Schools : Sport, here we are talking about World Cup 2022 : Resources & Ideas

 

FIFA World Cup

Qatar 2022

https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/

 The 22th FIFA World Cup kicked off last 20 November 2022. Students, boys and girls (girls play football as well) are excited about it! Their team will be there, for sure. Only few countries refuse to go to Qatar. They will want to know everything about the matches, their team and the host country Qatar.

FIFA+ is your home for highlights from every game at the FIFA World Cup - minutes after the final whistle. Don't miss all the best action from Qatar 22™. All the goals, all the action, in one place. 

Note: Sign language highlights for the hearing impaired also available.

Students, boys and girls (Yes! Girls play football as well) are excited about it! Their team will be there, for sure. Only few countries refuse to go to Qatar. However students will want to know everything about the matches, their team and the host country Qatar.

Cristiano Ronaldo at Times Square, New York

credits: Madame Tussauds Museum

https://www.madametussauds.com/new-york/

Students, boys and girls (Yes! Girls play football as well) are excited about it! Their team will be there, for sure. Only few countries refuse to go to Qatar. They will want to know everything about the matches, their team and the host country Qatar.    

Ouverture Ceremony Qatar 2022

credits: Kieran Mcmanus/ SIPA

Watch the best moments of the Overture Ceremony here presented by the Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman.

As all eyes turned to Qatar for the opening ceremonies of this year’s World Cup today, veteran American actor Morgan Freeman took centre stage with a message of unity and togetherness.

Performers dancing on the center of the stadium

credits: Natacha Pisarenko/ AP/SIPA

Striding slowly through a group of dancers and performers inside Al Bayt stadium in Al Khor, the 85-year-old movie star spoke in his unmistakable voice - much to the excitement of the thousands of people in attendance.

“I heard something beautiful. Not just music, but also this call to celebration,” 

Morgan Freeman & World Cup ambassador Ghanim Al Muftah

credits: Natacha Pisarenko/ AP/SIPA

Freeman intoned while walking toward a young man without legs in the middle of the stage.

“Come on over,” the legless man identified as World Cup ambassador Ghanim Al Muftah, dressed in traditional Qatari regalia, said to a hesitant Freeman. 

“We sent out the call, because everyone is welcome. This is an invitation to the whole world.”

The two men proceeded to crouch on the floor and engage in a performative but poignant conversation, in which the Shawshank Redemption icon lamented the state of the world being divided and distant. 

In the end, both men agree that “what unites us here, in this moment, is so much greater than what divides us.”

Morgan Freeman 

credits: Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Offside via Getty Images

“Through all the differences in language there is a common thread of hope, jubilation and respect. We may not understand words but in the deepest part of us we must appreciate and understand the emotions that connect us all,” 

Morgan Freeman

The performance received a thunderous applause from the crowd, and left those watching from around the world with much appreciation for the film legend.

“This is the most beautiful, charismatic and heartwarming World Cup opening ceremony ever,” one person tweeted

2022 World Cup | Opening Day

https://www.google.com/doodles/

• Google Doodles:

Let the 2022 World Cup games begin! The tournament takes place every four years and attracts football (or “soccer”) fans from all over the globe. This is the first-ever World Cup to take place in the Middle East.

Over the next month, players from the national teams of 32 countries will compete in a series of elimination games, culminating on December 18, when one national team will be crowned the 2022 World Cup Champion.

2022 World Cup | Opening Day

https://www.google.com/doodles/

• Want to get in on the action yourself? 

Google world cup Qatar 2022 on your mobile device to compete with fans in our multiplayer online game. People from around the world can work together to help their favorite team score the most goals. 

Once a real-life match is set in the World Cup schedule, it will appear in the game menu. Pick the game and team you want to support and work with other fans to score the most virtual GOAAAAALLLLS. When the final buzzer sounds in the real-life match, the virtual match will also end and name a winner!

Cristiano Ronaldo at Times Square, New York

credits: Madame Tussauds Museum

https://www.madametussauds.com/new-york/

• Curiosities:

The Portuguese legend Cristiano Ronaldo has had his wax figure unveiled by the world's greatest wax museum, Madame Tussauds, New York at Times Square last 19 November 2022.

Cristiano Ronaldo, arguably the greatest footballer of all time, revealed his latest wax figure with the world's greatest wax museum, Madame Tussauds New York. Just days ahead of the World Cup, Ronaldo became the first athlete to ever accomplish a “Times Square takeover,” a feat matched in exclusivity by being honored with a Madame Tussauds wax figure.

 

The epic moment captured the attention of a cheering crowd as Ronaldo gave a personal message to his fans, amplified by his native country’s destination agency Visit Portugal across multiple jumbotrons in the heart of New York City. Prompted by CR7 himself, the audience celebrated his latest achievement by joining the G.O.A.T in striking his world-famous “siuuuuu” pose.

