Learning Intentions; students are learning to…
- Consider the importance of Sport to New Zealand during the 1970s.
- To consider the relative importance of particular sports to New Zealand and the extent to which this has changed since 1975.
Success Criteria; students will know they have achieved the learning intentions when they can…
- Make statements backed up with clear evidence from the film footage which shows an awareness of the relative importance of sports during the 1970s and during the present day.
- Produce reasonable conclusions about why some sports maybe particularly important to New Zealand.
Relevant Footage:
Part One, Sport Leisure and Lifestyle
Sport:
The Commonwealth Games 1974
Sporting Highlights of the Seventies
Underwater Rugby 1975
Other Resources:
The Film Archive On Disk Resource, New Zealand Society: The Fifties
Introduction:
It is interesting to note that the sporting achievements and celebration of them was not that much different in the seventies to what it is today. Sport and particularly rugby has been of major importance to many New Zealanders for many decades. Cycling, cricket, swimming, rowing and athletics continue to have a high profile in New Zealand; although in terms of success there has been a shift in emphasis away from track to field events for the latter. The activity for this topic could be done in a single lesson or extended over two or more with students doing their own inquiry about the importance of each sport to New Zealand since the 1970s.
Lesson Outline
Start with a discussion of the relative importance of sport to many New Zealanders. Different high profile sports could be brainstormed or the class’ top ten sports could be ranked individually or on the board.
Show the relevant footage, stopping where necessary to allow students to complete the activity below. If some time is to be spent looking at sport, it is worth viewing other Film Archive disks, in particular the Fifties disks which provides a good comparison in terms of the 1950 Empire Games, held in Auckland.
As students watch the footage, have them note down the different sports which they see in columns 2-3 of the Resource Five table.
Notes on the Footage
Commonwealth Games 1974
ALAC Awards 2000
Harry Kent Track Cycling
1971-72 Olympic Gold, Rowing Eight
Glenn Turner numerous run scoring records
1974 Gold 10 000 m, Christchurch Commonwealth Games, Richard Tayler
John Walker, first to run a mile under 3m50, Olympic Gold 1500.
Speedway, Ivan Mauger
Gary Hurring – 16 year old Commonwealth Games backstroke gold medalist in 1978, Silver at World Championships
Underwater Rugby 1975: All Blacks versus Scotland at Eden Park. The first time a postponement had been considered due to a near flooded ground and very different to the fast draining surfaces that rugby is played on now.
