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**Be the 'You', you want to be.** **Unit Summary** This unit of work aims to involve students in reaching an understanding of the need to actively shape their own futures. By using project plans, checklists and rubrics, they will conduct research on elite athletes to determine what they needed to do to achieve their goals. They will compare the needs of paralympians with able bodied Olympians noting similarities and differences. Students will work in collaborative groups, giving and receiving feedback, to build their own "Super Athlete", ready for the 2008 Olympics. They will then generalise as to how goals can be met and apply this to a unique learning situation of their own. Using reflective questions, they will think about and self-assess their own learning and apply this to future learning situations.

NB: Although this unit of work focuses on Olympians, it can easily be adapted to incorporate other highly achieving people.

** The Unit will mainly cover:  ** Interpersonal Development - Working in Teams and Personal Learning Interdisciplinary learning - Communication, ICT and Thinking Processes There will also be some coverage of: Health and Physical Education English - Speaking and Listening

Why bother?
 * Essential Question **

**Unit Questions** How can setting goals help me? How can I achieve my personal best? How can I reach my goals? How can we help each other achieve our goals? How do people become Olympians?

**Content Questions** What sports are represented at the Olympic Games? Which Olympians do I admire? Why do people become Olympians? What do Olympians do to achieve their goals? How do paralympians achieve their goals? What can I learn from Olympians when I wish to achieve a goal?



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Please supply feedback on this unit of work by e-mail: glasson.frances.e@edumail.vic.gov.au