Ronaldo was blown away when meeting his wax figure in person, especially the likeness of his hair and eyes. “This is wax? Are you kidding?” said Cristiano Ronaldo. “The face is unbelievable. Imagine two Ronaldos!”

https://www.fifa.com/

Teachers are wondering how they might include the WC2022 into the curriculum and are searching for resources.

It's a special event that can get young people enthusiastic about their learning across the curriculum. 

Let's talk about the most important! The values at football ! 

Values 

via Google Images

• Values:

Football has been around since 500 B.C. when Spartans played it as an ancient game. Across centuries, football has evolved as the culture around it has thrived.

Promoting the power of sport values is an important skill we must spread.

• Fair-play,

• equality,

• respect,

• dignity.

Football & any sport are a powerful vehicles for social inclusion, gender equality & youth empowerment. And the values of sports are those vital for peace.

Resources:

Here some ideas and resources that will help teachers use football to tackle learning across a range of subjects, cross-curricular, covering all age groups at primary and secondary education. 

Google Doodle 2 World Cup (December 2)

 https://www.google.com/doodles/

• Google Doodles 

Time to time Google is publishing some doodles. They are magical digital resource as a motivation to include WCQatar2022.

Ash your students to search and comment. Don't forget the multiplayer online game. Students from around the world can work together to help their favorite team score the most goals. Wow! 

• Video presentation (up)

• Watch the video of the campaign and discuss it with your students. What do they think about present teams, those countries not present and reasons.

• Discuss human rights watching the Open Ceremony dialogue Morgan Freeman and Ghanim Al Muftah, World Cup ambassador.

• Ask your students to find some World Cup-themed videos that they might enjoy to discuss in the classroom.

• Write some interesting tweets. Twitter's rule makes the students getting their thoughts down properly and in a concise way.

• Use the Opening Ceremony and the Final Ceremony to teach about the host country, Qatar.

• Use  FIFA World Cup Songs at a cross-curricular teachers Languages and Music.

There are so many resources that you can choose, prepare, or create ! It's your time to be creative!

Cross-curricular : Languages ; Civics ; Arts ; Sports ; History ; Geography ; Music.

Level: All levels. You must adapt the resources and activities to the age and level you are teaching.

Most of all, all teams are fighting with courage and bravery to be the champions of WCQ2022. They want to be the heroes!

Congratulations to the winner! However must not forget all the teams that fought for their dreams.

G-Souto

30.11.2022

Copyright © 2022G-Souto'sBlog, gsouto-digitalteacher.blogspot.com®

Schools :Sport, here we are talking about World Cup 2022 : Resources & Ideas by G-Souto is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Escolas : Ensino Secundário José Saramago : Leituras Saramaguianas

  

Centenário José Saramago

https://www.josesaramago.org/

Aproxima-se o final do Ano do Centenário do Nascimento de José Saramago que completaria 100 anos no dia 16 de Novembro 2022.

A Fundação José Saramago prepara um Programa especial para o dia 16 de Novembro de 2022, data do Centésimo Aniversário do escritor. 

A programação tem início às 10:00 horas, quando milhares de alunos de escolas secundárias de Portugal, Espanha e outros países lerão excertos de romances de José Saramago num programa intitulado Leituras Centenárias.

Saramago na Escola: Leituras Centenárias, uma iniciativa da Fundação José Saramago, em parceria com o Plano Nacional Leitura e com a Rede Bibliotecas Escolares, faz parte do programa do Centenário de José Saramago.

 

 

A Maior Flor do Mundo

José Saramago

edições Caminho

https://www.josesaramago.org/

E depois das Leituras Centenárias para o Ensino Básico que tiveram lugar em Novembro 2021, têm agora lugar...

 

 

• Ensino Secundário: "Leituras Saramaguianas"

 

Nesse dia, 16 Novembro 2022, realizar-se-ão em escolas secundárias portuguesas, sessões de leitura de um excerto de "O Memorial do Convento" ou de "O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis".

 

Memorial do Covento

José Saramago

https://www.josesaramago.org/

No dia 16 de Novembro, centenário de nascimento de José Saramago, alunos de escolas secundárias portuguesas participam das Leituras Centenárias.

 

Para além de constituir uma evocação do escritor José Saramago, as Leituras Centenárias procurarão motivar os jovens para a leitura, para o aperfeiçoamento da língua, para a compreensão do texto narrativo e para o questionamento e diálogo sobre nós próprios, a sociedade e o meio ambiente.

 

O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis

José Saramago

https://www.josesaramago.org/

Participação escolas: 

 

Participarão nas “Leituras Centenárias” alunos ou alunas do ensino secundário, de escolas públicas, privadas e cooperativas.

