INCLUSION. Alex Bilodeau. Olympian Stories. Gold Grades 6 and up Silver Grades 4-5 Bronze Grades 2-3

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1 Gold Grades 6 and up Silver Grades 4-5 Bronze Grades 2-3 COC // COSP_Fall COSP_Fall Olympic Olympic Athlete Athlete Stories Stories MedalTheory MedalTheory v1.0 v1.0 COC Official Mark of the Canadian Olympic Committee. Marque officielle du Comité olympique canadien Royal Bank of Canada, *Registered trademark of Royal Bank of Canada. Used by permission.

2 Creating a Canadian Olympic Learning Environment This year s Canadian Olympic School Program (COSP) presented by RBC is the most comprehensive yet. Each Olympian story, featuring a well-known Canadian Olympian, is brought to life with activities that engage students in literacy and movement skill activities, character challenges, numeracy extensions and audio and video podcasts. Through these values-based Olympian stories, students discover that our athletes reached great success not only through tremendous physical talents, but also through character and intelligence. Complementing these captivating stories is the Canadian Olympic Movement Skills resource and Personal Best Challenges by RBC Olympians. Together, these resources create a foundation for teachers to inspire their students to exercise their mind, body and character. COSP is designed in accordance with the founder of the modern Olympic Movement, Pierre de Coubertin s, philosophy of Olympism. By recognizing the value of Olympians as role models, the program engages students with the joy found in effort while blending sport with culture and education. Our Olympian stories balance intellectual instruction, cultural development and physical education. The heart of our curriculum focuses on participation, effort and the pride in knowing you have given your all to the pursuit of excellence. Olympic Values as Educational Tools The worldwide Olympic values of friendship, respect and excellence act as a foundation for these stories. Each Olympian story will focus on the development of a character value within your students. By engaging students in each narrative, they have the opportunity to expand their understanding of this value and to expand their moral capabilities. As well, Personal Best Challenges by RBC Olympians will challenge students to reach their personal best by applying the values in their everyday life at school, at home or in the community. Finding the Joy in Effort To mimic the physical development of our Olympians, each Olympian story links students to physical literacy activities in our Canadian Olympic Movement Skills resource. These movement activities will encourage students to develop physical skills over time. Students, much as the same as Olympians, must first learn movement skills that enable them to balance, walk, run, jump, skip and throw proficiently. That helps set the stage for them to master more complex movement skills. Being physically literate is critical to the development of healthy students. Physically literate students are not only experts at moving their bodies, but understand how to do so in ways that are respectful of themselves and others. They can move their bodies in creative, intelligent ways that demonstrate their ability to adapt to different situations. Such individuals enjoy success in a range of physical activities, and are more likely to be motivated to adopt healthy behaviours in all aspects of life. Blending Sport with Culture and Education Mountain Lake Each Olympian story is tailored to three reading levels: Bronze (grades 2-3), Silver (grades 4-5), and Gold (grades 6 and into secondary school). Each comes with progressive activities that are openended and tailored to address a diverse range of learning styles and proficiencies. They focus on six M. Ricker main facets of understanding: explaining, interpreting, applying, taking perspective, empowering and developing self- knowledge. These critical thinking skills are woven into all three stages of the learning sequence in order to promote deeper understanding of the values and concepts. Through many facets of the Canadian Olympic School Program, children and youth can connect values to their lives at home, at school and in their local community. Perhaps they can begin to see their world in new and different ways. Teaching Guide for Educators Current curriculum theory emphasizes the importance of reinforcing value messages through narratives, storytelling, art, posters, drama, and physical movement. Activities based on the stories, events, ceremonies and symbols of the Olympic Games have schoolwide relevance. Group sizes for activities will be indicated by the following icons: Independent Activity Small Group Activity Large Group Activity 2

3 Gold Grades 6 and up Silver Grades 4-5 Bronze Grades 2-3 Connecting Building a foundation for new learning Processing Using strategies to acquire and use knowledge Transforming Showing understanding in a new way Extending Making further connections to Olympians

