MONTH 1
| Timeframe: | Health & Fitness Academic Content
| Fitness
| Motor Skills
| Social/Emotional/Safety
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| Essential Questions
| How do you build muscular strength and power?
How do I establish a safety protocol in the weight room? | Why is developing muscular strength and power important?
Why is establishing a safety protocol important? | What exercises are involved in developing muscular strength and power?
What skills need to be learned to safely perform weight bearing exercise? | Why are rules and lifting protocols important for all activities? |
| Content | Instruction in proper weight lifting progression. (sets, reps, weight) | Various lifts which target muscular strength and growth | Developing gross motor skills by introducing a variety of basic and complex weight bearing movements | Team work through spotting and partner help. |
| Skills /
Activities | Teach, demonstrate, perform isokinetic movement through complex physical sequences | Various sequences targeted toward muscular strength | Five Major Lifts: Bench, squat, power clean, press-up, dead lift | Space awareness |
| Assessment | Pre-muscular strength max weight assessment/test | Teacher/student directed strength test | Teacher observation/student performance of strength test | Completion and setting of SMART goals for remainder of semester |
| Standards | Understands basic lifting techniques of the five major lifts
Refine activity-specific movement skills in two or more individual performance activities. PE1.2.HS2 | Can perform the skills required to execute and improve n five major lifts
Analyze types of muscular strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility exercises for personal fitness development. PE3.5.H Use training principles (overload, specificity, progression, reversibility, diminishing return, rest, and recovery) to design a personal workout. PE3.6.HS2 | By executing complex motor skills and movement of the five major lifts will set the foundation for all motor skill combinations
Use movement concepts to develop a plan to improve advanced performance skill in a self-selected skill. PE2.2.HS2 Apply training principles and knowledge to two or more self-selected activities. PE2.4.HS2 | Assume a leadership role in a physical activity setting. PE4.3.HS2a
Describe the importance of treating individuals with dignity and respect during physical activity. PE4.3.HS2b Apply best practices for participating safely in physical activity and exercise. PE4.4.HS2 |
| Equipment / Resources | Fully equipped weight room that can accommodate the completion of five major lifts | Weight room, % chart/diagrams/posters | Activity related equipment | Sound system, mirrors, space |
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MONTH 2
| Timeframe:
| Health & Fitness Academic Content
| Fitness
| Motor Skills
| Social/Emotional/Safety
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| Essential Questions
| What is muscular endurance?
Why is muscular endurance important in a weight training plan? Why is muscular endurance important in athletic performance? | How can muscular endurance improve my overall strength and power? | What exercises are involved in developing muscular endurance? | Developing mindset to overcome physical fatigue. |
| Content | Training principle: higher rep/lower weight v. higher weight/lower rep | Various lifts, functional movements which target functional endurance | Developing high repetition isokinetic movement | Developing intrinsic motivation |
| Skills /
Activities | Teach, demonstrate, perform isokinetic movement, emphasizing muscular endurance | Various sequences targeted toward muscular endurance | Using high rep/low weight complexes. Developing functional movements such as body weight/explosive movement | Body awareness |
| Assessment | Pre-muscular endurance rep tests | Teacher/student directed muscular endurance test | Teacher observation/student performance of muscular endurance test | Completion of setting SMART goals for remainder of year |
| Standards | Understands the difference between muscular endurance and muscular strength/power as well as the different training concepts | Can perform the skills required to execute and improve their muscular endurance | Applies complex motor skills and movement focusing on muscular endurance and functional movement | Self-evaluation and special awareness |
| Equipment /
Resources | Fully equipped weight room that can accommodate the completion of five major lifts | Weight room, % chart/diagrams/posters | Activity related equipment | |
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| | MONTH 3 | |||
| Timeframe:
| Health & Fitness Academic Content
| Fitness
| Motor Skills
| Social/Emotional/Safety
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| Essential Questions
| How do I combine complex movement sequences with complex motor skills to build muscular strength AND endurance? | How can I combine muscular strength and muscular endurance to enhance physical performance? | What steps are necessary for blending muscular strength and muscular endurance concepts to build overall physical fitness? | Complete approach to strength and fitness |
| Content | Training principle: combining muscular strength and muscular endurance | Incorporating muscular strength into muscular endurance while increasing the intensity | Incorporate FITT principle and the 6 components of skill related fitness | Higher self-esteem through improved physical fitness |
| Skills /
Activities | Teach, demonstrate, perform isokinetic movement, emphasizing strength and functional movement | Use various workout complexes which emphasize muscular strength and muscular endurance growth | Combining strength, endurance, and functional movements in all workouts to advance physical growth | Work ethic |
| Assessment | Mix of multiple assessments of all aspects of strength, endurance, and function | Challenging activities which focus on strength, endurance, and functional movement | Activity driven student performance emphasizing strength, endurance, and functional movement | Satisfaction of improvement |
| Standards | Understands benefits of S/E/F movement combined | Executing a variety of workouts emphasizing S/E/F movements | Teaching and expanding skills necessary to complete a variety of workouts | confidence in improving fitness and strength |
| Equipment /
Resources | Fully equipped weight room that can accommodate the completion of five major lifts | Weight room, % chart/diagrams/posters | Activity related equipment | |
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MONTH 4
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| Timeframe:
| Health & Fitness Academic Content
| Fitness
| Motor Skills
| Social/Emotional/Safety
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| Essential Questions
| How do I determine that my muscular strength, endurance, and functional fitness have improved? | Why is S/E/F fitness important? | What benchmarks show an improvement in S/E/F fitness? | Expectation of improvement |
| Content | Physical and verbal demonstration of assessment protocol | Reinforcing W/E techniques and protocols | Reviewing and practicing in preparation for upcoming assessments | Enthusiasm for upcoming assessments |
| Skills /
Activities | Practice five major lifts and muscular endurance tests and reset goals | Promote overload principle in preparation for final testing | All five major lifts and muscular endurance rep test incorporated in workouts | Emphasis of positive mindset |
| Assessment | Post-muscular strength max weight assessment
Post-muscular endurance rep tests | Teacher/student directed strength and endurance tests | Teacher observation/student performance of strength tests | Accountability
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| Standards | Full demonstration and completion of the fife lift max test and strength endurance test | Perform all skills | Completing the S/E test, students will determine the increase of strength and endurance | Satisfaction |
| Equipment /
Resources | Fully equipped weight room that can accommodate the completion of five major lifts | Weight room, % chart/diagrams/posters | Activity related equipment | |
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