CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE
PARALYMPIC SCHOOLS PROGRAM RIO ACTIVITY PLANS
Aurélie Rivard Para-Swimming PARALYMPIC SCHOOLS PROGRAM GRADES 4-6
Contents
Activity: Mapping Team Canada
Activity: Just Build It!
Class Challenge: #MyPerfectDayinRio
Cindy Ouellet Wheelchair Basketball
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 2 ACTIVITY ONE GRADES 4-6 MAPPING TEAM CANADA
Learning Objectives Mapping TeamCanada
Students will discuss and identify key athletic figures from professional sport and the Paralympic Games.
Students will learn the about the Paralympic movement and the Canadian Paralympic Committee.
Students will research and “get to know” key Canadian Paralympic Team athletes, gaining an understanding of their sport training, athleticism as well as inclusive sport opportunities.
Students will compose interview questions based on their gained knowledge of the Paralympic movement and key Canadian Paralympic Team athletes.
Brent Lakatos Para-Athletics
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 3 Activity Length Web Links GRADES 4-6
40 minutes PARALYMPIC MOVEMENT
www.youtube.com/user/ParalympicSportTV Resources www.youtube.com/embed/KC0BKfLJ13o
Map of Canada Mapping TeamCanada PARALYMPIC ATHLETES Coloured pins or thumb tacks (different www.paralympic.ca/athletes colour for each group) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwy- Pictures of athletes yHUC29ET6zt3haga4x3uysp-LTBy1
Computers with internet access
Paper/Notebook
Pen, pencil or markers
Projector (if available)
Bruno Haché Cindy Ouellet Goalball Wheelchair Basketball
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 4 Learning Activities GRADES 4-6
INTRODUCTION
Teacher presents students with pictures Next present students with pictures (printed or (printed or projected onto a white board) of the projected onto a white board) of the Canadian Mapping TeamCanada professional athletes listed below (or any other Paralympic athletes listed below. Do not tell athletes think your students will recognize). Have students they are Paralympic athletes. students name each athlete and the professional Zak Madell – Wheelchair Rugby sport they play. Brent Lakatos – Para-athletics 1. Sidney Crosby – Hockey: Pittsburg Penguins Aurélie Rivard – Para-swimming 2. Josh Donaldson – Baseball: Toronto Blue Jays Marco Dispaltro – Boccia 3. Kyle Lowry – Basketball: Toronto Raptors
4. Stephen Curry – Basketball: Golden State Priscilla Gagné – Para-judo Warriors Janet McLachlan – Wheelchair Basketball 5. Tiger Woods – Golf Ask students the following questions: 6. Eugenie Bouchard – Tennis 1. Do you recognize any of these athletes or the 7. Carey Price – Hockey: Montreal Canadiens sports they are participating in? 8. Christine Sinclair – Soccer: Portland Thorns FC 2. Can you name any of these athletes and/or 9. Michelle Wie – Golf the sports they are participating in?
Priscilla Gagné Para-Judo
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 5 3. Are these athletes harder to recognize than Inform students that today they will be learning GRADES 4-6 the professional athletes we just discussed? about the Paralympic Games and Team Canada Athletes. Introduce students to Paralympic Sport a) Why do you think that is? by showing them the following video: Paralympic Professional athletes’ competitions are Sport Montage more frequently televised and promoted in
www.youtube.com/embed/KC0BKfLJ13o Mapping TeamCanada the media
4. What is the one thing all these athletes have in common?
They are all wearing Team Canada apparel and are on the Canadian Paralympic Team
Discuss with students the difference between professional sport and Olympic/Paralympic sport.