4 It s funny. I m an athlete and people see me as a kind of normal person. Frederic can t move as well but he is just as much of a competitor in life. I always try harder and never quit thanks to his example Bronze Grades 2-3 takes a deep breath and looks down from the start line of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games freestyle ski run. British Columbia s Cypress Mountain is steep. It is covered with bumps of snow called moguls. In just a few seconds Alex will race down this course. He is hoping to win a gold medal. I could feel the pressure. No Canadian athlete had ever won a gold medal at an Olympic Games in Canada before. But the biggest pressure was from myself. I wanted to win and I knew I could. The huge crowd begins to chant Canada! Canada! The sound, like thunder, rolls up the hillside. Alex knows one of the loudest voices in that crowd is his older brother, Frederic. Alex calls him his hero. FUN FACTS Who is your Role Model?: My brother Frederic because he never gives up Favourite Animal: Kangaroo Favourite colour: Gold, ha-ha! No, probably red 4

5 Bronze Grades 2-3 He is always at my races. He always cheers me on. Frederic has Cerebral Palsy [a condition that affects his body]. He has lived all his life with that. I think about that a lot. His example keeps me grounded. The starter yells, Go! Alex flies down the mountain. His knees flash as he goes over each mound of snow. He digs his poles into the snow to help him keep his balance. Life is like a moguls run. It goes really fast. You have to deal with all sorts of bumps and obstacles. You have to work hard and also stay calm to beat them. Like any elite athlete, Alex has had injuries. He has had disappointing results and bad scores from judges. His brother has always pushed him to work harder, to keep trying. He tells Alex to never give up. Doctors told Frederic that he wouldn t be able to walk after he turned ten. He s now in his late twenties and still walks. He never gives up, even when obstacles get in his way so why would I? He never complains so why should I? He s taught me what it means to be tough. I wouldn t have this gold medal without him. Alex hits the jumps. His body is travelling at incredible speed. If he makes even a small mistake here he could lose points. He s going too fast to think about that. The Olympics are a mental game. My brother is as quick mentally as anyone else. Living with him has made me mentally quick as well. He always gives me advice and feedback. Alex lands without missing a beat. He is almost at the finish line. Alex is a natural. But moguls wasn t his first choice of sport. He wanted to focus on downhill skiing, but when they were kids Frederic wanted to try freestyle instead. Alex started freestyle skiing for Frederic. It s funny. I m an athlete and people see me as a kind of normal person. Frederic can t move as well but he is just as much of a competitor in life. I always try harder and never quit thanks to his example. Alexandre crosses the finish line with a great time. The judges give him great scores. But there is one more racer, a very good one. Alex and Frederic watch his race. I watched him and knew he had made some mistakes. I looked over at the crowd and Frederic was giving me the thumbs up. He knew. The final scoreboard flashes #1. Alexandre Bilodeau. Alex lets all his emotions pour out. He rushes over to the crowd and gives Frederic a huge bear hug. Frederic hugs him back just as hard. Alex has made history. Frederic has one final message for his little brother, the Olympic champion. He only said three words to me: I love you. That meant everything. When I got my gold medal I knew I had to dedicate that victory to one person, my hero, my brother Frederic. 5

