrinsic motivators of participation in sport– intrinsic motivators of participation in sport– desirable outcomes of participation in sport

• Is sport valued or not valued in Canada at the various stages of the continuum of physical activity and sport: free play, game play, sport, and work? How is this shown?

• What does Canada need to do to promote physical activity participation?

• What does Canada need to do to be known as an active and healthy country?

VALUES IN SPORT – ACTIVITY #6

Has sport influenced society? If so, how? Has sport influenced you in any way? If so,

how? Has sport helped young people develop

positive values? Why or why not? What are some of the values learned through

sport? Are they positive or negative?