courage - Canadian Olympic School Program

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Olympian Stories
Gold Grades 6 and up
Silver Grades 4-5
Bronze Grades 2-3
COC / COSP_Fall 2008 Olympic Athlete Stories | MedalTheory v1.0
Joannie Rochette
COURAGE
www.olympicschool.ca
Official Mark of the Canadian Olympic Committee. Marque officielle du Comité olympique canadien © Royal Bank of Canada, 2008. *Registered trademark of Royal Bank of Canada. Used by permission.
Canadian Olympic School Program
Olympian Stories
Joannie Rochette
COURAGE
Creating a Canadian Olympic Learning Environment
This year’s Canadian Olympic School Program (COSP) presented by RBC is the most comprehensive
yet. Each Olympian story, featuring a well-known Canadian Olympian, is brought to life with activities
that engage students in literacy and movement skill activities, character challenges, numeracy
extensions and audio and video podcasts.
Through these values-based Olympian stories, students discover that our athletes reached great
success not only through tremendous physical talents, but also through character and intelligence.
Complementing these captivating stories is the Canadian Olympic Movement Skills resource and
Personal Best Challenges by RBC Olympians. Together, these resources create a foundation for
teachers to inspire their students to exercise their mind, body and character.
COSP is designed in accordance with the founder of the modern Olympic Movement, Pierre de
Coubertin’s, philosophy of Olympism. By recognizing the value of Olympians as role models, the
program engages students with the joy found in effort while blending sport with culture and education.
Our Olympian stories balance intellectual instruction, cultural development and physical education.
The heart of our curriculum focuses on participation, effort and the pride in knowing you have given
your all to the pursuit of excellence.
Olympic Values as Educational Tools
The worldwide Olympic values of friendship, respect and excellence act as a foundation for these
stories. Each Olympian story will focus on the development of a character value within your students.
By engaging students in each narrative, they have the opportunity to expand their understanding of
this value and to expand their moral capabilities. As well, Personal Best Challenges by RBC Olympians
will challenge students to reach their personal best by applying the values in their everyday life at
school, at home or in the community.
Teaching Guide for Educators
Current curriculum theory emphasizes the
importance of reinforcing value messages
through narratives, storytelling, art, posters,
drama, and physical movement. Activities
based on the stories, events, ceremonies and
symbols of the Olympic Games have schoolwide relevance.
Group sizes for activities will be indicated by
the following icons:
– Independent Activity
– Small Group Activity
– Large Group Activity
Finding the Joy in Effort
To mimic the physical development of our Olympians, each Olympian story links students to “physical
literacy” activities in our Canadian Olympic Movement Skills resource. These movement activities will
encourage students to develop physical skills over time. Students, much as the same as Olympians,
must first learn movement skills that enable them to balance, walk, run, jump, skip and throw
proficiently. That helps set the stage for them to master more complex movement skills.
Being physically literate is critical to the development of healthy students. Physically literate students
are not only experts at moving their bodies, but understand how to do so in ways that are respectful of
themselves and others. They can move their bodies in creative, intelligent ways that demonstrate their
ability to adapt to different situations. Such individuals enjoy success in a range of physical activities,
and are more likely to be motivated to adopt healthy behaviours in all aspects of life.
Blending Sport with Culture and Education
Mountain
Each Olympian story is tailored to three reading levels: Bronze (grades 2-3), Silver (grades 4-5), and
Gold (grades 6 and into secondary school). EachLake
comes with progressive activities that are open-
M. Ricker
ended and tailored to address a diverse range of learning styles and proficiencies. They focus on six
main facets of understanding: explaining, interpreting, applying, taking perspective, empowering and
developing self- knowledge. These critical thinking skills are woven into all three stages of the learning
sequence in order to promote deeper understanding of the values and concepts.
Through many facets of the 2010-2011 Canadian Olympic School Program, children and youth can
connect values to their lives at home, at school and in their local community. Perhaps they can begin to
see their world in new and different ways.
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Peak
A. B
Olympian Stories
Joannie Rochette
COURAGE
Silver Grades 4-5
Bronze Grades 2-3
Connecting
Building a foundation for
new learning
Processing
Using strategies to acquire
and use knowledge
Transforming
Showing understanding in
a new way
Extending
Making further connections
to Olympians
Olympian Stories
Joannie Rochette
COURAGE
“
You can’t think about failure
when you skate. You must prepare
as best as you can. Doubt can
help you train harder, but you
have to fight against it. You have
to be confident in yourself.
”
Bronze Grades 2-3
Joannie Rochette’s Olympic bronze medal hangs gracefully around her
neck. It shines in the bright lights of Vancouver’s Pacific Coliseum. As she
looks down at the medal, Joannie remembers when she was little.
