Physical Education Teacher Education Program
For Public School Teachers
From Kymm Ballard, Healthy Living Consultant with the North Carolina Public Schools:
Gov. Mike Easley has proclaimed Nov. 14-18 as International Education Week and encourages citizens to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. Easley said that international understanding, respect and appreciation begins with education and the exchange of knowledge between students, scholars and the public.
International Education Week is a joint initiative of the U.S. Dept. of Education and the U.S. Dept. of State. This year's theme is International Education: Improving Student Achievement Around the World. The U.S. Dept. of Education encourages schools to visit the Web at www.iew.state.gov for further information about the event and how students and schools can participate.
I pulled the following idea from NASPE-Talk and you can visit www.pecentral.org for other ideas. For this particular month, please visit our DPI website and pull down the LEP brochure for you to review and implement into your teaching.
Kymm
4 good books for games are:
Children's Games From Around the World by Glenn Kirchner, WCB McGraw-Hill
1991
Multicultural Games by Lorraine Barbarash, Human Kinetics, 1997 International Playtime Classroom Games and Dances From Around the World by Wayne E. Nelson and Henry "Buzz" Glass, Fearon Teacher Aids 1992 The Multicultural Game Book by Louise Orlando, Scholastic Professional Books
1993
Games from the countries you listed (these are in these books)
Ireland- Pass the Orange, Little Irish Dance, Soldiers
Turkey- Kukla, Ali Pasa
Brazil- Peteca, Bossa Nova
Denmark- Danish Rounders, The Whales, Nixie Dance, Shoemaker's Dance, Nimbi
India- Snakes and Ladders, Pachisi, Bagh-Bandi, Cheetah-Cheetal, Kabbaddi, Atya-Patya, KHO, Esha Desai, Dog and bone, Nirali Batel, Triple Dribble, Zumkha
Israel- Gaga, Bli Yadayim
Canada- Hoopscotch, Doubles, actually there is about 20 or so games listed from this country in those books.
Hope this helps.
