Pelé Unit Study In the public domain. Subjects: Reading, History, Geography, Copy Work, Multiplication ©2019 Randi Smith www.peanutbutterfishlessons.com Teacher Instructions Thank you for downloading our Pelé Unit Study! It was created to be used with the books: Magic Tree House Soccer on Sunday and/or Who Is Pelé?. It is noted below which pages work best with each book. You may incorporate other books about Pelé and soccer, as well. Here is what is included in the study: Pages 3-9: Biography of Pelé : Notetaking sheets with answer key. (Use with Who Is Pelé?.) Pages 10-11: Soccer: Notetaking sheets with answer key. (Use with Who Is Pelé?.) Pages 12-13: Facts about the 1970 World Cup: Notetaking sheets with answer key. (Use with either book, but especially MTH.) Pages 14-17: Facts about Mexico: Notetaking sheets with answer key. (Only the MTH book contains this information.) Pages 18-22: Quotes of Pelé : Copy work sheets of some of Pelé’s famous quotes. Pages 23-25: Timeline: Students may write on the timeline or cut and glue events provided. Events are provided with and without the year to provide options for a variety of ages. Pages 26-28: Pelé’s Travels: A following direction activity to become more familiar with a map of the world. Page 29: Compare and Contrast: Soccer with another sport.. Pages 30-32: Country Flags: Color one or more flags for the 1970 World Cup Final. Page 33-40: Multiplication Games: Using pennies or bingo chips and a set of two dice to play. Also refer to our post Pelé FREE Unit You May Study for: 1. Interview with Pelé and videos of the Also Like: 1970 World Cup. 2. Video to teach you some simple soccer skills. 3. Videos about Mexico City and Brazil. ©2019 Randi Smith www.peanutbutterfishlessons.com A Biography of Pelé Birth (date and place): ______________________________ ____________________________________________________ Birth name and who was he named after? ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Nickname: _________________________________________ Known For: _________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Family: _____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Jobs he had as a child: 1. __________________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________________ 3. __________________________________________________ What did he do for fun as a child? ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Name: ___________________ ©2019 Randi Smith www.peanutbutterfishlessons.com A Biography of Pelé (cont.) Pelé’s first soccer team: ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Pelé’s first professional soccer team: ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ School: ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Playing on the Santos FC team: ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Name: ___________________ ©2019 Randi Smith www.peanutbutterfishlessons.com A Biography of Pelé (cont.) Pelé’s first time on the Brazil national team: ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ What did Pelé have to do when he turned 18? ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ List some places he traveled and what he did there: ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Pelé’s wife and children: ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Name: ___________________ ©2019 Randi Smith www.peanutbutterfishlessons.com A Biography of Pelé (cont.) What other World Cups did Pelé play in? ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ What did Pelé decide to do after the 1970 World Cup? ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ What are some projects Pelé worked on near the end of his career and afterward? ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Tell about Pelé’s playing in the US: ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Name: ___________________ ©2019 Randi Smith www.peanutbutterfishlessons.com Pelé Answer Key Birth (date and place): October 23, 1940 in Três Corações, Brazil. Birth name and who was he named after? Edson Arantes do Nascimento. He was named after Thomas Edison as his village had gotten electricity shortly before his birth. Nickname: Pelé Known For: He was a great soccer player who helped his native country, Brazil, win its first World Cup championship when he was only 17. Family: Father: João Ramos, nickname: Dondinho. He was a soccer player, too. Mother: Celeste. Younger brother, Jair, and younger sister, Maria Lúcia. The family did not have much money as soccer players were not paid very well. Jobs he had as a child: 1. A shoeshine boy at the railroad station. 2. Worked at the soccer stadium. 3. Helped his dad clean at the health clinic. What did he do for fun as a child? Played soccer with other boys with a sock ball. Most of them did not have shoes. Pelé’s first soccer team: Started when he was 10. The first name was the September 7. They saved stickers to get a soccer ball, but they had no shoes. They changed their names to the Shoeless Ones. Some of the dads bought the team shoes so they could enter a tournament so then they were called Amériquinha. They won the tournament. ©2019 Randi Smith www.peanutbutterfishlessons.com Pelé Answer Key (cont.) Pelé’s first professional soccer team: Pele was invited to play on the Bauru junior team for a little bit of pay. The team had a great coach, Waldemar de Brito. School: He started school late since his parents did not have much money. He had trouble focusing and had to repeat a grade, but finally finished elementary school as a teenager. Playing on the Santos FC team: Pele and his coach moved to the Santos FC team when Pele was about 14. He had to live in a dormitory with other players and the other players were older and bigger than him. It took a year of hard work before he was able to play in an official league game. By age 17, he had become a key player of the team. Pelé’s first time on the Brazil national team: In 1958, Pele made the Brazilian national team when he was 17 and traveled to Sweden to play in the World Cup. Brazil won the final game against Sweden and took home the World Cup. What did Pelé have to do when he turned 18? Serve in the army for one year. He played for