An Intercultural Physical Activity Guide Is a Launching Pad for Any Group to Explore Interculturalism Through Physical Activity
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ACTIVITIES for everyone, everywhere AN INTERCULTURAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GUIDE Acknowledgements The Renfrew-Collingwood INTERactive Team would like to thank the following people for their time, input and constructive feedback on the development of this resource: J COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND REVIEWERS J REVIEWERS Ignatius But, INTERactive Volunteer Eve Gagnon Dolf, Vancouver Paula Carr, INTERactive Facilitator, School District Collingwood Neighbourhood House Ella Huang, Richmond Centre Julianne Chien, INTERactive Volunteer for Disability Wendy Frisby, School of Kinesiology, Sterling James, SPECTRUM Society University of British Columbia for Community Living Jennifer Fenton, JW Sporta Limited Michael McLenaghen, Collingwood Suzy Parker, Renfrew Park Community Centre Neighbourhood House Nancy Reynolds, INTERactive Facilitator Kat Cureton, INTERactive Facilitator Monika Sanft, Vancouver School District Monica Wilkins, INTERactive Volunteer J PRODUCTION RC INTERactive Logo Design: Esther Yuen J AUTHORS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS Cover Photo: istock.com/franckreporter Donna Lee, University of British Columbia Photos: RC INTERactive Team Vive Wong, Collingwood Neighbourhood Layout & Design: Julie Cochrane House Produced by: JW Sporta Limited J FUNDERS J FUNDER FOR PILOT Collingwood Neighbourhood House Vancouver Coastal Health’s Healthy Living School of Kinesiology, University of Program provided funding for workshops British Columbia in the schools and community where the Vancouver Foundation physical activities were pilot tested and refined between January-June 2015. Copyright © 2016, University of British Columbia, School of Kinesiology, RC INTERactive and JW Sporta January 2016 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ISBN 978-0-9950151-0-4 FOR MORE INFORMATION [email protected] www.cnh.bc.ca 2 INTERCULTURAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GUIDE What’s Inside? About this Guide / 5 Who Can Use It? / 5 Aims of this Guide / 5 How was this Guide Created? / 7 Interculturalism through Physical Activity / 8 What is Interculturalism? / 8 What Makes an Intercultural Physical Activity? / 9 Embracing Interculturalism / 10 Modifying Activities / 12 Interculturalism in Action / 14 Co-creating New Activities / 14 Physical Activity Outlines / 19 Icebreakers / 20 Tag / 28 Handball / 35 Disc Sports / 40 Target & Accuracy / 46 Skipping & Jumping / 52 Movement / 56 Foot Juggling / 61 Die Template for Modifying Activities / 65 Resources / 66 References / 67 Curriculum Connections / 68 3 INTERCULTURAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GUIDE 4 INTERCULTURAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GUIDE About this Guide Who Can Use It? Activities for Everyone, Everywhere: An Intercultural Physical Activity Guide is a launching pad for any group to explore interculturalism through physical activity. It’s geared towards individuals in leadership capacities, but the activities – though originally planned for school aged children, can be enjoyed by anyone regardless of age. 3 Recreation Practitioners ••••• 3 Student Leaders This is a concrete tool for a variety 3 Teachers of groups to use 3 Youth Workers and we hope it will get people more 3 Parents active, aware of 3 Everyone, Everywhere diversity, and willing to ‘create Aims of this Guide something new R To explore what Interculturalism means and how it is different from with someone multiculturalism. not like you.’ R To increase intercultural understanding using physical activity as a tool. PAULA CARR, R To share how common physical activities can be modified to enable INTERactive broader participation. FACILITATOR R To empower groups to co-create new physical activities together. ••••• R To provide 35 different physical activities from around the world and their connections to intercultural learning. R To make a significant contribution to a wider community to further prevent social isolation and promote health. R To align with BC Ministry of Health’s Physical Activity Strategy (November 2015) which aims to foster active people and active places with a focus on individuals and families who face constraints to participating in physical activity. R To support the BC Ministry of Education’s Physical and Health Education (August 2015) curriculum developing a holistic understanding of health and well-being by promoting and developing all aspects of student health and wellness including physical, social, and mental well-being (see Curriculum Connections on p. 68). 