6 BRONZE Ski with Alex CONNECTING: Building a foundation for new learning Watch Bilodeau speeds to glory at In this activity, students will achieve the feelings of movement experienced by Alex when he is plows through the the moguls in a freestyle skiing event. Ask students to stand on one side of an imaginary line and jump from side to side over the line for 15 seconds. Encourage students to imagine themselves skiing the gold medal freestyle ski run as if they were Alex. Ask the students to reflect upon what emotions Alex must have gone through before, during and after his gold medal run. Read the story together as a class. PROCESSING: Using strategies to acquire and use knowledge T Chart - Character Traits Create a T chart with the headings Alex and Frederic. Identify, record and discuss character traits that describe both Alex and Frederic. Brainstorm any other words for the list describing Alex and Frederic that are not mentioned but could be used in the story. What words appeared on both Alex and both Frederic lists? What does this tell us? What can we learn from this? What can you learn from the following quote: The Olympics are a mental game. My brother is as quick mentally as anyone else and living with him has made me mentally quick as well. TRANSFORMING: Showing understanding in a new way PERSONAL BEST CHALLENGES by RBC OLYMPIANS The following Personal Best Challenges by RBC Olympians link to the value of inclusion: Carla MacLeod Caroline Ouellette Deidra Dionne Jared MacLeod Bronze Grades 2-3 NEXT STEPS: Canadian Olympic Movement Skills Download the Canadian Olympic Movement Skills physical literacy resource to develop fundamental movement skills associated with our Olympian stories. Now that you have read the story, experience fun, exploratory movement activities with Alex and your students. All challenges are available in the Canadian Olympic School Program Challenge Guide or via podcast at Inclusivity and You Instruct students to talk about times they have been included in activities with other students at recess. Ask them how being included made them feel. Discuss times when students have been excluded from an activity or been left out. Ask them how being excluded or how excluding people makes them feel. In a journal have students record three things they can do to be more inclusive at school, at home and/or in their community. EXTENDING: Making further connections to Olympians Explore numbers and the Olympic Games by developing numeracy problems from Olympian results and sport specific numbers. Sample Numeracy Exercise In freestyle moguls, Alex s score is 26. The last place competitor had a score of 19. Use rounding to estimate the difference between the two scores. Then, calculate the actual difference between the scores. 6

7 Gold Grades 6 and up Silver Grades 4-5 Bronze Grades 2-3 Connecting Building a foundation for new learning Processing Using strategies to acquire and use knowledge Transforming Showing understanding in a new way Extending Making further connections to Olympians

8 It s funny. I m an athlete and people see me as a kind of normal person. Frederic can t move as well but he is just as much of a competitor in life. I always try harder and never quit thanks to his example Silver Grades 4-5 takes a deep breath and stares down the steep incline of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games freestyle ski run on Cypress Mountain. The entire hillside is covered with bumps of snow, moguls. In just a few seconds Alex will launch his body down this course, hoping to win the gold medal. I could feel the pressure. No Canadian athlete had ever won a gold medal at an Olympic Games in Canada before. But the biggest pressure was from myself. I wanted to win and I knew I could. The huge crowd begins to chant, Canada! Canada! The sound rolls up the snowy hillside to Alex like thunder. He knows one of the loudest voices in that crowd in his older brother, Frederic. Alex calls him his hero, the man who has helped him get to the top of this Olympic mountain. FUN FACTS Who is your Role Model?: My brother Frederic because he never gives up Favourite Animal: Kangaroo Favourite colour: Gold, ha-ha! No, probably red 8