“I was suddenly a little girl again. I used to always draw pictures of myself
winning an Olympic medal. Now that dream had come true.”
A tear rolls down her cheek. Joannie feels happy, but she is also very sad.
Just two days before Joannie began her competition, her mother, Therese,
died of a heart attack. Therese had just arrived in Vancouver to watch and
support her daughter.
“I knew I would still skate. My mother had been my main support. She always
pushed me hard to be a great skater. It is hard to be a figure skater. She helped
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FUN FACTS
Favourite recess activity:
Stretching and staying fit
Advice about being courageous:
Always persevere, never give up
Favourite subject in school:
Math, Biology, Chemistry
Olympian Stories
Joannie Rochette
COURAGE
me get over many obstacles. I knew she would
tell me to have courage. I dedicated my
competition to her memory.”
Joannie knows this was her mother’s
dream as well. Therese wanted to see her
daughter on the podium at the Olympic
Games. But it has not been easy to do
that. Joannie is not from a big city here
skaters have lots of support, or many clubs
to choose from. She is from a small town.
It would have been easy to give up. She
has been hurt. She has made mistakes. She
has fallen down. She has missed big jumps.
Joannie didn’t give up.
“You can’t think about failure when you skate.
You must prepare as best as you can. Doubt
can help you train harder, but you have to
fight against it. You have to be confident in
yourself.”
One time, Joannie had a problem with
her long-time coach. They broke up right
before a big competition. Joannie had to
move to a new town to practise. Joannie’s
mother stepped in to help Joannie bounce
back.
“She told me to be brave. She told me that
the coach doesn’t make me who I am as
a person or a skater. I have to do that. It
made me stronger to know that I had that
responsibility.”
Joannie looks into the crowd. She sees her
father, Normand. He is a courageous man.
He is sad but he has come here to cheer
for his daughter. He has worked many jobs
over the years to help pay for her training.
Joannie knows he has helped her Olympic
dreams come true.
“All the support was great, but it also added
pressure. It was hard. Everyone was looking at
me. Everyone knew what I was going through.
For me, I had to try as hard as I could to lose
myself in my own world.”
That has not been easy. The crowds give
her standing ovations every time she
skates. TV stations have told her story
around the world. She can’t ignore the
attention, she has to deal with it. Joannie
has lived in the public eye for years.
“As a skater, I am all alone on a sheet of ice
with a pretty costume and makeup. In hockey,
if someone falls they just get back up. If I fall,
everyone sees that. You have to be tough, even
a little selfish to be a skater. You can’t worry
about what other people are thinking about
you, good or bad. You have to be yourself.”
The anthems begin to play. The flags
of the top skaters rise to the ceiling.
Joannie takes a deep breath and watches
the Canadian flag. Everyone would have
understood if Joannie had fallen down.
They would have understood if she had
left the competition. But Joannie showed
courage and self confidence. She didn’t
quit. Now she is an Olympic bronze
medallist.
Joannie thinks about the pictures she drew
of herself when she was a child. In those
pictures she is always smiling. Joannie does
allow herself a smile now, to celebrate this
achievement for herself and her family.
Hundreds of cameras flash. All the fans
in the rink want to capture the moment.
Joannie’s courage is the most moving story
of the Olympic Winter Games.
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Bronze Grades 2-3
Joannie as one of the closing
ceremony flag bearers
Olympian Stories
Joannie Rochette
COURAGE
BRONZE
CONNECTING:
Building a foundation for new learning
Successful Self
Instruct students to draw a picture of themselves doing something they feel they can do
or have done very well (ex. riding a bicycle, swimming, etc.). If students are having difficulty
coming up with an idea, suggest a time they draw a time in which they have helped a friend,
classmate or family member.
As a class, have each student explain his or her drawing. Have other students some ‘feeling’
questions about it, such as: “Was it hard to learn to __________(ex. bike, swim)?”, “Were you
successful at this right away?” and/or “How did it feel when you accomplished this task?”
Bronze
Grades
Gold
Grades
6 and2-3
up
NEXT STEPS:
Canadian Olympic
Movement Skills
Download the Canadian Olympic
Movement Skills physical literacy resource
to develop fundamental movement skills
associated with our Olympian stories.
Now that you have read the story,
experience fun, exploratory movement
activities with Joannie and your students.
Watch “Rochette’s remarkable courage” at www.olympischool.ca/podcast
PROCESSING:
Using strategies to acquire and use knowledge
Defining Courage
Read the story together as a class. Identify who the important people are in Joannie’s life.
