Fitness for Life

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Fitness for Life

Description:

The latter years of the 20th century were characterized by the fitness craze. Gym memberships soared as many Americans became aware of the benefits of exercise for their continued good health. The purpose of this lesson is to acquaint students with activities that can form the foundation of life-long physical fitness.

Education Levels:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Subject:

United States History

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Fee Status:

Free

Online provider:

The National First Ladies' Library

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Keywords:

Gyms, Aerobic exercise, Physical fitness

Mediator:

Elementary school teachers

Publisher:

The National First Ladies' Library

Contributor:

Bette Brooks

Is Part Of:

http://www.firstladies.org/

Language:

English

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

History, Interpersonal and Self Directional Skills

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

NCTE-IRA Standards for the English Language Arts (1996)

12. Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange of information).

Conforms To

NCTE-IRA Standards for the English Language Arts (1996)

5. Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.

Conforms To

NCTE-IRA Standards for the English Language Arts (1996)

3. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).

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