PYP5 Unit of Inquiry: CENTRAL IDEA: Access to equal opportunities can depend on human actions and circumstances.

Lines of inquiry

• Children’s lives around the world.
• Human and children’s rights.
• Equal opportunities

PE connection to the unit (learning objective):  Exemplifies how games can be adapted for disabled people.

Connection Assessment: In groups, present adapted game rules for one specific disability

Obs.  Unit will be running as the Paralympic games happen

Part 1: Guided run:

Tch organized an activity called guided run. All students experienced running using a blindfold guided by the hand of a partner.

Part 2: Think-pair-share

Tch used a think-pair-share activity and the following guiding questions.

1. How did you feel while running with your eyes covered and guided by a partner?
2. What made some children run easier than others?

Using post its, in pairs, children discussed, wrote down their answers and placed the post its on the whiteboard.

Words such as “scary”, “happy”, “good”, “blind”, “lost” were on the post its, indicating various feelings.  “Trust” and “confident” also appeared.

Part 3: Round of questions and wrap up: Tch continued asking questions related to Paralympic games, the concept of disability, etc.

Part 4: Students will, in small groups, present an adapted game and its rules for one specific disability… using the assessment sheet:

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