Professional Sport: are sports in which athletes receive payment for their performance. I.e., National Hockey League (NHL), National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS)
Paralympic Games: are an international sporting event featuring summer and winter sports competitions. The games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart. i.e., Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, London 2012 Paralympic Games, Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
Chelsey Gotell Para-Swimming
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 6 THINK, PAIR, SHARE List of Paralympic Athletes: GRADES 4-6
Divide students into small groups of two or three. Zak Madell – Wheelchair Rugby Provide each group with one of the Paralympic www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y9TmU1cPu8 Athletes listed below and instruct them to research the athlete determining the following www.paralympic.ca/zak-madell items (using the web links and athlete bios Mapping TeamCanada Priscilla Gangé – Judo provided): www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWQR8jD0Ko0 1. Where is the athlete’s home town? www.paralympic.ca/priscilla-gagne 2. What sport does the athlete play? Brent Lakatos – Para-athletics 3. What does the athlete do to help them train? www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUGpTRVoXG4
4. What is something new you learned about the www.paralympic.ca/Brent-Lakatos athlete or the sport? Aurélie Rivard – Para-swimming 5. What is something unique about the athlete? www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX0oFIoaUUQ Post a large map of Canada in the class. Provide www.paralympic.ca/Aurélie-Rivard each group with coloured pins, instruct them to mark on the map their athlete’s hometown. Janet McLachlan – Wheelchair Basketball
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO8z55zQtKA
Zak Madell www.paralympic.ca/Janet-McLachlan Wheelchair Rugby Marco Dispaltro – Boccia
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOU8x1Lgvao
www.paralympic.ca/Marco-Dispaltro
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 7 ACTIVITY GRADES 4-6
Instruct students that they are a news reporter for the Paralympic Games. Have students create their own interview questions specific to the athlete their group researched. Instruct students that their questions should be related to the Mapping TeamCanada athlete participating at the Paralympic Games however they are encouraged to try to be as creative as possible. Ask students to share one of their interview questions with the class, remind them to try to share a unique question and not repeat the same questions.
Josh Vander Vies and Marco Dispaltro Boccia
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 8 Variation in Learning Teaching Tips GRADES 4-6
When working with younger students, Visit the links on the previous pages for have them brainstorm and write their additional resources and information about interview questions in their small groups. the Paralympic Games and Team Canada Have each group present one of their athletes.
interview questions to the class. Mapping TeamCanada For more information on the Paralympic When working with older students, movement and inclusive sport watch the provide them with time to interview other video ‘All about ability’ - How the Paralympic students in their small group using their Movement is maintaining momentum created interview questions. One student will be the reporter and one student will answer the questions pretending they are competing in the Paralympics as an athlete for Team Canada.
Paralympic FUNdamentals Resource Activity Connection
ATHLETICS
Grade 4-6 Lesson 3 - Activity 2: Connect Four
Jason Dunkerley and guide Joshua Karanja Para-Athletics
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 9 Wheelchair Rugby GRADES 4-6 Zak Madell Mapping TeamCanada
Para-Athletics Brent Lakatos
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 10 Para-Swimming Aurélie Rivard GRADES 4-6 Mapping TeamCanada
Boccia Josh Vander Vies & Marco Dispaltro
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 11 Para-Judo Priscilla Gagné GRADES 4-6 Mapping TeamCanada
Janet McLachlan Wheelchair Basketball
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 12 ZAK MADELL GRADES 4-6 Wheelchair Rugby
@ZMadell
In 2015, Zak Madell led Canada to gold at Mapping TeamCanada the Toronto 2015 Parapan Am Games and was named the flag bearer for the Closing Ceremony. The win earned Canada a berth at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
The Canadian wheelchair rugby team is now ranked first in the world after winning the 2015 World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge in London, UK in October 2015, at which Madell was named MVP. ATHLETE PROFILE When Madell was 10, he lost his fingers DOB, Age at Rio March 28, 1994 (22) and legs to a septic staph infection. After Birthplace Edmonton, Alta. his recovery, he first got involved in sledge
Hometown Okotoks, Alta. hockey, but he was unable to hold the stick well enough to play at a high level. Next, he Residence Okotoks, Alta. was introduced to wheelchair basketball, which Height/Weight 188cm / 70kg appealed to his competitive nature and his Coach(es), Kevin Orr love of speed. Finally, Madell was recruited to Languages English wheelchair rugby in 2011 and has experienced
Games History a meteoric rise in the sport ever since. Despite 2015 Parapan American Games having played for just over a year, he earned 2012 Paralympic Games a spot on the team for the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The coaching staff originally Classification intended to give Madell only limited playing 3.5 (Amputee) time, but he consistently performed above expectations and handled the pressure of the Paralympics with a smile on his face. His
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 13 performance was the wild card that lifted Canada CAREER HIGHLIGHTS GRADES 4-6 to victory in its semi-final upset of the number Gold at 2015 Parapan Am Games in Toronto one-ranked American team. Named flag bearer for Closing Ceremony In just four short years, “The Kid” has established Being named Best 3.5 and MVP at the 2014 himself as one of the best wheelchair rugby World Wheelchair Rugby Championships players in the world. In 2014, he cemented this Mapping TeamCanada Winning silver at the London 2012 reputation by being named MVP of both the Paralympic Games. 2014 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships in Odense, Denmark and the 2014 Canada Cup PERSONAL International Wheelchair Rugby Tournament. As one of the most high-functioning players on the In his free time, Madell is also a wheelchair team, Madell plays an all-around game. His speed, basketball athlete. He was the flag bearer from Alberta at the Opening Ceremony of passing, catching and hitting abilities are all crucial the 2015 Canada Winter Games. He also for Team Canada. volunteers with The War Amps.
