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ACTIVITY PLAN - SESSION 11
Session
Theme
Title
Curriculum area
11
International Twenty20 activity
Sporting rivalry
Literacy, PSHE
Where has this session come from...
In an earlier session we looked at how The Ashes came into
being a sporting rivalry. In this session we explore different
rivalries and how they begin and continue.
Learning objectives
To identify why sporting rivalries occur.
To use appropriate vocabulary to write a similar obituary to
The Ashes.
Room layout and preparation
Normal class layout with access to Whiteboard for PowerPoint
Copies of the ‘Obituary’.
Starter Activity
Show presentation of different images of sporting rivalries e.g.
sporting tops of two teams, trophy that is contested for, photos
of games being played.
Revisit the newspaper ‘obituary’ from the 1882 game, in the
presentation.
Make a link between someone’s death and the idea of ‘The
death of English cricket’.
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Ask the pupils to identify a sporting rivalry either from the
presentation or one they have of their own.
Ask the pupils write an obituary of this rivalry – it could be
after a long dominance of one side, whereby the other side
suddenly wins.
The Old Firm (Celtic v Rangers)
El Classico (Barcelona v Real Madrid)
Ryder Cup (Europe v USA
Solheimn Cup (Europe v USA)
Boat Race (Oxford v Cambridge)
Calcutta Cup (England v Scotland)
Ask the pupils identify what the competition is.
Main Activity
Look at the presentation again and discuss how or why the
rivalries came to be.
Discuss any other rivalries that the pupils know about.
Could be local football teams, local cricket teams, school
teams. May be geographically based, may be historically or
other reasons.
Differentiate between a short lived rivalry (often between two
people e.g. Federer v Nadal in tennis) and a long lived rivalry
(one that lasts despite different people playing for the team).
Opportunities for differentiation
This probably an activity for Upper KS2 or KS3 with the
concepts of obituaries.
Where the session is leading...
Identify the reasons for the rivalry and why the series of games
is so important to both sides and the countries.
Assessment Opportunities
Writing AF1 Write imaginative, interesting and thoughtful texts.
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SPORTING RIVALRY
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SPORTING RIVALRY
Can you identify these sporting rivalries?
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SPORTING RIVALRY
Can you identify these sporting rivalries?
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SPORTING RIVALRY
Can you identify these sporting rivalries?
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HOW DID THE RIVALRY ORIGINATE?
Rivalry
Between
Originated
Why did it occur?
Boat Race
Oxford and Cambridge
1829
Charles Merivale, studying at Cambridge challenged his
friend Charles Wordswoth, studying at Oxford to a boat
race on the Thames.
Ryder Cup
Europe and USA
1927
Following a exhibition match between USA and English
players in 1926, the competition started. After World
War II USA dominated so much that players from Europe
were included to balance out the game from 1979.
El Classico
Barcelona and Real Madrid
1902
Two biggest cities and clubs in Spain.
Old Firm
Celtic and Rangers
1888
Two biggest clubs in Glasgow and Scottish Football.
Calcutta Cup
England and Scotland
1879
A game between England and actually Scotland, Wales
and Ireland played in Calcutta India started this trophy
being presented to winners of England v Scotland.
Solheim Cup
Europe and USA
1990
Golf manufacturers Karsten-Solheim created the
women’s equivalent of the Ryder cup from 1990.
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ASHES RIVALRY
This obituary was written on
‘The Death of English cricket’.
Write an obituary about
another rivalry in sport, either
one we have looked at or one
of your own.
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