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= = //“SPORTS do not build CHARACTER t////hey REVEAL it.”// -John Wooden =Welcome to Sports Literature!=

=[|Sports Literature Survey]=

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**__COURSE DESCRIPTION__** A literature based course with an emphasis on reading, researching and interpreting. This is an interactive course (lots of group work) designed to expose students to a variety of sports literature. We’ll publish game reviews, read about famous rivals, and discuss the influences and changes in athletics, including steroid and salary issues, on our culture. In the process, we’ll write and prepare presentations for different audiences and purposes, and read and discuss sports writer’s techniques of the past and present. We’ll analyze the language of sports that captures our attention. __**ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS **__ //The enduring understanding holds the concepts and ideas we will examine closely throughout this course. // Students will understand that:
 * **Sports are a metaphor for the human character. **
 * **Sports reveal our culture's values and prejudices. **
 * **Sports influence and reflect other aspects of our lives. **

//An essential question is a question we look at repeatedly. Everything we do in class tries to answer this question. We practice in various ways until we feel comfortable in our ability to work with the answer. //
 * __ ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS __**


 * **How has sports affected my life and shaped our culture? **
 * **What is the language of sports? **
 * **How do we define our values and heroes? **

__**COURSE OBJECTIVES **__ //Students will be able to: //
 * Explain the rules, goals and highlights of a variety of sports
 * Publish and present game reviews
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Debate, discuss, research, write, and read about famous rivals, controversies and other issues in the sports world
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Demonstrate research skills, while evaluating, using and citing sources according to MLA (Modern Language Association) standards.

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