5 INTERCULTURAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GUIDE What’s in this Guide? The guide is organized into the following sections: INTERCULTURALISM THROUGH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY This section provides the background information for the readers or facilitators to learn about how they can promote interculturalism through physical activity in their areas of work or play. ••••• PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OUTLINES The students worked This section includes eight categories of activities ranging from handball in teams within the to skipping and jumping, and within each category are oftentimes cultural classroom and variations of activities. In Target & Accuracy Games, for instance, there are practised their skills. games from Sierra Leone, First Nations groups (Sahtu and Chipewyan), For many of them, Greece, and Ethiopia. There is also information teaching leaders how they learning leadership or their participants can create their own activities. Each category has a and organizing skills series of intercultural discussion questions, activity co-creating suggestions, was new. The staff building physical literacy connections, and resources and references. gained fresh ideas on The activity outlines include the following icons or information: physical literacy. SCHOOL TEACHER, FMS [ Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) are gross movement abilities BRUCE ELEMENTARY that allow people to move in different ways, balance and stabilize their ••••• bodies, and use objects in their environment. This guide identifies up to three fundamental movement skills utilized in the specific activity (for more information, see www.canadiansportforlife.ca). lDPA Daily Physical Activity (DPA) refers to the activities students should do on a daily basis. DPA includes activities that help to develop flexibility, endurance, or strength (see Curriculum Connections on p. 68). Indoor/Outdoor/Large/Small Spaces – encourages leaders to modify and co-create new activities including adapting the playing space. Tip – offers practical ideas for facilitators. Fact – offers interesting intercultural information. Did You Know? – includes the history and nature of the activity and educating participants more deeply about an activity allows for greater cross cultural understanding. Let’s Discuss – provides questions to promote discussion and intercultural learning. Co-creating New Activities – develops inclusive engagement and is key to putting interculturalism into action. RESOURCES, REFERENCES, CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS This section lists relevant Resources to support those wanting to know more about a specific physical activity. The list of References credits all sources used in this guide and provides hotlinks. The Curriculum Connections provides a list of the curriculum Big Ideas and Curricular Competencies relevant to each of the physical activities. 6 INTERCULTURAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GUIDE How was this Guide Created? A team of synergistic and collaborative professionals from Collingwood ••••• Neighbourhood House (CNH), Renfrew Park Community Centre, … working in a Windermere Family of Schools, University of British Columbia (UBC), School Age Care and JW Sporta Limited developed Activities for Everyone, Everywhere: Centre, children need An Intercultural Physical Activity Guide. The activities were pilot-tested all kinds of different by community organizations in Renfrew-Collingwood. This guide activities … the guide is one of several projects launched through Renfrew-Collingwood helped me to make INTERactive, a community-based initiative that encourages Renfrew- new physical activity Collingwood residents to connect with neighbours through physical games with the activities. children using creativity and working as a team… KARLA AVELAR, INTERCULTURAL CONNECTOR AND CHILDCARE LEADER ••••• 7 INTERCULTURAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GUIDE Interculturalism Through Physical Activity What is Interculturalism? UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECTING CULTURAL DIVERSITY R Cultural diversity includes not only aspects of ethnic heritage, but also INTERCULTURALISM IS DIFFERENT FROM age, language, communication (verbal and non-verbal), education, work, MULTICULTURALISM gender, abilities, sexual orientation, as well as social, political and Multiculturalism means religious beliefs. that we have the right to preserve our own CONNECTING DIVERSITY AND FINDING COMMONALITIES ethnic heritage and R Although people differ in many ways, we also often have common encourages us to hopes and dreams, such as the desire to feel a sense of social inclusion, respect the different safety, and community belonging. By getting to know one another on a practices and beliefs of personal level, we can better learn about not only our differences, but others. Interculturalism is the next step also our shared goals and aspirations. because it encourages us to break down silos CO-CREATING NEW ACTIVITIES or barriers in our R At its heart, interculturalism is about working together encouraging us communities, get to to break down silos or barriers in our communities, get to know one know one another, another, and importantly, build relationships