Ethical Dimensions of Sports and the Hero Motif

"True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic.

It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost,

but the urge to serve others at whatever cost."

— Arhur Ashe

"You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go...

Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body."

-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

How can sports be a mechanism to improve society?

Introduction to Critical Theory:

How do we know our worlds?

What is a Hero? from YouTube (2:16)

What is a Hero and the Hero's Journey?

The Hero Archetype in Literature, Religion, and Popular CultureThe Archetype of the "Hero"

Viewing as Representation

Many fictional films, such as Chariots of Fire, describe the heroic archetype of the sports athlete.

Richie Parker: SC Featured

Hero or Celebrity?

Round-Robin Surveys of Sports Heroes: Babe Ruth, Pete Rose, Roberto Clemente, Jackie Joyner-Kersee (see attachments)

Inside/ Outside Circle Discussions and Discourse Analyses (see attachment)

Storyboard Revisions: More Film Effects!

Today, you will read an article about film elements. Then you'll revise your 25% sports independent reading text storyboard to reflect the areas you've learned by reading this article. Have fun! Your revised storyboards are due at the end of class.

1) Go to the following website and read the article, "The Grammar of Film."

http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/knowledgequest/docs/KQMarApr10.pdf

2) As you read, make at least ten notes on a Word file of items that should be in your film storyboard. Show them to Dr. Carolyn so you can be signed off.

3) When you're done reading, revise your storyboard: include as many elements of film as you now know from this article.

4) Resubmit your storyboard for grading at the end of class.

Homework: Type up your "Heroes" transcript from our inside/ outside circle discussions the other day. Print it out and be ready to analyze it in our next class.

Content Analysis: Sports Cartoons about Ethics

Choose two of the cartoons below. Keeping in mind that this unit is about ethics in sports, write two content analyses: one on each cartoon. Use the content analysis protocol.