After graduating from Holy Trinity Academy in Okotoks, Alta., Madell moved to Toronto to NOTABLE INTERNATIONAL RESULTS train and attend Centennial College. Though 2015 Parapan Ams - gold wheelchair rugby is his main focus, he still cross- 2014 World Wheelchair Rugby trains in wheelchair basketball. In February 2015, Championships – silver he competed in wheelchair basketball at the 2014 Canada Cup International 2015 Canada Winter Games, where he was the Wheelchair Rugby Tournament – silver Opening Ceremony flagbearer for Team Alberta and won bronze. 2012 London Paralympic Games – silver
2012 Canada Cup International Wheelchair Rugby Tournament - silver
2011 Americas Zone Qualification Tournament - silver
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 14 PRISCILLA GAGNÉ GRADES 4-6 Para-Judo
Priscilla Gagné produced her first big international success in judo in 2015 when
she won the bronze medal in the B1 (visually Mapping TeamCanada impaired) 52 kilo class at a para-judo World Cup in Hungary which featured nearly 200 competitors from 31 countries. A few weeks later, she added a silver at the Parapan American Games in Toronto.
Gagné was born in Granby, Que., but moved to Sarnia, Ont., at age three. She was initially involved in wrestling but decided to switch to judo in 2010 because there were more ATHLETE PROFILE competitive opportunities. DOB, Age at Rio May 21, 1986 (30) In 2011, she suffered a major injury when Birthplace Granby, Que. she broke both her feet in the same bout at Hometown Sarnia, Ont. a tournament in Whitby. This kept her off the Residence Montreal, Que. mat for eight months, but she eventually came
Height/Weight 160cm / 52kg back better than ever.
Coach(es) In 2013, Gagné moved to Ottawa where she Andrzej Sadej, Nathalie Gosselin joined the renowned Takahashi Dojo where Languages English, French she trains under former national team judoka
Games History and Olympian Nathalie Gosselin. She has since 2015 Parapan American Games moved to Montreal and is training full-time for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Classification
B1 (Visual impairment – retinitis pigmentosa) She graduated in travelling ministries from a Bible College in Oklahoma and hopes to one day work with inner-city children.
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 15 CAREER HIGHLIGHTS NOTABLE INTERNATIONAL RESULTS GRADES 4-6
Won her first World Cup in February 2015 2015 Parapan Am Games 2nd 52 kilos
Silver at 2015 Parapan Am Games in 2015 World Cup 3rd 52 kilos Toronto 2014 German Open 2nd 52 kilos Competed at 2014 World Championships 2014 Brazil Grand Prix 2nd 52 kilos Mapping TeamCanada
PERSONAL
Moved to Sarnia at age three from Granby after parents separated
Graduated from the evangelism program at Rhema Bible College in Oklahoma
Also graduated from Everest College’s addictions and community services worker program in Barrie, Ont.
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 16 BRENT LAKATOS GRADES 4-6 Para-Athletics
@BrentLak
Legendary Canadian wheelchair racers André Mapping TeamCanada Viger and Chantal Petitclerc were big influences on Brent Lakatos who is currently carving his own path to greatness. It was Viger who introduced Lakatos to wheelchair racing and provided him with his first chair for the sport, a piece of equipment previously owned by Petitclerc.