Identify how these people helped Joannie achieve her goal of Olympic success.
Joannie’s story shows us that difficult things in life help to make us stronger. Identify some
events in life that may be difficult, upsetting or stressful. Ask your students to identify the
important people in their life and how these people can be helpful during a tough time.
Discuss the words courage, perseverance, motivation. What do they mean? What role does
each characteristic play in helping people get through a tough time?
Provide each child with a square piece of paper (approx. 15 cm square) and have them
draw images of the people or things in their life that motivate them, help them persevere
through tough times or that they feel are courageous. Create a quilt of images displaying
these examples of courage, perseverance or motivation. Put all the images on the same
coloured background sheet to create the class quilt (may use the classroom door to mount
the images).
EXTENDING:
Making further connections to Olympians
Explore numbers and the Olympic Games by developing numeracy problems from Olympian
results and sport specific numbers.
Sample Numeracy Exercise
When Joannie Rochette was a young skater, she was on the ice training with her coach 5 times
a week, for one hour at a time. How many hours was she on the ice training? If she had to pay
her coach $24 for each half-hour of training, how much did she pay her coach per week. If
Joannie doubled her training, how much would she pay her coach per week?
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The following Personal Best Challenges
by RBC Olympians link to the value of
courage:
Brady Leman
Jayna Hefford
John Hastings
Marie-Eve Marleau
All challenges are available in the
Challenge Guide or via podcast at
www.olympicschool.ca/podcast
TRANSFORMING:
Showing understanding in a new way
Courage Quilt
PERSONAL BEST CHALLENGES
by RBC OLYMPIANS
Olympian Stories
Joannie Rochette
COURAGE
Silver Grades 4-5
Bronze Grades 2-3
Connecting
new learning
Processing
and use knowledge
Transforming
a new way
Extending
to Olympians
Olympian Stories
Joannie Rochette
COURAGE
“
”
Silver Grades 4-5
Joannie Rochette gazes down at the Olympic bronze medal that hangs gracefully
around her neck. It glimmers in the bright lights of Vancouver’s Pacific Coliseum.
She is instantly transported back in time.
“Holding that medal I was suddenly a little girl again. I used to always draw pictures of
myself winning an Olympic medal and now that dream had come true.”
A tear rolls down her cheek. This victory is bittersweet. Just two days before
Joannie began her competition, her mother, Therese, died suddenly of a heart
attack. She had just arrived in Vancouver to watch and support her daughter.
“There was no question of not skating. My mother had been my main support, my rock.
She always pushed me hard to be a great skater. being a figure skater is challenging
.
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FUN FACTS
Olympian Stories
Joannie Rochette
COURAGE
and she helped me get over many obstacles. I
knew she would tell me to be courageous, so I
dedicated my competition to her memory.”
Joannie knows this was her mother’s dream
as well, seeing her daughter on the podium
at the Olympic Games. It’s never been an
easy ride. She’s not from a big city, with
lots of support and clubs, but a small
town. It would have been easy to give up as
there have been many injuries, falls, missed
jumps along the way.
“Overcoming self-doubt is one of the biggest
challenges. You can’t think about failure when
you skate. You must prepare as best as you
can. Doubt can help you train harder, but you
have to fight against it and be confident in
yourself as well.”
There was even the time Joannie had a
falling out with her long-time coach. They
broke up right before a big competition.
Joannie had to move to a new town for her
training. It was her mother who stepped in
to help Joannie bounce back.
a person or a skater. I have to do that.
It made me stronger to know that I had
that responsibility.”
Joannie looks into the crowd and sees
her father, Normand. She sees the
courageous man who has put aside his
own grief to be here supporting his
daughter. She remembers the way he has
worked numerous jobs over the years
to help pay for her training, to help her
Olympic dreams come true. Hundreds of
cameras begin to flash as all the fans and
photographers in the rink begin to capture
the moment. Joannie’s determination to
compete, her courage, is the most moving
story of the Olympic Winter Games.
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Silver Grades 4-5
pressure. One of the hardest things was
knowing that everyone was looking at me, that
everyone knew what I was going through. For
me, I had to try as hard as I could to lose
That has not been easy. Each of her
performances was met with a standing
ovation. Stories about her loss have been
beamed around the world. It’s something
she can’t ignore. Years of living in the
public eye help Joannie deal with the range
of emotions she’s feeling in Vancouver.
The anthems begin to play and the flags,
including the Canadian flag, are raised to
the ceiling. Joannie takes a deep breath.
Everyone in attendance and watching at
home would have understood if she’d
fallen, or if she’d pulled out of the
competition. But with her courage and self
confidence she didn’t, and now she is an
Olympic bronze medallist.