Cada escola poderia inscrever um aluno ou aluna de uma turma específica.

Prazo inscrição terminou a 20 de Outubro 2022. 

 

• Lista escolas secundárias participantes:

 

A lista das escolas participantes já foi divulgada através do site da Fundação José Saramago,. Poderão ver a Lista de escolas aqui

 

• Como serão feitas as leituras Centenárias:

 

As Leituras Centenárias serão realizadas em simultâneo, pelos alunos ou alunas participantes, com orientação do(a) respectivo(a) professor(a) ou dos(as) Professores(as) Bibliotecários(as), às 10 horas do dia 16 de Novembro de 2022.

Desejavelmente e sempre que tal seja viável, as leituras serão difundidas em tempo real, através de redes sociais adequadas e com prévio anúncio, em especial junto na comunidade escolar.

Exposição Jose Saramago: As Sementes e os Frutos

https://www.josesaramago.org/

• Diplomas de participação:

Cada participante receberá um diploma que assinalará a sua participação na iniciativa, sendo atribuído à respectiva escola um Certificado alusivo.

 

Em datas a ajustar, os participantes nas “Leituras Centenárias” e os respectivos professores serão convidados para uma visita guiada à Fundação José Saramago e à exposição José Saramago: A Semente e os Frutos. 

Exposição Jose Saramago: As Sementes e os Frutos

https://www.josesaramago.org/

• Materiais de apoio à preparação das leituras: 

Rota do Memorial do Convento

https://www.rotamemorialdoconvento.pt/pt/

• Memorial do Convento:

A Rota estabelece um percurso entre a Casa dos Bicos (Fundação Saramago) e o Largo da Igreja de Cheleiros, num total de 58 Km. Estrutura-se através dos bens imóveis classificados existentes nos municípios de Lisboa, Loures e Mafra. 

Rota Memorial do Convento, uma homenagem a José Saramago, segue o texto do livro Memorial do Convento e revela monumentos históricos e paisagísticos do século XVIII, entre Lisboa e Mafra, passando por Loures, bem como pontos de interesse patrimonial situados em Sacavém, Santo António dos Cavaleiros, Unhos, Santo Antão do Tojal, Fanhões, Malveira, Mafra (convento e vila velha) e Cheleiros.

Rota do Memorial do Convento

https://www.rotamemorialdoconvento.pt/pt/

Ao longo deste percurso o visitante/turista é convidado a percorrer as linhas geográficas do romance.

"Um romance histórico inovador. Personagem principal, o Convento de Mafra. O escritor aparta-se da descrição engessada, privilegiando a caracterização de uma época. Segue o estilo: “Era uma vez um rei que fez promessas de levantar um convento em Mafra… Era uma vez a gente que construiu esse convento,"

O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis

João Botelho, 2020

https://www.imdb.com/

Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis

O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis, adaptação do romance de José Saramago, realizado por João Botelho.

Fernando Pessoa, estabeleceu um gigantesco universo paralelo criando uma série de heterónimos para sobreviver à sua solidão de génio. José Saramago, fez regressar o heterónimo Ricardo Reis a Portugal, ao fim de 16 anos de exílio no Brasil. 1936 é o ano de todos os perigos, do fascismo de Mussolini, do Nazismo de Hitler, da terrível Guerra Civil espanhola e do Estado Novo em Portugal, de Salazar. Fernando Pessoa, o criador, encontra Ricardo Reis, a criatura. Duas mulheres, Lídia e Marcenda são as paixões carnais e impossíveis de Ricardo Reis.

• Roteiros Digitais de Leitura PNL

 

Estão disponíveis no site do PNL vários possíveis Roteiros de Leitura que poderão ser consultados ou decarregados aqui

• Para que em tempo real se possa colectivamente experienciar a leitura em linha, sugere-se:

 

• O uso da hashtag #centenariosaramago para todos os conteúdos e publicações do Centenário;

• A transmissão em streaming da sessão de leitura com indicação do URL para a Rede de Bibliotecas Escolares, através do endereço eletrónico 100josesaramago@mail-rbe.org e até à véspera do evento, para que haja tempo para agendar as publicações nos canais de comunicação.

 

 G-Souto

09.11.2022

Copyright © 2022G-Souto'sBlog, gsouto-digitalteacher.blogspot.com®

 

Escolas : Ensino Secundário : José saramago & as Leituras Sramaguianas by G-Souto is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Schools : Oh no ! Fall-back time, again ! Make You Feel Crappy ?

credits: Sebastian Kahnert/DPA/AFP 

via Getty Images)DPA/AFP via Getty Images

If this week already feels like a major struggle, we can probably blame the time change. Even though most of us seem to hate it, we still have to deal with daylight saving time.

