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History and Cultures of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica

DiHerentiated Instrudion

Australian Rules Australian Rules Football, or footy, is one of the most popular in Australia. From March to August, millions of Australians attend matches or watch them on television. Footy is quite different from American football. The Australian football field is much larger than an , and it is oval-shaped instead of rectangular. The is also a little larger, and it is less egg-shaped than an American football. Each team is allowed 18 players, and they can go almost anywhere on the field. The has four quarters, with each quarter lasting 20 minutes. Rules Players running with the ball have to bounce it or it on the ground once every 15 meters. Players also can or punch the ball with their fist to a teammate, a technique called handballing. Throwing the ball is against the rules. Players on the other team can bump or the opposition to get the ball. Players do not wear any padding, however, so tackling is tightly regulated. Illegal tackling results in a for the team with the ball. A player who catches a ball that is kicked at least 10 meters makes a mark and is also awarded a free kick. Action on the field stops only when a free kick is being attempted or when an umpire is holding the ball. Scoring Four vertical posts stand at each of the field. The two in the middle are called posts; the other two are called the behind posts. If the ball is kicked through the goal posts, the team makes a goal and scores 6 points. If the ball is kicked or carried between a goal ] post and a behind post, the team scores a behind worth only 1 point. .~ The team that scores the most points by the end of the game wins. @ Traditions Footy has many unique traditions. For example, even if u the umpires have done a good job, they are always loudly "booed" by ~ fans as they walk off the field. After the game is over, fans are usually ~ allowed to run onto the field to kick a football around with friends. ~ And instead of the all-American hot dog, Australians love to eat hot ~ meat pies while they watch the game.

>, @ Directions: On a separate sheet of paper, answer these·questions . .fa . ~ 1. Calculating The Adelaide Crows made 9 goals and 10 behinds, and 8' the Brisbane Lions made 10 goals and 10 behinds. Who won the game? How many points did each team score? 2. Speculating Which do you think is the most important characteristic for a player-speed, brute strength, or something else? Explain.

65 Teaching Strategies for Different Learning Styles ------,

The following activities are ways the basic lesson can be modified to accommodate students' different learning styles.

Kinesthetic English Learners (EL) Ask students to create a scale model of an Have students explain the rules of a popu­ Australian Rules Football . Students lar game from their homeland. It should be could also use small models of players to a game that is unfamiliar to most American illustrate the purposes of the various positions students. (e.g., full forward, halfback, etc.) and to show Verbal/Linguistic; Intrapersonal how the game is played. Many slang terms are associated with Advanced Learners footy. For example, the ball is called the "pilL" Women's footy is a fast-growing in A player who kicks at but misses the ball has Australia and throughout Oceania, Japan, taken a "fresh air shot." Ask students to use and even in the . Ask students library or Internet resources to compile as to research the development of the women's many footy slang terms ~s they can. Then game around the world. They should then pre­ discuss them in class to see if any are similar pare a two- to three-page report on the topic. to those used in American sports. Verbal/Linguistic; Intrapersonal Auditory/Musical; Interpersonal Have students select one team in the Ask students to research some of the teams Australian Football League and research of the Australian Football League (AFL). Then the team's history and recent record. Also have groups create a promotional commercial ask students to research more traditions sur­ for one of the teams. Commercials should rounding the game. Then have students write include a catchy song designed to bring fans a journal entry from the perspective of a fan to the matches. Allow students to perform who attended a match. The entry should detail their commercials in class. the fan's entire day-what he or she wore to Logical/Mathematical the game, what the person ate, what actions took place among the spectators, and what As in most team sports, statistics are a big happened during the game. Invite students part of Australian Rules FootbalL Records are to read their journals in class. kept on the number of goals, marks, behinds, tackles, and more for each player. Have stu­ Visual/Spatial dents look over the statistics for the most Assign students to examine the logos of the recently completed of the Australian teams of the Australian Football League. Then Football League (available on the AFL Web have them design new logos for five teams of site). Then ask students to decide who the best their choice. Display the best designs in class. player in the AFL was for that season. Stu­ dents should write a short paper explaining Below Grade Level their choices and including the player's key Ask students to list at least five ways Aus­ statistics for the year. tralian Rules Football is different from Ameri­ can footbalL

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