Since i was 8, soccer has been a big part of my life and everything that I do. For my capstone, instead of going through the process of setting up a soccer game, I decided to create a brochure and a website on soccer 101. At first, I had no idea what I wanted to do or how the final product was going to look but I knew whatever it was, it had to be soccer related.
I changed up what I wanted to do a lot because I wanted to do every possible thing I could, host a game, volunteer, and create my own soccer guide. But I realized trying to do all of them was not possible. Through this capstone, I learned more about soccer and where it originated from. I learned more about professional soccer players and their techniques.
I also learned and realized that even if I stopped playing soccer, it would always be a big part of me because I can incorporate it in almost everything I do. I can relate back to it in a lot of different situations.
Overall this process has definitely been a learning experience for me. It's been very difficult as well but I was able to get through it with the help of my peers and teachers at SLA. I think this project has taught me how to use my resources and it has also taught me that that the core values of SLA will be used during and after this project.
http://soccer101sla.weebly.com
Capstone Bibliography
• "How To Play Soccer." How To Play Soccer. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2015.
In this source, one will find a lot of interesting facts and just things to know about the game of soccer. It breaks down the basics of the game, the rules, and how the game is usually played. This source talks about how many people can play on the field at one time, the amount of goals usually scored in a game, the proper equipment that is to be worn during games, the calls that are made if something is wrong such as a foul or offsides. This source is helpful for someone who doesn’t know much about soccer. It’s a basic 101 on the game and it’s rules.
• "Top 50 Greatest Footballers Of All-Time – Pelé, Maradona, Messi And Ronaldo Included In The Best Soccer Players Ever List." International Business Times. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2015.
The 50 greatest soccer players of all time not only gives information on who is and was the best, but it also gives readers insight on how different players played and still play the game. Everyone has a different style and technique they use while playing. From Pelé to Maradona, to Messi and Ronaldo, this article covers everything one would need to know about current and old players. This article also talks about the world cup. To someone who does not know what that is, it’s like a super bowl to football players. Every sport has their big final game between the two teams that have the best record against everyone they have played throughout the season.
• "How to Play Soccer: Soccer Positions." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2015.
This video from youtube about how to play soccer gives viewers a visual aspect of the game of soccer. It shows viewers the positions on the field and what each position does during the game. It breaks down the defense, offense, and the midfield positions and where they are expected to stand. In the video, it shows different scenarios such as if two players switch positions, what they are expected to do. The
video also shows the stand point on the goalie and what he/she is supposed to be doing during a soccer game. This video is useful and will help someone who doesn’t know how to position their selves on the soccer field or even where to go when the ball is in play.
• "ESPN FC." ESPNFC.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2015.
This website is one of the main resources people use to read and watch about soccer. It shows the current news on soccer and the old. This website is basically like a news channel, except for it is just about soccer and the ins and outs on it. It gives readers the latest news and updates on what is going on locally and internationally in the soccer world. One can watch live soccer games and talks from new reporters about soccer. There are also different articles one can read about different players and different teams. This website also shows highlights, different teams, different leagues, cups, and more.
• Foutch, Paul. "Paul Foutch: Why Football Is All Too American." N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2015.
Soccer is a very controversial sport in the United States. A big reason for that is because it is foreign. Soccer was not created in America therefore people generally will have more negative than positive things to say about it. You won’t find as many soccer fans in America than there are football or basketball or even hockey fans. And the number of people that play these popular sports compared to soccer is a big difference. When you think of America, one do not think of soccer. One think of football and the super bowl. Not soccer and the world cup.
• A.mark Williams (Edt), Thomas Reilly. "Science & Soccer." (n.d.): n. pag. Web. 30 Jan. 2015.
Science has a lot to do with soccer, let alone just exercise and how the body moves while playing a sport. This book on soccer, science, and the body breaks down how our different body parts move during the game of soccer and what our bones and muscles do when one twists and turns and when one even falls and gets fouled during a game. This book gives readers the in and outs of the body and the muscles one
would use to play soccer. It also shows if these muscles and bones were to get injured in a result of playing soccer.
