LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR THE CLASSROOM

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1 Cross-Curricular Package Grade Level: Two LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR THE CLASSROOM HEROES: WHAT MAKES A HERO TEACHER S GUIDE Our exercises and content of our Introduction to Sport Heroes package links to the following Grade Two Cross- Curricular learning outcomes:** English Language Arts 2 Social Studies 2 **The curriculum learning outcomes can be found on the following page.

2 - Cross-Curricular Package Grade Two CROSS-CURRICULAR LEARNING OUTCOMES: HEROES: WHAT MAKES A HERO TEACHER S GUIDE Grade Two English: 1.1 describe, share, and discuss thoughts, feelings, and experiences and consider others ideas 1.2 ask and respond to questions to clarify information and to explore possibilities or solutions to problems 1.3 express and explain opinions and respond to the questions and reactions of others 1.4 listen critically to the opinions of others 2.1 participate in conversation, small-group and whole-group discussion, understanding when to speak and when to listen 2.4 engage in and respond to a variety of oral presentations and other texts 7.1 question information presented in print and visual texts Social Studies: demonstrate an understanding of how individuals and groups have contributed to change

3 - Cross-Curricular Package Grade: Two PRE-VISIT LEARNING ACTIVITIES HEROES: WHAT MAKES A HERO TEACHER S GUIDE MYSTERY ARTIFACTS GRADE TWO INSTRUCTIONS Before your visit to the (NSSHF), it is recommended that you spend some time preparing your students for what they will see and learn during their visit. We have prepared some pre-visit and postvisit activities to help you maximize your students learning. Estimated Time Required: minutes MATERIALS NEEDED: Appendix NSSHF Mystery Artifacts Pictures NSSHF Mystery Artifacts Descriptions Thought Web - NSSHF Example Thought Web - NSSHF Template Evaluation Rubric Mystery Artifacts INTRODUCTION: Discuss with the class how the NSSHF is classified as a museum that displays/exhibits many different sport memorabilia items and artifacts. Explain what an artifact is. (According to the Oxford English Dictionary, an artifact is an object made by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical context.) ACTIVITY: Give each student (or small group of students) an image of an artifact from Appendix NSSHF Mystery Artifacts - Pictures. Send students to their desks or to a quiet area to think about (and discuss, in the case of small groups) their artifact. When do you think it was made/used? How was it used? What sport might it have been used for? How was it used? Who used it? Why is it significant? Once students have had time to examine their artifacts, gather everyone together again to share their findings. When students have finished discussing as a group what the artifact could be, share the artifact descriptions from Appendix Mystery Artifacts Descriptions or wait until your class trip to the NSSHF for students to explore and discover on their own. QUESTIONS: 1) Does this look like something that would be used today? Why or why not? 2)How do you think this item may have changed over time? 3) Why do you think it is not made that way today? Ask students to predict what artifacts they might see at the NSSHF. (Consider writing these predictions down and returning to them after the visit.) This could be a good opportunity to create a thought web as a class using Appendix Thought Web NSSHF - Example as a guide to outline what students think they might see during their trip to the NSSHF. Students could also complete their own thought webs using Appendix Thought Web - NSSHF Template.

4 - Cross-Curricular Package Grade Two PRE-VISIT LEARNING ACTIVITIES HEROES: WHAT MAKES A HERO TEACHER S GUIDE CONTINUED EXTENTIONS/ADAPTATIONS: Have Students go to the NSSHF website ca/index.php/browse/modifycriteria/facet/member_inst_ facet/id/6322/mod_id/0 or ArtefactSpotlight/tabid/1178/Default.aspx to research their artifact. ASSESSMENT: See attached editable rubric for student assessment - Appendix Evaluation Rubric.

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11 Mystery Artifact #1 Penny farthing 54-inch Excelsior model bicycle with a leather seat In the 1870s, bicycle manufacturers improved previous models by increasing the front wheel size and covering the iron wheels in rubber. Because only the front wheel was operated by the pedals, a larger front wheel meant that the bicycle could go further in less time. The rubber created more friction and reduced shake, which meant that cyclists didn t need to work as hard. These new high-wheeled cycles were the fad until 1890 and, although we refer to them as penny farthings and ordinaries now, these were actually the first machines to be referred to simply as bicycles during the time they were used. Bicycles and cycling were very popular in Halifax in the 1880 s and 1890 s. The penny farthing was embraced by young men and cycling became a social trend, with groups of cyclists meeting at the Public Gardens and Point Pleasant Park for evening rides. The city s official bicycle club was the Halifax Ramblers, known today as the Nova Scotia Ramblers Bicycle Club. Clifford (Cliff) Shand of Windsor, Nova Scotia, was the bicycle champion of the province in the late 1800s. In the 1880s, Shand had one of possibly only two Star high wheel safety bicycles in Nova Scotia. The Penny Farthing was installed in the to celebrate the 2012 HRM Bike Week.

12 Mystery Artifact # Brier Curling Rocks and Baskets These curling stones were owned and used by Jim Donahoe. They are made of granite with metal handles. The stones came to the NSSHF with two dome baskets with attached lids and leather straps. The stones were used by the Halifax Curling Club men s team, known as the Macneill rink, in The Macneill rink was made up of skip Murray Macneill, mate Al MacInnes, lead Jim Donahoe, second Cliff Torey, and alternate Harry Pyke was the first year that Canada held the Brier. The Macneill rink attended the MacDonald Brier Tankard in Toronto that year and became the Brier s first winners using these rocks. These curling rocks represent two important pieces of Nova Scotia sport heritage: The Brier and the Halifax Curling Club. The Halifax Curling Club built Nova Scotia s first indoor curling rink in 1874 on Tower Road. While Donahoe s rocks were made of granite with medal handles, today s curling rocks have plastic handles. Today curling stones are made from super-resistant granite that is only found in Scottish and Welsh quarries. Each stone is coated in glass beads and weighs 40 lbs.