From the moment he put on the gloves and pushed off, Lakatos has just kept going faster ATHLETE PROFILE and faster. In 2015, he collected three gold medals at both the Parapan American Games DOB, Age at Rio June 1, 1980 (36) in Toronto and the IPC World Championships Birthplace Dorval, Que. (where he added a silver as well). Hometown Dorval, Que. Lakatos clinched three Paralympic silver Residence Montreal, Que. medals at London 2012, and four gold and Height/Weight 188cm / 51kg one silver at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Coach(es) Peter Eriksson Championships in Lyon, France. In May 2014 Languages English, French he broke his own world record in the 100m
Games History T53 at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, 2015 Parapan American Games Switzerland, clocking 14.17. 2004, 2008, 2012 Paralympic Games He was recruited to play wheelchair basketball Classification for the University of Texas (where he won T53 the 2002 national title) and then successfully qualified for the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens despite switching to wheelchair racing
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 17 just eight months earlier. At Texas he studied NOTABLE INTERNATIONAL RESULTS GRADES 4-6 engineering and is now a programmer analyst. 2015 IPC Worlds 1st T53 100m
Lakatos experienced a spinal cord injury at age 2015 IPC Worlds 1st T53 200m six in a skating accident playing hockey but was 2015 IPC Worlds 1st T53 800m quickly immersed in sport after the accident. His
Mapping TeamCanada family was very active and Lakatos participated as 2015 IPC Worlds 2nd T53 400m a child in swimming, skiing and his favorite sport, 2015 Parapan American Games 1st T53 wheelchair basketball, which he started at age 12. 100m
It was at Viger’s wheelchair shop where he bought 2015 Parapan American Games 1st T53 his equipment. 400m
2015 Parapan American Games 1st T53 CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 800m
2015 triple world champion and triple 2013 IPC Worlds 1st T53 200m Parapan Am Games champion 2012 Paralympics 2nd T53 200m 2013 quadruple world champion 2013 IPC Worlds 1st T53 100m 2012 three-time silver medallists at Paralympic Games 2012 Paralympics 2nd T53 400m 2013 IPC Worlds 1st T53-54 4X400m relay PERSONAL 2012 Paralympics 2nd T53 800m Lakatos married Stefanie Reid, a member of 2013 IPC Worlds 1st T53 400m the British Paralympic athletics team in 2008 2011 IPC Worlds 2nd T53 200m
2011 IPC Worlds 3rd T53 100m
2008 Paralympics 5th T53 400m
2008 Paralympics 5th T53 200m
2004 Paralympics 4th T53-54 4X100m relay
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 18 AURÉLIE RIVARD GRADES 4-6 Para-Swimming
@AurelieRivard
Aurélie Rivard established herself as one of Mapping TeamCanada the top para-swimmers in the world in 2015 at the IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, and the 2015 Toronto Parapan American Games.
In Toronto, she collected seven medals (six gold and one silver) including a world record performance in the 100-m freestyle. A few weeks earlier in Glasgow, she broke two Canadian records with victories in the 50-m ATHLETE PROFILE and 400-m freestyles.
DOB, Age at Rio May 14, 1996 (20) Rivard made her first major international Birthplace St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. breakthrough at the 2012 Paralympic Games
Hometown St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. in London. At those Games, at age 16, she won the silver medal in the 400-metre freestyle Residence St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. and reached finals in four other events. At the Height/Weight 174cm / 59kg 2013 IPC World Championships in Montreal, Coach(es) France Latendresse Rivard was the only Canadian swimmer to win Languages French, English five medals (three silver and two bronze).
Games History She was one of three Canadian para-swimmers 2015 Parapan American Games at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She 2014 Commonwealth Games earned a bronze in the 200-m individual 2012 Paralympic Games medley. Classification S10 (Impairment in left hand)
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 19 CAREER HIGHLIGHTS NOTABLE INTERNATIONAL RESULTS GRADES 4-6
2015 Parapan Am Games 2015 Parapan Am Games 1st 50m freestyle
2010, 2013 and 2015 IPC 2015 Parapan Am Games 1st 100m freestyle World Championships 2015 Parapan Am Games 1st 400m freestyle 2014 Commonwealth Games 2015 Parapan Am Games 1st 100m butterfly Mapping TeamCanada 2012 Paralympic Games 2015 Parapan Am Games 1st 100m backstroke Swimming Canada’s female 2015 Parapan Am Games 1st 200m individual medley para-swimmer of the year in 2014 and 2015. 2015 Parapan Am Games 2nd 100m breaststroke
2015 IPC World Championships 1st 50m freestyle PERSONAL 2015 IPC World Championships 1st 400m freestyle Has a twin sister Charlotte 2015 IPC World Championships 2nd 200m individual Her father André Rivard played medley goal in the Quebec Major Junior 2015 IPC World Championships 2nd 100m freestyle Hockey League 2014 Commonwealth Games 3rd 200m individual Discovered by her current medley coach France Latendresse. 2013 IPC World Championships 2nd 200m, individual medley
2013 IPC World Championships 2nd 400m freestyle
2013 IPC World Championships 3rd 50m freestyle
2013 IPC World Championships 3rd 100m freestyle
2013 IPC World Championships 2nd 4X100m freestyle relay (34 pts)
2012 Paralympic Games 2nd 400m freestyle
2010 IPC World Championships 6th 400m freestyle
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 20 JANET MCLACHLAN GRADES 4-6 Wheelchair Basketball
In 2015, Janet McLachlan helped Canada to silver and a qualification for the 2016
Paralympic Games at the Parapan Am Games Mapping TeamCanada in Toronto.