Daylight Saving Time (DST) is the practice of setting the clocks forward one hour from standard time during the summer months, and back again in the fall, in order to make better use of natural daylight.

In European countries fall back time was 29 October 2022. In the United States was the 6 November 2022 both at 2:00 A.M.-

Worldwide, more than 70 countries observe daylight saving time.

Ohio clock US Capitol 

March 31, 1918

https://en.wikipedia.org/

Clocks were set back 1 hour from 02:00 (2 am) to 01:00 (1 am) local time on Sunday, November 6, 2022. 

As always, Europe ended DST a week before the US, on October 30, 2022.

Law text for the world's first nationwide DST switch 

(Reichsgesetzblatt, German Empire, 1916)

When Germany first set the clocks forward on April 30, 1916, it became the first country in the world to use DST on a national level. However, the town of Thunder Bay in Ontario, Canada implemented DST as far back as 1908.

About DST in the US:

On March 15, 2022, the US Senate surprisingly and unanimously passed the Sunshine Protection Act. The announcement came two days after most of the US set their clocks forward one hour for DST. 

If the bill passes the next stage, permanent DST will be the new standard time in all but two states in the US. States that don’t have DST, including Hawaii and most of Arizona, may choose the original standard time.

Many states want to remove DST. 18 states have enacted legislation or passed regulations for permanent DST.

Similar situation in Europe. Most of Europe started DST on 30 October, 2022. However, frustrations with the DST clock changes have led the European Parliament to draft a law to remove DST in the European Union permanently.

The removal of DST was initially planned for 2021, but it did not happen. In 2020 and 2021, Europe, like the rest of the world, was busy handling the health and economic effects of Covid-19.

About DST in Europe:

Years after the proposal to end the seasonal changes of time across the EU was first released, Europeans will on Sunday, 29 October have to again set their clocks back, a practice that's unlikely to change soon. 

The European Commission unveiled its proposal to abolish the time change in September 2018 following a public consultation in which an overwhelming majority of the 4.6 million European citizens who took part called for the practice to be brought to an end. 

Since then, nothing. Negotiations have still not started in the European Council.

credits: : Maja Hitij/Getty Images

Massive support for halting daylight saving time:

• Over 80 percent of respondents supported abolishing changing the clocks in summer and winter in a survey that ran between July 4 and August 16 2018, according to media reports on the results.

• Some 4.6 million people took part in the online survey, making it the largest one in EU history.

• The survey particularly struck a chord with Germans, with three million taking part.

Time to discuss ending seasonal clock changes has therefore been scarce.

There are currently three standard time zones in the EU:

credits: EC Europe EU

via DW

Times flies

Daylight Saving Time (DST), where clocks are set ahead one hour in early spring and set back one hour in the autumn, was first introduced in Europe in 1916 when Germany, then still at war, was trying to reduce consumption of coal so it could be used for its weapon factories. 

Most neighbouring countries, as well as the UK, US and Australia, followed suit. 

The practice was mostly abandoned in Europe after World War II but was rolled out once more in the 1970s due to the oil shock, in a renewed bid to reduce the need for artificial light and thus energy use.

A number of studies have since shown that its impact on energy consumption is now negligible thanks in part to advances in technology. Evidence is however mounting that DST has adverse effects on health.

credits: iStock

DST & health:

It might seem frivolous to argue over the clocks, but it has real health implications. Disrupted sleep has been associated with heart disease, depression, obesity, reduced cognitive function, stress, memory deficits... The list goes on in the week following the shift to DST. A small bump in car accidents also tends to be recorded.

Unfortunately, sleep was something that, until recently, didn’t get much respect culturally.

That's because our "social clock", ie, the schedule under which our societies operate, and our internal clocks, which are more or less aligned with the sun, are out of whack.

Education:

Teachers know how DST (spring forwards an fall back time) can be disruptive to us, and to students as well. Students feel tired in the morning during the first week or two. We feel a bit stressed too. 

• Promote an open debate among your students and at school about DST pros and cons.

• How does DST affect the sleeping time of the students and the full attention during classes.

Activities

Students are always very curious about why 'things' happen! Here a good way to let them learn about DST fall back time, and some help.

Hope you don't suffer to much with DST. Unfortunaly, I do.

See you next publication. 

"If I were a bird, I would fly about the Earth seeking the successive autumns.”

George Eliot

Well, some people don't like DST fall back. I do love DST Spring but I hate DST fall back time.

G-Souto

06.11.2022

Copyright © 2022G-Souto'sBlog, gsouto-digitalteacher.blogspot.com®

Sources

Euronews

Schools : Oh no ! Fall-back time, again ! Make You Feel Crappy ? by G-Souto is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.