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= Rugby World Cup: Culture and Community =

= Introductory Activity: Changing the Calendar =

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Why are your school holiday dates being changed in 2011?
For this activity you will be working with a partner.

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 * 1) Look carefully at the two calendars shown below.
 * 2) * Are there any similarities and differences?
 * 3) * Where do the biggest changes happen?
 * 4) * Discuss these with your partner and why you think this is so.
 * 5) * Be prepared to share your thoughts with the class.
 * 6) Read the article below.
 * 7) * With your partner discuss the reasons for the dates being changed.
 * 8) * Can you think of any other reasons for changing the dates?
 * 9) * Be prepared to share your thoughts with the class.

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= Activity 1: Team Game Tournament =

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What do we know about the Rugby World Cup?
Your teacher will divide the class into teams for this activity. You will have to work with the members of your team to answer a series of questions about the Rugby World Cup. You will be given an article to read which will help you answer the questions, but as a group you will need to do some thinking as well! It’s important that everyone in your team understands the answers you come up with, because at the end of the activity you will go head to head with the other teams in a competition for points, and everyone in your team will need to contribute if you are to win the tournament (and the prize that goes with it).

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= Activity 2: Importance to Government =

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Why does the government think the Rugby World Cup is so important that the school term dates are changed to cope with it?
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