She played stand-up basketball for the University of Victoria Vikes, winning national championships in 1998 and 2000. She was introduced to wheelchair basketball after suffering a serious knee injury while attempting to make Canada’s national rugby squad for the 2006 World Cup. A teammate suggested she try wheelchair sports to stay in shape while ATHLETE PROFILE recovering. DOB, Age at Rio August 26, 1977 (39) McLachlan has been a member of the national Birthplace Vancouver, B.C. wheelchair basketball team since 2008 and Hometown Vancouver, B.C. competed at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Residence Vancouver, B.C. Games, where Canada finished fifth, and
Height/Weight 181 cm / 88 kg the London 2012 Paralympic Games, where Canada finished sixth. Coach(es)
Bill Johnson & Marni Abbott-Peter She was a member of the team that won gold Languages English at the 2014 World Championship, bronze in
Games History 2010 and a silver medal at the 2011 Parapan 2008, 2012 Paralympic Games American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. 2011, 2015 Parapan Am Games In 2010 McLachlan helped the University of Classification Alabama win back-to-back national wheelchair 4.5 basketball championships and was named MVP. That same year she joined the Trier
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 21 Dolphins, a semi-professional wheelchair PERSONAL GRADES 4-6 basketball team in Germany. McLachlan has a Bachelor of Science from
McLachlan was the 2011 Wheelchair Basketball the University of Victoria and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Alberta Canada Female Athlete of the Year and the 2009 BC Wheelchair Basketball Female Athlete of the She attended the University of Alabama Year. Janet was named Wheelchair Basketball where she began a degree in interior design Mapping TeamCanada Canada’s female athlete of the year in 2013 and and discovered a love for the structural, spatial aspects of the discipline 2015. She comes from an athletic family: her CAREER HIGHLIGHTS mother won both the Canadian over- 65 singles and over-65 doubles tennis 2015 – 2nd place Parapan Am Games championships (2009) and has represented 2014 - became first Paralympian to be Canada at the World Senior Tennis named a finalist for the Sport BC Senior Championships; her father played football Female Athlete of the Year for the University of British Columbia and was drafted to play in the CFL; he also 2014 - Canadian Wheelchair Sport played rugby at the provincial level for BC Association Female Athlete of the Year and New Zealand. Named to the 2014 Women’s World Championship all-star team after leading all NOTABLE INTERNATIONAL RESULTS players in rebounding and finishing second 2015 – 2nd – Parapan Am Games in tournament scoring 2014 – 1st - World Championship 2012 - led all players at the Paralympic Games in points scored and rebounds 2012 – 6th – Paralympic Games
2011 - Nominated for Sportswoman of the 2011 – 2nd – Parapan American Games Year in the region of Trier, Germany 2010 – 3rd – World Championship Named Wheelchair Basketball Canada 2008 – 5th – Paralympic Games Female Athlete of the Year in 2011 2013 and 2015
2010 - led all players in scoring and rebounding at 2010 World Championship
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 22 MARCO DISPALTRO GRADES 4-6 Boccia
@BC4Boccia
Canada’s flag bearer at the Toronto 2015 Mapping TeamCanada Parapan American Games Opening Ceremony, Marco Dispaltro is a parasport legend. With a strong background in wheelchair tennis and wheelchair rugby, he exploded onto the boccia scene in May 2010 on the encouragement of head coach Mario Delisle. Dispaltro held a #1 world ranking in his classification entering the 2015 season and earned a silver medal in mixed pairs in Toronto at the Parapan American Games. ATHLETE PROFILE Dispaltro started his wheelchair sports odyssey DOB, Age at Rio August 2, 1967 (49) in 1993 as a wheelchair rugby player and Birthplace Montreal, Que. played until 2004. From 2001 until 2008, he Hometown St-Jérôme, Que. acted as the High Performance Coordinator of Residence St-Jérôme, Que. the Canadian Wheelchair National Rugby Team
Height/Weight 174cm / 63kg and held the title until 2008.