• "A Spanish Player Tried to Bring His Soccer Skills to the NBA Last Night." The42. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2015.
Soccer is not the most popular sport in America, but one spanish basketball player found a way to incorporate it into one NBA Basketball game. The first thing a lot of people thought when they first seen the video is that he’s playing the wrong sport, and criticized him for doing so. The NBA player was frustrated during the game, so he decided to take the ball and try to head it into the basket. In soccer, players head the ball into the goal to get a point, or to get the ball to move in another direction. This article shows how soccer can be used as a outlet for many things. Even in another sport.
• "Soccer News, Videos, Scores, Standings, Stats, Teams." FOX Sports. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2015.
Fox is one of the major networks on televisions for sports. The soccer portion of this website gives readers a lot of useful information on stats, videos, rankings, and even photos and videos. Fox sports is more famous for it’s television sports casts, but online they also have videos and news casts of different soccer games and how they evaluate and break down the game minute by minute. The rest of the website has different sports in the different tabs and one can learn more about them. By visiting this website, people who want to know more about soccer can get a feel for how a professional game is played.
• Dure, Beau. "Youth Sports: For Everyone or Elites?" The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2015.
America’s obsession with sports is one of many that we may have. But the fact that we pick and choose who can play these sports is kind of crazy. More and more kids play less and exercise less now a days because of their size and because adults do not have the patience to teach children how to exercise. And in sports, either one is a good
player, or a bad player. There is no in between. That determines a lot because if a child feels like they are not good enough they will not want to play and be physically active.
• "25 Greatest Football/Soccer Players of All Time." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2015.
This video from youtube about how to play soccer gives viewers a visual aspect of the game of soccer. It shows viewers the positions on the field and what each position does during the game. It breaks down the defense, offense, and the midfield positions and where they are expected to stand. This video also shows different major league players and how they play. One could learn a lot from watching this and how professional players play.
I accomplished this goal by asking students to describe their experience at SLA in just one word. How much of an impact SLA had/has on everyone's life.
To spread awareness about my topic I’m reaching out to my advisory class at my school. I plan on showing them a movie called “Crash” then having a discussion about it and to get their opinions on the movie and what they think about racism overall. I also have discussion questions for my advisory to answer after the film.
This movie is about people of different races who live in Los Angeles with very different lives. Some how they collide in each other’s life and they turn out to need each other. For further information about the film heres a link to the movies main page with a lot of things for your intrest.
(A photo of the cast from the movie)
I’m planning to
watch the film with my advisory on Thursday, May 31, 2012 and Monday, June 4,
2012. I’m also considering playing a game with my advisory. My English teacher
played this game with my class in the beginning of the year. She put a line of
tap in the middle of the room. Then she asked questions about our life and
other things. If the question applied to us, we would step u to the line, if
not you would stay in place. This game helped everyone learn more about each
other and the things we have all been through. I plan on doing this with my
advisory to try to get them to open up more and to learn more about them. I
want them to express their opinion about my topic because everyone has a voice.
I hope that they will give me more ideas on how to make a change even further
than just trying to stop it in my community, but maybe the sate and so on.
Maybe by doing my part, others can help and
contribute to stopping racism. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion also,
so racism will carry on as long as people who don’t like a race that’s not
theirs are against them.
In the Trayvon Martin case, there have only been a few
outbreaks.
According to Florida’s special prosecutor Angela Corey at a news conference has charged George Zimmerman with 2nd degree murder. He is being held with no bond. If George Zimmerman is convicted, he could face life in prison.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmerman-charged-murder-trayvon-martin-killing/story?id=16115469#.T7Qum59YtO6 (The link to Angela Corey announcing to the press that Zimmerman was being charged)
Also, they have uncovered the weapons in the killing and the photo of the exact spot he was killed at. News reports say Trayvon Martin had marijuana in his system before he was killed.
