ALEX Classroom Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [PE] VA1 (9-12) 8 :

LS-4.2) Explain how your personal actions impact you, teammates, peers, and opponents.

[PE] VA2 (9-12) 8 :

LS-4.2) Identify and describe examples of positive and negative behaviors in varsity athletics.

This high school lesson provides an opportunity for students to learn more about and reflect upon athletes who have taken stands on political issues.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [PE] VA1 (9-12) 8 :

LS-4.2) Explain how your personal actions impact you, teammates, peers, and opponents.

[PE] VA2 (9-12) 7 :

LS-4.1) Adhere to laws pertaining to personal responsibility while participating in varsity athletics.

[PE] VA2 (9-12) 8 :

LS-4.2) Identify and describe examples of positive and negative behaviors in varsity athletics.

Athletes' behavior gives rise to important questions: How should athletes, who are often in the public eye, be expected to act? Why do athletes sometimes behave as if they are above the law? What drives their behavior? How does the legal system treat athletes who get in trouble? If standards of character for athletes were established, what would they be? This activity will discuss the answers to these questions. 

   View Standards     Standard(s): [PE] VA1 (9-12) 8 :

LS-4.2) Explain how your personal actions impact you, teammates, peers, and opponents.

[PE] VA1 (9-12) 10 :

LS-5.2) Discuss and evaluate the individual benefits of participation in varsity athletics, and the social benefits for the individual, family, school, and community.

[PE] VA2 (9-12) 8 :

LS-4.2) Identify and describe examples of positive and negative behaviors in varsity athletics.

This booklet is designed for coaches who want to incorporate lessons of character into their daily practice plans. Coaches can take the character lessons into as much depth as the age of their teams and time allows.