Coach(es) César Nikolai In May 2010, after years of coaxing and Languages French, English hesitation, Dispaltro tried boccia and it was
Games History love at first throw. His respect for the sport of 2011, 2015 Parapan American Games boccia grew exponentially in the first couple 2012 Paralympic Games of months of training and he’s still dazzled by the talent showcased at the elite level. His Classification achievements in boccia include his bronze BC4 (Muscular dystrophy) with Josh Vander Vies at the London 2012 Paralympic Games and silver at both the 2011 and 2015 Parapan American Games.
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 23 CAREER HIGHLIGHTS NOTABLE INTERNATIONAL RESULTS GRADES 4-6
2015 Parapan Am Games - silver in BC4 2015 Parapan American Games 2nd BC4 mixed pairs pairs
2012 Paralympic Games - bronze in BC4 2015 BISFed Americans 1st BC4 pairs mixed pairs 2014 BISFed World Open 1st BC4 singles Mapping TeamCanada 2011 Parapan American Games – silver in (Montreal) BC4 singles. 2014 BISFed World Open 1st BC 4 singles (Povoa) PERSONAL 2012 Paralympic Games 3rd BC4 pairs Renowned for his commitment and 2012 Paralympic Games 9th BC4 singles dedication to his craft, Dispaltro is rarely seen without a boccia ball in his hand. When 2011 Parapan American Games 2nd BC4 he does take time to himself, Dispaltro is an singles avid reader and enjoys satirical television. He is also a motivational speaker, using sport to inspire and drive young people.
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 24 ACTIVITY TWO GRADES 4-6 JUST BUILD IT!
Learning Objectives Just Build It!
Students will define, identify and describe sporting equipment, working independently and in collaboration to apply this knowledge to Paralympic sport equipment.
Students will analyze and reflect on a variety of Paralympic sport equipment pieces to gain an appreciation for all types of sport equipment.
Students will work collaboratively to construct a ‘blueprint diagram’ of a piece of Paralympic sport equipment.
Samantha Ryan Para-Swimming
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 25 Activity Length Web Links GRADES 4-6
30 minutes PARALYMPIC SPORTS
www.youtube.com/embed/KC0BKfLJ13o Resources www.paralympic.ca/paralympic-sport
Chart paper Just Build It! PARALYMPIC ATHLETES Pictures of equipment www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwy- Paper/Notebook yHUC29ET6zt3haga4x3uysp-LTBy1 Projector (if available)
Writing utensils
Markers
Computers with internet access
Speakers
Activity Extension - Craft supplies (i.e., papier-mâché, pipe cleaners, play dough, clay etc.)
Nik Goncin Wheelchair Basketball
Samantha Ryan Para-Swimming
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 26 Learning Activities GRADES 4-6
INTRODUCTION Swimming Cap
Present students with the following pictures Swimming and para-swimming (printed or projected onto a white board) of pieces Goggles of sports equipment. Ask students to identify each Just Build It! Swimming and para-swimming piece of equipment and what sport it is used in. If students do not know what the piece of equipment Tapper is have them guess as to what it is and what sport Para-swimming it is used in (pictures are at the end of the lesson). Road Bike Basketball Cycling Basketball and wheelchair basketball Tandem Bike Sneakers Cycling and para-cycling Basketball, wheelchair basketball, volleyball, sitting volleyball, athletics, and para-athletics Para-athletics sport chair
Para-athletics track events Wheelchair basketball sport chair
Wheelchair Basketball
Cleats Garett Hickling Wheelchair Rugby Rugby, soccer, baseball
Wheelchair rugby sport chair
Wheelchair rugby
Volleyball
Volleyball and sitting volleyball
Tennis Racket
Tennis and wheelchair tennis
Wheelchair tennis sport chair
Wheelchair tennis
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 27 Discuss the following questions with the class: GRADES 4-6
1. What is sport equipment? c) Some sports have more complex equipment than others. a. An item (equipment) needed to participate in a particular sport. d) All athletes need to use equipment to help them play their sport. For example,
2. Does every sport have equipment? Just Build It! equipment can be as simple as a pair of a) Yes, every sport uses equipment. sneakers, a ball or a bathing suit or can be more complex like a bicycle, tennis b) Some sports use more equipment than racket or skis. others.
