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Lesson 2#                           Ball Games: Shinny

SUBJECT: Physical Education

TOPIC:  Shinny

TIME FRAME:  2 - 3 classes

COMMON ESSENTIAL LEARNINGS:  Communication, Independent Learning, Critical and        Creative Thinking, Personal Social Values and skills.

MATERIALS: One stick about a meter long which is curved at one end. The curved end should be broader than the handle or a hockey stick may be used instead. Any small soft ball.

1. OBJECTIVES:     Saskatchewan Physical Education Objectives

Cognitive: Students will...

- display an understanding of the terminology, rules, safety concepts, movement patterns and performance cues that apply to the shinny game.
- demonstrate the ability to transfer knowledge about rules, etiquette and motor skills from one game to another.

Psychomotor: Students will...

- apply movement concepts and principles to the learning and development of movement   patterns.

Affective/Spiritual: Students will...

- display increased self-confidence, self-sufficiency and individual initiative while playing the games.
-  develop an appreciation for the role culture in these traditional Cree games.

2. RESOURCES:

                        http://collections.gc.ca/games/ball/index.html

3. PURPOSE/TEACHER BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

    The purpose of this lesson is to give students' an opportunity to involve themselves in a traditional game that was created by the Plains Cree people.  Of the four games, shinny was one of the most favored and played.  This game can be played outside or inside and in almost any type of weather.  As with lacrosse, shinny is very demanding and requires team work.  This game will require practice lessons before the students' are familiar with it.

4. ACTIVITIES/IDEAS:

Have the students' research on the internet the shinny game.  Read through the history and rules of the game.  Print copies for each student and put them in the same folder that lacrosse was put in the following day.  As with the rules of Lacrosse, write the rules of Shinny on a piece of Bristol board and display it in the classroom and gym when you are playing.  You could also use the same kind of consequences that you came up with the day before with lacrosse.  Students' will know what is expected of them.  Assemble the students' into games and teams that are fair and begin the game.

As with lacrosse, shinny uses hockey sticks.  Use the safety rules that the students' came up with in lacrosse.  Have the students read them over before each physical education period and the corresponding consequences.  This way, the students' know what to expect if the rules are broken.

5. EVALUATION:

An example of a traditional shinny game played outdoors.