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__ACTIVIDAD 6__ Interdepartmental Collaboration
Spanish class and a physical education class will collaborate by sharing information and playing a competitive game of ball. A discussion about team sports, sports and society and sport violence will follow. The class will: 4. use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast sports in the USA to ancient Mesoamerica ([|Compare and Contrast Diagram.pdf])
 * 1) present an overview of the Mesoamerican Ballgame in English to a physical education class
 * 2) Instruct and play "pelota mesoamericana"
 * 3) moderate a discussion about
 * North American football and issues of brutality
 * risk of injury to athletes
 * extreme sports
 * representational art on clothing and memorabilia
 * examples of the importance of sports in society
 * sport themes in literature and film

pi-tzi-la ( pitzal ) (T177.507hv:178) > adj. "youthful" 2 > intr. v. "play ball." (Go to http://research.famsi.org/montgomery_dictionary/mt_entry.php?id=738&lsearch=p&search=ball to hear the pronunciation and find more ballgame glyphs) Spanish 4 Honors Slide Show and Information Session [|Invitation_to_Period_1_Ballgame,_March_11,_2011.jpg] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">