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Rugby World Cup: Hosting a Global Sporting Event

Exploring the impact of a global sporting event in your country.

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Work in progress, expect frequent changes. Help and feedback is welcome. See discussion page.

Rugby World Cup: Culture and Community

Objectives

By the completion of the unit students will be able to: Outline which nations will attend this event, and describe three distinctive aspects of how the culture of at least one of the visiting countries is different from their own Explain how this event is viewed as important by this country in terms of culture and national identity Discuss what the government is doing to support the staging of this event in this country, and why the government considers these measures to be important.

Introductory Activity: Changing the Calendar

Objectives

By the completion of this activity you should be able to explain why the school holidays are being changed in New Zealand in 2011 and have begun to think about what your feelings are about this change.

Activity

Why are your school holiday dates being changed in 2011? For this activity you will be working with a partner. Look carefully at the two calendars shown below. Are there any similarities and differences? Where do the biggest changes happen? Discuss these with your partner and why you think this is so. Be prepared to share your thoughts with the class. Read the article below. With your partner discuss the reasons for the dates being changed. Can you think of any other reasons for changing the dates? Be prepared to share your thoughts with the class.

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Reflection

You will be affected by this decision. Do you think someone should have asked you what your opinion was? What would your response have been if you had been asked? Why? Discuss this with your partner and then complete the portfolio activity below.

Portfolio Activity

In your portfolio, create a new reflective post to complete the statement below. Give at least 2-3 reasons for your opinion. I think that changing the dates for school holidays in 2011 is...

Activity 1: Team Game Tournament

Objectives

At the end of this activity you should be able to describe the history of the Rugby World Cup and some of the reasons why the event is important not only to rugby teams and fans but to the countries which get to host the competition.

Activity

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).

Reflection

Perhaps some questions that focus the students back to the objective...?

Portfolio Activity

Write a new post in your eportfolio that responds to a question or statement, or, complete a What? So what? Now what? reflection

Activity 2: Importance to Government

Objectives

At the end of this activity you should be able to discuss how and why people might have different opinions about moving the school terms to accommodate the Rugby World Cup final.

Activity

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

Reflection

Perhaps some questions that focus the students back to the objective

Portfolio Activity

Respond by writing an new post in eportfoli that responds to a question or statement, or, cpomplete a What? So what? Now what? reflection