Joannie thinks back one more time to the
pictures she drew of herself when she was
a child. In those pictures she is always
smiling. Joannie does allow herself a smile
now, to celebrate this achievement for
herself and her family.
Olympian Stories
Joannie Rochette
COURAGE
SILVER
CONNECTING:
Defining Courage
As a class, define the terms courage, perseverance and motivation. Leave the terms and
definitions written out on chart paper and left up in the classroom for future reference by
students.
Starting with Joannie’s name, brainstorm a list of public figures who demonstrate these
characteristics. Discuss the term role model and list any additional names that arise once the
term role model was discussed.
Grades
GoldSilver
Grades
6 and4-5
up
NEXT STEPS:
Canadian Olympic
Movement Skills
PROCESSING:
Success Art
Instruct student to draw a picture of himself or herself achieving success in an actual event
that happened.
Encourage students to include plenty of detail in their pictures. In small groups, have students
share their pictures.
On the back of the picture the other students write what they see happening in the picture
and how this relates to courage, perseverance, and motivation.
Once all the pictures have been passed around, students discuss any similarities they noticed
(ex. When are the times in our lives when we must demonstrate these traits? How do we feel
during such times? Are there people in our lives who help us?). Teacher may also wish to do
this last part as a class discussion.
TRANSFORMING:
Showing understanding in a new way (Media Literacy activity)
“Why I Can” Art
Students create a poster or collage to inspire themselves to have courage, to persevere, and/
or be motivated to get through a difficult time. In creating their posters or collage, students
should consider the following:
• The importance of demonstrating these character traits (ex. often leads to
achieving one’s goals)
• The importance of trying one’s best; participation
• Use personal examples or examples of people in the media
• Placement of words and images (layout)
• Use of colour
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by RBC OLYMPIANS
courage:
Brady Leman
Jayna Hefford
John Hastings
Marie-Eve Marleau
Olympian Stories
Joannie Rochette
COURAGE
SILVER
EXTENDING:
Joannie is shopping for new skates. She buys her boots and blades separately.
She has found the same boots and blades for different prices in Canada, the United States
and in England. Considering the exchange rates to Canadian dollars, calculate the costs for
her boots and blades from different locations and decide which country has the best deal for
her skates.
Boots
Blades
Exchange Rate
Canada
$600
($CAD - Canadian Dollars)
$750
N/A
United States
($ USD - US Dollars)
$728.99
USD
$750 USD
$1 CAD =
$0.97 USD
England (£ - Pounds)
£441.00
£436.99
$1 CAD = 0.63 £
Assume costs such as shipping are included.
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Grades
GoldSilver
Grades
6 and4-5
up
Olympian Stories
Joannie Rochette
COURAGE
Silver Grades 4-5
Bronze Grades 2-3
Connecting
new learning
Processing
and use knowledge
Transforming
a new way
Extending
to Olympians
Olympian Stories
Joannie Rochette
COURAGE
“
”
Gold
Joannie Rochette gazes down at the Olympic bronze medal that hangs gracefully
around her neck. It glimmers in the bright lights of Vancouver’s Pacific Coliseum
and she is instantly transported back in time.
“Holding that medal I was suddenly a little girl again. I used to always draw pictures of
myself winning an Olympic medal and now that dream had come true.”
A tear rolls down her cheek. This victory is bittersweet. Just two days before
Joannie began her competition, her mother, Therese, died suddenly of a heart
attack. She had just arrived in Vancouver to watch and support her daughter.
“There was no question of not skating. My mother had been my main support, my rock.
She always pushed me hard to be a great skater. Being a figure skater is challenging
.
13
Grades 6 and up
FUN FACTS
Olympian Stories
Joannie Rochette
COURAGE
and she helped me get over many obstacles. I
knew that she would tell me to be courageous,
so I dedicated my competition to her memory.”
Joannie knows this was her mother’s dream
as well, seeing her daughter on the podium
at the Olympic Games. It’s never been an
easy ride. She’s not from a big city, with
lots of support and clubs, but from a small
town. It would have been easy to give up
as there have been many injuries, falls and
missed jumps along the way.
“Overcoming self-doubt is one of the biggest
challenges. You can’t think about failure when
you skate. You must prepare as best as you
can. Doubt can help you train harder, but you
have to fight against it and be confident in
yourself as well.”
There was even the time Joannie had a
falling out with her long-time coach. They
broke up right before a big competition
and Joannie had to move to a new town
for her training. It was her mother who
stepped in to help Joannie bounce back.
a person or a skater. I have to do that. It
made me stronger to know that I had that
responsibility.”