9 Silver Grades 4-5 He is always at my races cheering me on. Frederic has Cerebral Palsy [a motor condition that causes physical disability in the various areas of body movement]. He has lived all his life with cerebral palsy. That gives me some perspective on whatever I m going through at the start of a race. His example keeps me grounded and forces me to concentrate on what I need to do to win. The starter yells, Go! and Alex flies down the mountain. His knees burst upward as he deftly handles each mound of snow. He digs his poles into the powdered mountainside to help him keep his balance. Life is like a moguls run. It goes really fast and you have to deal with all sorts of bumps and obstacles. You have to work hard and also stay calm to overcome them. Like any elite athlete, Alex has had to overcome injuries. He s had disappointing results, bad scores from judges and plain bad days as a competitor. It s his brother who pushed him to work harder, keep trying and never give up. Doctors told Frederic that he wouldn t walk after he turned ten. He s now in his late twenties and still walks. He never gives up, even when obstacles get in his way so why would I? He never complains so why should I? He s taught me what it means to be tough and I wouldn t have this gold medal without him. Alexandre hits the jumps, his body moving at incredible speed. A mistake here could cost him a lot of points. He s going too fast to consider this, acting now on memory and instinct and years of preparation. The Olympics are a mental game. My brother is as quick mentally as anyone else and living with him has made me mentally quick as well. He always gives me advice and feedback. Alex lands without missing a beat, his hips moving slightly to his internal tempo, his knees locked together as he approaches the finish line. Alex is a natural. But moguls wasn t his first choice of sport. He wanted to focus on downhill skiing, but when they were kids Frederic wanted to try freestyle skiing instead. He started freestyle skiing for Frederic. It s funny because people see me as an athlete, as a kind of normal person. Frederic can t move as well but he is just as much of a competitor in life. I always try harder and never quit thanks to his example. Alexandre crosses the finish line with a great time and the judges give him great scores, but he has to wait for one final competitor to come down the hill. I watched him and knew he had made some mistakes. I looked over at the crowd and Frederic was giving me the thumbs up. He knew. The judges quickly confirm the Bilodeau s thoughts and the final scoreboard flashes #1. Alexandre Bilodeau. Now that the results are final Alex can let all his emotions pour out. He rushes over to the crowd and searches out his brother. He gives Frederic a huge bear hug, and Frederic hugs him back equally as hard. Alex has made history. And Frederic has one final message for his little brother, the Olympic champion. He only said three words to me: I love you. That meant everything. When I got my gold medal I knew I had to dedicate that victory to one person, my hero, my brother Frederic. 9

10 SILVER CONNECTING: Building a foundation for new learning Importance of Inclusion Watch Bilodeau speeds to glory at In a large space (ex. middle of classroom, hallway, gymnasium, outdoors), teacher models the movement of a skier. Students are then asked to mimic the same movements, first for 10 seconds, then 30 seconds, and then one minute. Lead a discussion with the class on how the movement felt. What did students find easy? What did they find difficult? How would this be challenging for an individual with a physical disability? On a piece of chart paper, the teacher writes the word inclusion. As a class, students do the following (responses are recorded on chart paper): Define inclusion Give examples of inclusion Give reasons why inclusion is important in our society PROCESSING: Using strategies to acquire and use knowledge Comparison Chart (can be done as a T chart) Instruct students to create a T chart using Alex s and Frederic s names as headings. Independently have students brainstorm a list of characteristics describing Alex and Frederic. Students should use words mentioned and implied in the story as well as their own. Instruct students to place a check mark beside each characteristic that is listed under both Alex and Frederic. Students then turn to an elbow partner and compare lists. What words appeared on both Alex and both Frederic lists? What does this tell us? PERSONAL BEST CHALLENGES by RBC OLYMPIANS The following Personal Best Challenges by RBC Olympians link to the value of inclusion: Carla MacLeod Caroline Ouellette Deidra Dionne Jared MacLeod Silver Grades 4-5 NEXT STEPS: Canadian Olympic Movement Skills Download the Canadian Olympic Movement Skills physical literacy resource to develop fundamental movement skills associated with our Olympian stories. Now that you have read the story, experience fun, exploratory movement activities with Alex and your students. All challenges are available in the Canadian Olympic School Program Challenge Guide or via podcast at TRANSFORMING: Showing understanding in a new way Inclusivity and You Think about the following quote: Life is like a moguls run. It goes really fast. You have to deal with all sorts of bumps and obstacles. You have to work hard and also stay calm to beat them. How does this apply to both Alex and Frederic? Use evidence from the text and your own ideas to support your answer. What have you learned from Alex and Frederic? How can you be more inclusive to those around you? 10