9 mm handgun used by
Zimmerman
George Zimmerman being taken into custody in
the far
left
of the photo.
To add to my research, I have looked up more
information and looked up various videos and news reports on this case. I’ve
also read many news articles about this case. My findings were helpful and gave
me more insight on my issue. Finding out more about the case then I already
knew made me realize there is a lot more than it seems to this cause. It’s more
than just an African American teenager being killed by someone of a different
race.
In my opinion, I think that Zimmerman has a bad
judgment of people that were a different skin color than him, so that really
gave him a reason to physically fight, then kill Trayvon. I also think that
Zimmerman had no reason to shoot. Trayvon was unarmed. To me that wasn’t
necessary. Even though Trayvon was taller and more fit then him, he still
shouldn’t have shot him just because he got over powered. Other things could
have been put in place then to kill an unarmed teenager. Like calling the
police, or filling a report on Troyon, not leaving him dead and his family left
to morn over his death.
I’m left wondering if this was really an act of racism
and why did it take 44 days for Zimmerman to finally be arrested. I wonder
would the situation had been different of Trayvon wasn’t an African American
teenager. Maybe the outcome would have been different if Trayvon was white or
of a difference race that wasn’t African American. But Zimmerman is the only
person that was there at the shooting. He may tell his side of the story, but
Trayvon Martin couldn’t live to tell his side. I think no one really knows what
actually happened. Everyone has his or her own opinion on this. This is just
what I think.
Zimmerman’s head after the shooting
But an unarmed teenager is left dead while he survives
with a few cuts and bruises.
Trayvon Martin was a 17-year-old boy walking back from the store with a hoddie over his head with a Arizona and a bag of skittles in hand. According to the Los Angeles Times, the watchman of their gated community (George Zimmerman) had saw Trayvon looking suspicious. He then approached in the 17-year-old in his vehicle with bad intentions. Zimmerman was also on the phone with 911 at the time and reported that Trayvon looked to be a “real suspicious guy” a “black male” walking around. The police told Zimmerman to back off, but he then took it into his own hands. He approached Trayvon Martin armed, and from there on, they got into a fight. In the end, Trayvon Martin ended up dead, while George Zimmerman had a few cuts and bleed from the back of his head. Zimmerman was charged with 2nd degree murder after several months of investigating.
My personal opinion on this case is that it was a racist act of violence. Nowadays, it’s all about the survival of blacks. I agree with the quote Trayvon Martin was killed by a stereotype. George Zimmerman is just the guy who fired the gun. - Leonard Pitts
Trayvon was un-armed; there was no reason for Zimmerman to shoot. If they got in a physical confirmation that all it should’ve been. If Trayvon was a different skin color, I think the situation would have been different. I feel as though Zimmerman felt over powered and couldn’t beat Trayvon cause he was so much bigger than him that he had to use a weapon. I also think that people shouldn’t be targeted because of their race, but that’s apart of racism. There’s nothing we can do about it. People are going to be racist if they choose to. Trayvon Martin was killed by a stereotype. George Zimmerman is just the guy who fired the gun. - Leonard Pitts
Mi nombre es Aateeyah Sharrieff. Tengo quince años. ¿Cuando es tu cumpleaños? Mi cumpleaños es el veinte y uno de Octubre. Soy de Philadelphia, La Cuidad de Amor Fraternal. ¿De donde eres? En mi cuidad es invierno. ¿Como es el tiempo donde vives? Soy feliz, ¿Qué más, chamo?
En mi tiempo, me gusta jugar fútbol, escucha a la música de pop, y comer pizza. También, me gusta hablar en el teléfono, ver la televisión, y ir de compras. ¿Y a ti? ¿Qué te interesa?
Yo soy baja y guapa. Mi pelo es listo y largo. Mis ojos son cafés. ¿Como eres? Soy inteligente, cómica, boba, y tímida. Me gusta pasar tiempo con mis amigos. ¿Qué son tus características?
Bueno, me voy porque tengo que hacer mi tarea.
Con cariño,
Aateeyah :)