Aron Ghebreyohannes Goalball
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 28 Next, present students with a picture of a day THINK, PAIR, SHARE GRADES 4-6 chair and a sport chair. Have them reflect Ask students to work independently, writing down individually on the following questions. Before a sport they play or watch and all the equipment moving onto the next question have a quick class needed for them to play that sport. Instruct discussion about their thoughts. students to share their equipment list with a partner. What is the difference between these two Just Build It! chairs? Present students with a picture of casual shoes One is a daily use chair and one is a sport and sport cleats (printed or projected onto a chair. white board). Ask students to reflect individually Day Chair: These are wheelchairs used for on the following questions. Before moving onto everyday purposes. the next question have a quick class discussion about their thoughts. Sport Chair: These are wheelchairs used as a piece of equipment to play a sport. What is the difference between casual shoes and cleats? Just like the cleats have been designed to help an athlete play better, a sports chair The difference is that they have been is a piece of equipment that has been designed for a specific use. designed to help the athlete preform their Casual shoes are meant for everyday sport better. walking and comfort. a. For example a rugby player uses cleats to Cleats are designed to grip the field and grip the floor and run up and down the help the athlete run up the field easier. field, and a wheelchair rugby player uses a sport chair to help them move quickly and What pair of shoes do you think would help efficiently around the court. you play a game of soccer, baseball, or rugby better?
The cleats because they are a piece of equipment
You can still use the casual shoes but the cleats are designed to improve playing ability.
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE – Paralympic Schools Program 2016 29 ACTIVITY Provide each group with a second piece of chart GRADES 4-6 paper and have students create a complete Divide students into small groups of four or five. “blue print” for their piece of equipment. Instruct Provide each group with a piece of chart paper students to draw and label the required materials and a picture of a specific piece of equipment including type of material and colour. glued in the middle (see Equipment List Ideas Just Build It! below). Instruct students that they are going to As an extension to this activity have students create a blueprint for their piece of equipment. actually create their piece of equipment, based Have students brainstorm and write down the on their drawn blueprint, using craft supplies (i.e., papier-mâché, pipe cleaners, play dough, clay following information on the chart paper around etc.). the picture:
major components (i.e., wheel, frame, shaft Equipment List Ideas etc.); 1. Wheelchair basketball sport chair material type (i.e., metal for frame, wood for shaft, plastic for lenses etc.); 2. Wheelchair rugby sport chair
colour (I.e., green frame, red shaft, black 3. Wheelchair tennis sport chair wheels etc.) and; 4. Road Bike any other information you think is important for them to describe 5. Tandem Bike
6. Para-athletics sport chair
Benoît Huot Para-Swimming
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When working with younger students, Visit the web links on page 26 for additional provide them with sport magazines or resources and information about the newspapers so they can cut out and paste Paralympic Games and Team Canada images of materials on their chart paper. athletes. Just Build It! When working with older students, have For more information on the Paralympic each group give a short presentation to the movement and inclusive sport watch the class describing their equipment blue print. video ‘All about ability’ - How the Paralympic Movement is maintaining momentum
Paralympic FUNdamentals Resource Activity Connection
GOALBALL
Grade 4-6 Lesson1 - Activity 2: King’s Court
Bruno Haché Goalball
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Sneakers
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Cleats
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Volleyball
Tennis Racquet
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Swimming Cap
Goggles
Tennis Racquet
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Tapper
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Road Bike
Tandem Bike Daniel Chalifour with pilot Alexandre Cloutier
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Para-Athletics Racing Chair Alexandre Dupont and Josh Cassidy
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Learning Objectives #MyPerfectDayinRio
Students will discuss the concept of Paralympic sport and describe the Paralympic Games in relation to the Olympic Games.
Students will demonstrate their understanding of the 2016 Paralympic Games by composing a itinerary for attending the Paralympics in Rio, using the hashtag #MyPerfectDayInRio.
Students will collaborate with their classmates to apply their knowledge to of the 2016 Paralympic Games to reproduce this information in the form of a hashtag.
Students will apply their knowledge of and fanship for the 2016 Paralympic Games by constructing a short presentation on their #MyPerfectDayInRio and created hashtag.