13 Mystery Artifact #3 Log Rolling Shoes These are a pair of log rolling shoes that were owned by Phil Scott. Phil Scott is from Barrington, Nova Scotia and is known for winning the World Log Rolling Championship nine times. Log rolling is a sport that developed from the North American lumberjack tradition of balancing on logs as they were rolling down river. In a log rolling competition, two opponents run in place at opposite ends of the same log. The winner is the athlete who keeps their control and balance and does not fall into the water. At age 20, in 1968, Phil attended his first world championship at the world's largest lumberjack festival in Hayward, Wisconsin and won. This made him the first to ever win the championship on their first try. Darren Hudson from Barrington, Nova Scotia, is the nephew of Phil Scott and has claimed his own world log rolling titles. Follow the YouTube link below to see Darren defeat Jamie Fischer at the 2011 Lumberjack World Championships in Hayward, Wisconsin 43 years after Phil Scott claimed his first title there! (Make sure to watch his footwork if you re still not convinced that log rolling is a physically demanding sport.)

14 Mystery Artifact #4 19TH CENTURY WOODEN CRICKET BAT This is a wooden cricket bat that was used somewhere between 1878 and Traditionally, cricket bats have a blade made of willow wood and a long cane handle. This bat is marked with the brand name All Cane, as well as the name of the manufacturer: C. Lillywhite & co. Frederick William Lillywhite started this London company, which still makes sporting equipment today. The sport of cricket started in the 16 th century in England, but it wasn t until three hundred years later that the first international cricket matches were organized between Canada and the United States. The first match between the two countries that took place in Canada was in Halifax on August 18 and 19, This game between Canada and Philadelphia led to the Halifax Cup, which was hosted in Philadelphia from 1880 to Cricket was very popular with Canadians in the 19 th century. In fact, Prime Minister Sir John A. MacDonald declared cricket as Canada s national sport in 1867, the year of confederation.

15 Mystery Artifact #5 LAWN BOWLING BALL This is a lawn bowling ball from between 1880 and It is made of wood and it has ridges and metal inserts that make the weight uneven. Lawn bowling balls are made this way so that they curve when they are bowled. In the sport of lawn bowling the players aim the ball so that it stops beside another smaller ball called the jack or kitty. Lawn bowling was brought to Canada by the British troops in the 18 th century, and the sport became more popular over the next 100 years. In April of 1734, officers at the garrison grounds in Annapolis Royal petitioned to have a small area turned into a bowling green. Their request was granted, and a piece of the governor s garden became the first bowling green in Canada. A bowling green on the Wanderers Grounds (across from the citadel on Sackville Street) was established in The club had to give up its grounds to the army during World War I, but play resumed in the 1930s. The Wanderers Amateur Athletic Club has had a strong presence in lawn bowling and still exists at the Halifax South Commons today (now owned by the HRM).

16 Mystery Artifact #6 RED CAP SNOWSHOEING CLUB JACKET This jacket was part of the Red Cap Snowshoeing club uniform. It is a double-breasted white blanket coat, with red and blue stripes and a hood. It was part of a mandatory uniform that also included a knitted jersey with white and blue spots, a red sash, white knickerbockers, red stockings, white anklets, white gloves, a red scarf and (of course) a red cap. The Red Cap Snowshoeing Club was started by 11 men in Along with the Halifax Snowshoe Club and the Halifax Junior Snowshoe Club, it is one of the city s oldest organized sports clubs. There was a one-time membership fee of five dollars that would be around 100 dollars today as well as an annual renewal fee of the same amount. Members of the Red Cap Snowshoeing Club needed to be a male, older than 16, an amateur athlete, and not belong to any other clubs. A maximum of fifty members met twice a week near the Public Gardens to go tramping. Short-course races occurred once a month, and long-distance races of six to ten miles were held annually. There were no races during war times.

17 Artifacts Honouring Athletes Theatre Lockers NS Sport History Builders Exhibits Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame Teams Sport Simulator Sport Media Heritage Inductees Sport Heroes Sidney Crosby Nova Scotian Athletes

18 Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame

19 Grade 2 - Mystery Artifacts Evaluation Rubric Student s Name: Comprehension Completion Thinking Student is starting to grasp the concept of what an artifact is why they are significant. Student demonstrates a deep understanding of what an artifact is why they are significant. Student completed the activity as instructed to the best of their abilities. Student has clearly given a significant amount of thought to their artifact (how it was made, what it was used for, who may have used it, the impact it had on NS sport history, how the sport it is associated with has changed over time and why, etc.) Student completed the activity as instructed, but not to the best of their abilities. Student has given some thought to their artifact (how it was made, what it was used for, who may have used it, the impact it had on NS sport history, how the sport it is associated with has changed over time and why, etc.) Student does not yet demonstrate an understanding of what an artifact is why they are significant. Student has not completed the activity and has not put forth the effort to produce quality work. Student has given little to no thought to their artifact (how it was made, what it was used for, who may have used it, the impact it had on NS sport history, how the sport it is associated with has changed over time and why, etc.)