Joannie looks into the crowd and sees
her father, Normand. She sees the
courageous man who has put aside his
own grief to be here supporting his
daughter. She remembers the way he has
worked numerous jobs over the years
to help pay for her training, to help her
Olympic dreams come true. Hundreds of
cameras begin to flash as all the fans and
photographers in the rink begin to capture
the moment. Joannie’s determination to
compete, her courage, is the most moving
story of the Olympic Winter Games.
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Gold
Grades 6 and up
pressure. One of the hardest things was
knowing that everyone was looking at me, that
everyone knew what I was going through. For
me, I had to try as hard as I could to lose
That has not been easy. Each of her
performances was met with a standing
ovation. Stories about her loss have been
beamed around the world. It’s something
she can’t ignore. Years of living in the
public eye help Joannie deal with the range
of emotions she’s feeling in Vancouver.
The anthems begin to play and the flags,
including the Canadian flag, are raised to
the ceiling. Joannie takes a deep breath.
Everyone in attendance and watching at
home would have understood if she’d
fallen, or if she’d pulled out of the
competition. But with her courage and self
confidence she didn’t, and now she is an
Olympic bronze medallist.
Joannie thinks back one more time to the
pictures she drew of herself when she was
a child. In those pictures she is always
smiling. Joannie does allow herself a smile
now, to celebrate this achievement for
herself and her family.
Olympian Stories
Joannie Rochette
COURAGE
GOLD
CONNECTING:
Visualizing and Interpreting
Ask the students what the words courage, perseverance and motivation mean to them.
Record their responses on chart paper and allow students time to discuss some examples of
each. Have students create a comic strip that depicts examples of courage, perseverance and
motivation. Emphasize that they are not to include speech or thought bubbles in the comic.
Once the comic is completed, photocopy several of them and hand out to students. Have
them create speech and thought bubbles of what they think is happening within the comic.
Have students share their thoughts with a partner and then offer their interpretations in a
large group discussion.
Gold
Grades 6 and up
NEXT STEPS:
Canadian Olympic
Movement Skills
PROCESSING:
Courage Comparison
Joannie and her father were both described in the reading as being courageous. Find evidence
within the reading to show this. How were they the same and how were they different? In a
group of 3 or 4, list the thoughts of the members of the group on chart
paper. On a different page, have the students provide examples of courage from other
known stories or their own personal experiences.
courage:
Brady Leman
Jayna Hefford
John Hastings
Marie-Eve Marleau
TRANSFORMING:
Showing understanding in a new way
Media Literacy
Identify a variety of media forms and have the students create or choose a depiction of what
courage is. Students may create a poster or PowerPoint presentation showing images of
courage. Students may create or choose a collection of pieces of music that displays courage.
Have the students present their interpretations to the class and highlight the parts of their
presentation that emphasize courage.
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Olympian Stories
Joannie Rochette
COURAGE
GOLD
EXTENDING:
The following are the costs for Joannie to travel to a world championship event in figure
skating:
• Travel to and from airport - $100 CAD
• Flight - $1500 CAD
• Food - $300 €
• Ground Transportation at the event – 150 €
• Coaching fee - $1000 CAD
• Coaches Accommodation & Food – 1000 €
With an exchange rate where $1 CAD = 0.76 € (Euro), calculate Joannie’s costs for a single
event in Europe.
Assuming 80% of this cost is covered by funding and sponsorship, how much would Joannie
have to pay for herself?
How might Joannie raise funds to help support her participation in this event?
Please note these expenses are approximate expenses.
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Gold
Grades 6 and up
Acknowledgements
The Canadian Olympic School Program wishes to Thank and
acknowledge the contributions of the following people. Without their
efforts, and creativity, this project would not have been possible.
Featured Olympian: Joannie Rochette
Story Writer: Kevin Sylvester Graphic Designer:
Andy Maier
Educational Consultants:
Shawn Lalonde
Etienne Mercieca
Margot Mather
Marguerite Campbell
The Canadian Olympic Committee
thanks RBC Financial Group for
their generous support of the
Canadian Olympic School Program.
Specifically, we would like to
acknowledge the contributions of
Jacqueline Ryan and Josh Epstein.
The Canadian Olympic School Program was developed by:
Georgina Gray
Isabelle Hodge
Jeff Jurmain
Dennis Kim
Dana Tomiczek
Lisa Wallace
Official Mark of the Canadian Olympic Committee. Marque officielle du Comité olympique canadien © Royal Bank of Canada, 2008. *Registered trademark of Royal Bank of Canada. Used by permission.

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