Goalie, Hope Solo- US Women's Soccer Team against Brazil in 2008 Olympics Photo:Nicholas Kamm/Angence France-Presse via Getty images
Title IX celebrated its 40th year anniversary in June of 2012.
Effective year: 1972
1. Why is it important for girls to have the opportunity to play sports?
Answer this question then read the following article.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/fit/5_sports.html
2. Examine the photograph of Hope Solo. What characteristics would she and Jackie Joyner Kersee have had to develop in order to make it to the Olympics?
3. How would these characteristics carry over into other areas of their lives?
4. Bonus Challenge (10pts): Interview- What athletic opportunities were available to your mother and grandmother? Did they participate, come up with their own? Would they have been involved if offered the opportunity? What were or would have been a life lesson they learned from the experience?
Title IX celebrated its 40th year anniversary in June of 2012.
Effective year: 1972
1. Why is it important for girls to have the opportunity to play sports?
Answer this question then read the following article.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/fit/5_sports.html
2. Examine the photograph of Hope Solo. What characteristics would she and Jackie Joyner Kersee have had to develop in order to make it to the Olympics?
3. How would these characteristics carry over into other areas of their lives?
4. Bonus Challenge (10pts): Interview- What athletic opportunities were available to your mother and grandmother? Did they participate, come up with their own? Would they have been involved if offered the opportunity? What were or would have been a life lesson they learned from the experience?