Globalsport/Teacher Notes/Time Change

= Rugby World Cup: Time and Change =

This strand complements the others by giving students the opportunity to explore how the game has developed over time and the impact of changes in society on the game, the way its played and its role as a social/cultural activity. The learning is divided into an introductory activity and two main activities. The main tasks are cumulative with the output of a poster in the first activity being added to in the second. Students are asked to do some research in the first activity to produce an illustrated timeline. In the second activity students are asked to consider changes that have occurred in relation to the sport over time and to create a summary to add to their poster.

= Time allocation =

Time allocated to this strand is 6.5 hours of student time.


 * Introductory activity should take 0.5 hours
 * Timeline should take 3 hours
 * How and why the game has changed? should take 3 hours

= Introductory activity =

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Introductory activity
This is a drawing of rugby being played in Japan in 1874. Think about what you can see and the answer to these questions.


 * How do you think the game of rugby got to Japan?


 * Looking at how the players are dressed, the way the players are playing and the people watching the game - how do you think this sport has changed over time?



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= History of ball games =

While this activity primarily provide students with opportunities to undertake some research and to summarise their findings, it also sets the scene for the next activity as investigating the history clearly shows that changes have occured. Students may need guidance about constructing a timeline. This activity would also lend itself to being done as a class activity with a large wall collage. If the internet is not available students may need extra assistance with suitable physical information resources.

In the introduction section there is information and an activity about the history of the Rugby World Cup. But ball games have been played for a much longer time than that. Games that are played by kicking and/or passing a ball have been recorded as far back as ancient Greek and Roman times. Different types of ball games developed in different countries and the way these games are played have changed over time.



In New Zealand, Maori developed a game called Ki-o-rahi which is played with two teams of seven players on a round field divided into zones. Points are scored by touching the 'pou' (field markers) and hitting a central 'tupu'(target).

You can see a video of how Kiorahi is played at this link http://history-nz.org/kivid/kivid.html

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football

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Timeline
Do some research using library resources or on the internet to answer the following questions:


 * Where do ball games come from?
 * Where does the game of rugby come from?
 * What country does it come from originally?
 * When did we start playing rugby in our country?
 * How did the game get here?
 * Which countries play rugby now?
 * How do you think the game got there?

When you have found some answers create a poster that shows the important dates on a timeline. Other information or pictures you have found can be added to the poster to create a collage. You will be adding to your collage in the next activity. }}

The portfolio will need to be set up and students prepared for it's use prior to this activity.

= How and why has the game changed? =



While you were doing the previous activities in this section you will have seen that the game of rugby has changed over time. This could be in the way that it is played e.g. what people wear when playing. But sport is also a social and cultural activity and is affected by changes in society. Can you think of some of the ways sport has changed as a result of changes in society?

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How does sport change over time?
In this activity you are going to keep adding information to your poster that you created for the last activity. For this activity you are going to choose two topics from the list below and working with a partner you need to create a summary explaining how the topic you have selected has changed the game over time. This can be your own views but you can also do further research by asking your parents what they think, looking on the internet and using library resources. You can use words and pictures to create your summary and should add this to your poster.

}} The purpose of this activity is to provide a range of options for students to be able to select from according to interest. Students continue to add information/pictures to their poster collage created in the early activity. Again, this could be done by the whole class on a wall and extra physical information resources may be required. A classroom discussion prior to the activity and some guidance with the task would help students to get the most from this activity.
 * Rules of the game
 * Equipment used to play the game
 * Uniforms players wear
 * Sports nutrition (what players eat and drink to help them stay healthy and play well)
 * Technology (eg sport on TV, pay to view, radio broadcasts, Internet etc)
 * Sponsorship by companies of things like venues, clothing
 * Advertising
 * Betting in sport
 * Politics(for example the protests against the Springbok tour to NZ in 1981)

Additional resources listed below.