Jill MacSween Goalball
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40 minutes PARALYMPIC SPORT
www.paralympic.ca/paralympic-games Resources www.youtube.com/embed/KC0BKfLJ13o
Construction Paper #MyPerfectDayinRio www.paralympic.ca/paralympic-sport Paper/Notebook PARALYMPIC ATHLETES Projector (if available) www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwy-yHUC29ET6zt3haga4x3uysp- Writing utensils LTBy1 Computers with www.paralympic.ca/athletes internet access
Speakers RIO 2016 PARALYMPIC GAMES
www.paralympic.ca/rio2016
www.paralympic.org/rio-2016
Pam LeJean Para-Athletics
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INTRODUCTION Next introduce students to the 2016 Paralympic Games. Have students watch the Paralympic Sports
Montage Video. Ask students the following General information question: #MyPerfectDayinRio The 2016 Paralympic Games will be held What do we think the Paralympic Games are? September 7 to 18, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Paralympic Games is an international Around 4,350 athletes from more than 160 sporting event for individuals with a physical countries will travel to Rio to compete in 526 disability or a visual impairment. medal events in 22 different sports.
Although the Paralympics do not receive the Sports to be contested at the Rio 2016 same media coverage as the Olympics, the Paralympic Games: Paralympics – para meaning parallel or equal Para-archery, para-athletics, boccia, para- to – are equivalent to the Olympic Games. canoe, para-cycling (Track and Road), The Paralympics began in 1948, when para-equestrian, football 5-a- side, football the Stoke Mandeville Games were held 7-a- side, goalball, para-judo, powerlifting, in Aylesbury, England. The Paralympics rowing, para sailing, para-shooting, para- began as a means to rehabilitate injured swimming, table tennis, para-triathlon, or wounded World War II veterans back to sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, active duty or to re-integrate individuals into wheelchair fencing, wheelchair rugby, and society. Over time, participation in para- wheelchair tennis. sports became more than rehabilitation and therapy; involvement in para-sport focused Team Canada in Rio on enjoyment, athleticism or competition. Canada is expected to send a team of The Paralympics take place every two years approximately 155 athletes, competing in immediately following the Olympic Games. 19 sports. Athletes are required to meet qualifying Qualification for Rio is ongoing and Team standards to compete and are committed Canada will be finalized in summer 2016. and dedicated to their sports.
Canada has competed in every Summer and Winter Paralympic Games since 1968 and is well known for its strong performances and great athletes.
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Instruct students to imagine that they are Instruct students to present their perfect day in attending the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games this Rio and created hashtag to the class. Presentation summer. Have students work independently options can include but are not limited to: and brainstorm how they would spend their Writing (i.e., journal entry, letter to home, day at the Paralympic Games, using the hashtag #MyPerfectDayinRio athlete/friend pen pal, news article, poem #MyPerfectDayinRio. etc.)
What sport events would they want to Drawing (i.e., post card, poster, sketch, watch? collage etc.)
What activities would they want to try? Drama (i.e., dance, monologue, speech, etc.)
Who would they bring with them for the day? Remind students to be as creative as possible How would they cheer for their favourite with their #MyPerfectDayInRio presentations. Team Canada athletes (i.e., face paint, Provide each student with 1-2 minutes to present. poster, team Canada clothing)?
What sites would they want to visit?
Next, students find a partner and share their #MyPerfectDayinRio itinerary with each other. Have pairs work together to create hashtags that describe how they would each spend the day at the Paralympic Games.
Josh Vander Vies Jaye Milley and Marco Dispaltro Para-Cycling Boccia
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When working with younger students, Visit the Web Links on page 43 for additional have them work in small groups to present resources and information about the their #MyPerfectDayInRio. Have groups Paralympic Games, Paralympic sports and collaborate to determine their top four Team Canada athletes.
favourite activities/hashtags and present #MyPerfectDayinRio Have students research Rio de Janeiro, Brazil these to the class. to learn more about its culture, geography When working with older students, and unique aspects. Students can share one have them write their hashtag on a piece unique aspect they learned about Rio with of paper and post them around the room. the class. If there is space in the classroom create a For more information on the 2016 Rio #MyPerfectDayInRio section where students Summer Paralympic Games use the can post their hashtags and print out/post information sheet: Team Canada in Rio - Key pictures of the sports and athletes they are Facts (found in the Introduction) or visit the most excited for. website http://paralympic.ca/rio2016.
Paralympic FUNdamentals Resource Activity Connection
SITTING VOLLEYBALL
Grade 4-6 Lesson1 - Activity 1: Leapfrog!
Team Canada Sitting Volleyball
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