After watching a short online film about a soccer player Nolusindiso Plaatje and his help with the Grassroot Soccer program, a community education effort aimed at spreading awareness about HIV/AIDS prevention, use a lesson plan to prompt reflection on the relationship between sports, education, and engagement. Prompts included are for individual writing, small group work, and full class discussion.

Concepts

sports

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• This is a great example of how team sports are used to effect positive change, but it's also worthwhile to explore potentially negative impacts of team dynamics (e.g. peer pressure)

Classroom Considerations

• The video is fairly long (almost 20 minutes); consider having pupils watch it the night before instead of playing it in class

Pros

• Resource may be particularly engaging for those passionate about sports
• There is a good variety of activities oriented around the video

Cons

• The resource may not be particularly engaging for students that are not athletic or interested in sports

Common Core

SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a