Around the World in Five Days
In physical education you can have a week called "Around the World in Five Days." During these days you move around the globe doing activities from five different cultures around the world. The activities would be ones that are not commonly practiced in the United States. This would give the students five new forms of physical activity they can participate in. A great example of an activity would be a dance called Tinkling. It is done in the Philippines quite often and is a sacred dance there. While doing the activities the students would not only be physically active, but also learning about where in the world the activities come from. Also they will be learning why the people in these places do the dances.
Another approach would be that the class could talk about a different country every week. Then
the students would also get the Cinderella book that was from the country they were
talking about.
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