This history article, ‘Basketball’, features important factual background information about the invention of basketball. It explains how Canadian schoolteacher James Naismith came up with the idea for the game as a way to occupy his unruly students. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical and cultural awareness and could be used as a prompt for …More
This geography article, ‘Hockey’, features factual information about Canada’s most popular sport. It is aimed at broadening students’ cultural, geographical, and historical awareness in an engaging manner.
This history article, ‘Historical Person: The Golden Girl’ features the great Australian Olympic running gold medallist Elizabeth (Betty) Cuthbert. It provides factual background information on the life of this Australian sporting legend and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This writing prompt, ‘Hoops’ helps students to write about what they think about the NBA’s new age rules. It encourages students to think about age limits in sports and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This photo activity card, ‘Ice Hockey’, provides integrated thematic vocabulary and oral language development activities on the topic of hockey. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of this iconic Canadian sport and can be used as a prompt for further discussion or study of Canada.
This sports article, ‘Lawn Bowls’ features the sport that is sometimes known as ‘bowling on the green’. It provides information about lawn bowls, the Commonwealth Games and how the sport was banned by the kings of England and France many years ago. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical, cultural and sporting awareness in an …More
This hands-on activity, ‘Make an Ice Hockey Rink’, asks students to make and design a model ice hockey rink. This is a great resource for broadening students’ cultural knowledge about Canada and could be used as a prompt for further discussion or study of Canadian traditions.
This history article, ‘My History … with Melissa Wu’ features an interview with Australian diving champion Melissa Wu. It provides factual information about Melissa Wu’s life and accomplishments and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This geography article, ‘X-Country Skiing’, features factual information about this popular winter activity. It is aimed at broadening students’ cultural, geographical, and historical awareness in an engaging manner.
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