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Lesson Title
Virginia Soccer (4th and 5th Grade) 
Subject Areas/ Skills Covered:
Soccer Dribbling and Trapping, History SOL VS.2b
Objectives: Students will demonstrate control of the ball by dribbling and trapping the ball.  Students will use their feet to dribble a soccer ball to knock down a bottle.  Students will improve foot/eye coordination. Equipment: 10+ empty soda bottles or cones, many soccer balls
Lesson

1.                    Students will be split into two teams and be placed on opposite sides of the gym.

2.                    The teacher will ask the class to name the five regions in the state of Virginia.  The teacher will introduce the acronym, TRAP B, to help students remember the regions.

3.                    After the students have answered, the teacher will then give each person the name of a region that they will represent.

4.                    Bottles will be set up down the center of the gym.  They will be used as targets during this game.

5.                    The teacher will go over the rules.

a.                One or two regions will be called, those students who have those region names will prepare to go. 

b.             When the teacher says go they will attempt to move their ball close to a             bottle and knock it down with the ball.

c.             Students are not allowed to knock down a bottle with their feet.  The also must remember to use only the ball they start with, no switching allowed.

d.                The team that knocks down the last bottle each round gets the point and wins the round.

e.                Players on the sideline will not touch another persons’ ball during the game.

f.                Play continues for the remainder of P.E., the teacher may keep an overall score if desired.

6.                    Once the round is over, all the players will help to clean up and get ready for the next round.

To increase students’ knowledge about the state of Virginia, the teacher will name each team for another name for the state.  Old Dominion and the Cardinal State will be used.  Also, the teacher can discuss what important industries can be found in each of the five regions and use them to call out players. 

Region Name

Industry

Product

Tidewater

Fishing, Ship Building

Seafood

Ridge & Valley

Farming

Poultry, Apples

Appalachian Plateau

Coal Mining

Coal

Piedmont

Farming

Tobacco

Blue Ridge Mountains

Recreation

Apples

From:  C. Triolet

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