GAME ON
SPORTS & SOCIETY
to drop the ball
to give it your best shot
the ball is in your court
to take a shot at
out of your league
to jump the gun
a sitting duck
What role can sports play in shaping a more inclusive society?
Sports and protest
Sports and women
Sports and disability
FINAL TASK
Sports and racism
Is sports a vector of discrimination or a weapon against racism?
a vector = a way a weapon a black glove to protest against to bow your head to express an opinion to voice an opinion to disapprove to contest
42, Jackie Robinson
Sports: it wasn't always fun and games
"it's all fun and games"
= une vraie partie de plaisir
I don't see no black and white. There's only fast and slow.
James Cleveland Owens (1913 - 1980)
discrimination to discriminate racism to separate to belittle to treat someone like to treat someone + adv. to face to come face to face with to strike a blow to make a move to impact to oppress oppressed a dilemma
Jack Roosevelt Robinson (1919 - 1972)
A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives
Watch the trailer and answer the questions
What are the 2 meanings of the word "race"? How does it fit the movie?
Based on the movie trailer, what difficulties did Jesse Owens face?
What examples of these discrimination do you pick out in the movie?
Look at the poster and the picture. What can you guess about Jesse Owens' story?
Look at the posters. What can you guess about Jackie Robinson's story?
Watch the trailer and answer the questions
What does the number "42" refer to?
Based on the movie trailer, what difficulties did Jackie Robinson face?
What examples of these discrimination do you pick out in the movie?
Sports: bringing people together
Watch the video and find out more
The "Ping-Pong Diplomacy"
In your opinion, what does this term refer to?
Who are these two men?
Expressing surprise and wonder:
incredible unbelievable never-seen-before mind-blowing unexpected epic
Sports and women
How has women's place in sports evolved ?
to run a marathon to prevent so. from +V-ing misogyny ≠ misandry sexism allowed ≠ forbidden to allow so. to + V anyway = quand même
Can she play?
Serena Williams
Misty Copeland
Kathrine Switzer
Do you know who these women are? What are they famous for?
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise. [...] You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise. [...]
Sports: "battle of the sexes"
Watch the video
Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs In 1973
Bobby Riggs
Billie Jean King
The Battle of the sexes
Note down information about:
BETHANY HAMILTON
Vocabulary box
a wave to surf a surfboard a tunnel to overcome a tragedy an outcome = a result a legend legendary a miracle miraculous unprecedented = never seen before
Sports and disability
How has sports become more inclusive towards disabled athletes?
a disability a disabled person disabled / handicapped a wheelchair a challenge / to challenge against all odds to give up ≠ to push through to be different to differ from
Yes, they can.
a disability to be disabled/ handicapped to manage to to push through/ to power through to persevere exceptional extra-ordinary a message of hope to encourage
Aimee Mullins
Observe the two pictures and comment
Watch the video
Iconic athletes' portraits
Pick a female athlete or a parathlete
Search the web for information about this athlete
Present it to the class
https://www.businessinsider.com/iconic-female-athletes-women-sports-2019-7?IR=T#wilma-rudolph-1
ADJECTIVES IN - ABLE/ - IBLE
-ible
dis____ invis____ incred____ comfort____ respons____ flex____ depend____ break____ permiss____ laugh____ illeg____ compar____ admiss____
-able
Watch the video and use your memory to answer the questions
Comment on the title
Who is the man on the picture? What is his role in the Invictus Games?
Memorize the dates and places of the previous Invictus Games
Where will the Invictus Games 2022 take place?
Düsseldorf 2021
The Hague 2020
Focus on the sounds: what effect does it have?
Explain what you see in the video?
FINAL TASK
Paralympic Pen Pal
Write a letter to a paralympic athlete who inspires you.
https://education.paralympic.org.au/for-students/paralympic-pen-pal/
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Transcript
GAME ON
SPORTS & SOCIETY
to drop the ball
to give it your best shot
the ball is in your court
to take a shot at
out of your league
to jump the gun
a sitting duck
What role can sports play in shaping a more inclusive society?
Sports and protest
Sports and women
Sports and disability
FINAL TASK
Sports and racism
Is sports a vector of discrimination or a weapon against racism?
a vector = a way a weapon a black glove to protest against to bow your head to express an opinion to voice an opinion to disapprove to contest
42, Jackie Robinson
Sports: it wasn't always fun and games
"it's all fun and games"
= une vraie partie de plaisir
I don't see no black and white. There's only fast and slow.
James Cleveland Owens (1913 - 1980)
discrimination to discriminate racism to separate to belittle to treat someone like to treat someone + adv. to face to come face to face with to strike a blow to make a move to impact to oppress oppressed a dilemma
Jack Roosevelt Robinson (1919 - 1972)
A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives
Watch the trailer and answer the questions
What are the 2 meanings of the word "race"? How does it fit the movie?
Based on the movie trailer, what difficulties did Jesse Owens face?
What examples of these discrimination do you pick out in the movie?
Look at the poster and the picture. What can you guess about Jesse Owens' story?
Look at the posters. What can you guess about Jackie Robinson's story?
Watch the trailer and answer the questions
What does the number "42" refer to?
Based on the movie trailer, what difficulties did Jackie Robinson face?
What examples of these discrimination do you pick out in the movie?
Sports: bringing people together
Watch the video and find out more
The "Ping-Pong Diplomacy"
In your opinion, what does this term refer to?
Who are these two men?
Expressing surprise and wonder:
incredible unbelievable never-seen-before mind-blowing unexpected epic
Sports and women
How has women's place in sports evolved ?
to run a marathon to prevent so. from +V-ing misogyny ≠ misandry sexism allowed ≠ forbidden to allow so. to + V anyway = quand même
Can she play?
Serena Williams
Misty Copeland
Kathrine Switzer
Do you know who these women are? What are they famous for?
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise. [...] You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise. [...]
Sports: "battle of the sexes"
Watch the video
Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs In 1973
Bobby Riggs
Billie Jean King
The Battle of the sexes
Note down information about:
BETHANY HAMILTON
Vocabulary box
a wave to surf a surfboard a tunnel to overcome a tragedy an outcome = a result a legend legendary a miracle miraculous unprecedented = never seen before
Sports and disability
How has sports become more inclusive towards disabled athletes?
a disability a disabled person disabled / handicapped a wheelchair a challenge / to challenge against all odds to give up ≠ to push through to be different to differ from
Yes, they can.
a disability to be disabled/ handicapped to manage to to push through/ to power through to persevere exceptional extra-ordinary a message of hope to encourage
Aimee Mullins
Observe the two pictures and comment
Watch the video
Iconic athletes' portraits
Pick a female athlete or a parathlete
Search the web for information about this athlete
Present it to the class
https://www.businessinsider.com/iconic-female-athletes-women-sports-2019-7?IR=T#wilma-rudolph-1
ADJECTIVES IN - ABLE/ - IBLE
-ible
dis____ invis____ incred____ comfort____ respons____ flex____ depend____ break____ permiss____ laugh____ illeg____ compar____ admiss____
-able
Watch the video and use your memory to answer the questions
Comment on the title
Who is the man on the picture? What is his role in the Invictus Games?
Memorize the dates and places of the previous Invictus Games
Where will the Invictus Games 2022 take place?
Düsseldorf 2021
The Hague 2020
Focus on the sounds: what effect does it have?
Explain what you see in the video?
FINAL TASK
Paralympic Pen Pal
Write a letter to a paralympic athlete who inspires you.
https://education.paralympic.org.au/for-students/paralympic-pen-pal/