11 SILVER Silver Grades 4-5 EXTENDING: Making further connections to Olympians Explore numbers and the Olympic Games by developing numeracy problems from Olympian results and sport specific numbers. Sample Numeracy Exercise In freestyle moguls, Alex s score is determined by the following technical components: Skier s turns = 50% Two aerial maneuvers = 25% Speed = 25% During the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games in 2010, Alex s gold medal-winning score was approximately 26 points. Based on this, calculate how many points were allocated to each technical aspect of his run. 11

12 Gold Grades 6 and up Silver Grades 4-5 Bronze Grades 2-3 Connecting Building a foundation for new learning Processing Using strategies to acquire and use knowledge Transforming Showing understanding in a new way Extending Making further connections to Olympians

13 It s funny. I m an athlete and people see me as a kind of normal person. Frederic can t move as well but he is just as much of a competitor in life. I always try harder and never quit thanks to his example Gold Grades 6 and up takes a deep breath and stares down the steep incline of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games freestyle ski run on Cypress Mountain. The entire hillside is covered with bumps of snow, moguls. In just a few seconds Alex will launch his body down this course, hoping to win the gold medal. I could feel the pressure. No Canadian athlete had ever won a gold medal at an Olympic Games in Canada before but the biggest pressure was from myself. I wanted to win and I knew I could. The huge crowd begins to chant, Canada! Canada! The sound rolls up the snowy hillside to Alex like thunder. He knows one of the loudest voices in that crowd in his older brother, Frederic. Alex calls him his hero, the man who has helped him get to the top of this Olympic mountain.this Olympic mountain. FUN FACTS Who is your Role Model?: My brother Frederic because he never gives up Favourite Animal: Kangaroo Favourite colour: Gold, ha-ha! No, probably red 13

14 Gold Grades 6 and up He is always at my races cheering me on. Frederic has cerebral palsy [a motor condition that causes physical disability in the various areas of body movement]. He has lived all his life with that and that gives me some perspective on whatever I m going through at the start of a race. His example keeps me grounded and forces me to concentrate on what I need to do to win. The starter yells, Go! and Alex flies down the mountain. His knees flash as he deftly handles each mound of snow. He digs his poles into the powdered mountainside to help him keep his balance. Life is like a moguls run. It goes really fast and you have to deal with all sorts of bumps and obstacles. You have to work hard and also stay calm to beat them. Like any elite athlete, Alexandre has had to overcome injuries. He s had disappointing results, bad scores from judges and plain bad days as a competitor. Through it all, his brother pushed him to work harder, keep trying, and to never give up. Doctors told Frederic that he wouldn t walk after he turned ten. He s now in his late twenties and still walks. He never gives up, even when obstacles get in his way so why would I? He never complains so why should I? He s taught me what it means to be tough and I wouldn t have this gold medal without him. Alex hits the jumps, his body moving at incredible speed. A mistake here could cost him significant points. He s going too fast to consider this, acting now on memory and instinct and years of preparation. The Olympics are a mental game. My brother is as quick mentally as anyone else and living with him has made me mentally quick as well. He always gives me advice and feedback. Alex lands without missing a beat, his hips moving slightly to his internal tempo, his knees locked together as he approaches the finish line. Alexandre is a natural. But, incredibly, moguls wasn t his first choice of sport. He wanted to focus on downhill skiing, but when they were kids Frederic wanted to try freestyle skiing instead. He started freestyle skiing for Frederic. It s funny because people see me, as an athlete, as a kind of normal person. Frederic can t move as well but he is just as much of a competitor in life. I always try harder and never quit thanks to his example. Alex crosses the finish line with a great time and the judges give him high scores, but he has to wait for one final competitor to come down the hill to be sure he s won the gold medal. I watched him and knew he had made some mistakes. I looked over at the crowd and Frederic was giving me the thumbs up. He knew. The judges quickly confirm the Bilodeau s thoughts and the final scoreboard flashes #1. Alexandre Bilodeau. Now that the results are final Alex can let all his emotions pour out. He rushes over to the crowd and searches out his brother. He gives Frederic a huge bear hug, and Frederic hugs him back just as hard. Alexandre has made history and Frederic has one final message for his little brother, the Olympic champion. He only said three words to me, I love you. That meant everything. When I got my gold medal I knew I had to dedicate that victory to one person, my hero, my brother Frederic. 14

15 GOLD CONNECTING: Building a foundation for new learning Silent Role Play Individual Activity (large group discussion) Watch Bilodeau speeds to glory at Ask student to analyze Alex s movements and infer what feelings and emotions he may have encountered as before, during and after his competition. Ask students to choreograph a role play or create tableaus depicting Alex s gold medal run, the reaction of his brother when he knew Alex had won and when Alex and Frederic celebrated together after the victory. Have students perform their personal interpretation. Discuss the emotions and movements that were displayed before, during and after Alex s gold medal run. Gold Grades 6 and up NEXT STEPS: Canadian Olympic Movement Skills Download the Canadian Olympic Movement Skills physical literacy resource to develop fundamental movement skills associated with our Olympian stories. Now that you have read the story, experience fun, exploratory movement activities with Alex and your students. PROCESSING: Using strategies to acquire and use knowledge Brother Chart and Comparison Instruct students to create a T chart using Alex s and Frederic s names as headings. Independently have students brainstorm a list of characteristics mentioned or implied describing Alex and Frederic in the story. Compare the two lists and outline which characteristics are the same and which are different. From the list, can you see many traits that are different or the same? What perceptions may people have formed of Fredric? How might he have defied peoples initial perceptions? Ask students to think of someone from your class, family or a famous person who has changed people s perception of them by displaying a feat that was inspirational or changed peoples lives. PERSONAL BEST CHALLENGES by RBC OLYMPIANS The following Personal Best Challenges by RBC Olympians link to the value of inclusion: Carla MacLeod Caroline Ouellette Deidra Dionne Jared MacLeod All challenges are available in the Canadian Olympic School Program Challenge Guide or via podcast at TRANSFORMING: Showing understanding in a new way Inspiration Journal Ask students to think about their school and local community. In a journal writing activity, challenge them to create a personal plan with strategies as to how they can be more inclusive to their peers, family and individuals within their community. Ask students to write a letter thanking a role model that has been inspiring to them and to state in the letter what it is about that person that has been inspiring and how this has positively impacted the students life. 15

16 GOLD Gold Grades 6 and up EXTENDING: Making further connections to Olympians Explore numbers and the Olympic Games by developing numeracy problems from Olympian results and sport specific numbers. Sample Numeracy Exercise In freestyle moguls, Alex s score is determined by the following technical aspects: Skier s turns = 50% Two aerial maneuvers = 25% Speed = 25% During the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Alex s gold medal-winning score was points. Based on this, calculate how many points were allocated to each technical aspect of his run. (ANSWER: Skier s turns = , Aerial Maneuvers = , Speed = ) In second place was Dale Begg-Smith with a score of Dale would have needed points to win. How many more points in skier s turns would Dale have needed in order to win? (ANSWER: He would have needed a score of 13.38, 0.09 more points than he received) 16

17 Acknowledgements The Canadian Olympic School Program wishes to Thank and acknowledge the contributions of the following people. Without their efforts, and creativity, this project would not have been possible. Featured Olympian: Story Writer: Kevin Sylvester Educational Consultants: Shawn Lalonde Etienne Mercieca Graphic Designer: Andy Maier Margot Mather Marguerite Campbell The Canadian Olympic Committee thanks RBC Financial Group for their generous support of the Canadian Olympic School Program. Specifically, we would like to acknowledge the contributions of Jacqueline Ryan and Josh Epstein. The Canadian Olympic School Program was developed by: Georgina Gray Isabelle Hodge Jeff Jurmain Dennis Kim Dana Tomiczek Lisa Wallace Official Mark of the Canadian Olympic Committee. Marque officielle du Comité olympique canadien Royal Bank of Canada, *Registered trademark of Royal Bank of Canada. Used by permission.