Description
Sports Athletes Research Teach-Go Pennants® – 40+ Athlete Research Project: Bring sports history to life with these Sports Athletes Research Teach-Go Pennants®! This engaging research project allows students to explore the lives, achievements, and impact of famous athletes from a wide variety of sports, eras, and backgrounds, all while creating a powerful bulletin board display you’ll be proud to showcase.
These print-and-go research pennants guide students step-by-step through researching an athlete, organizing information, and presenting their learning in a visually appealing format. Perfect for upper elementary students, this resource works beautifully for research projects, enrichment activities, sub plans, and sports-themed units.
INCLUDED:
- Color & Black-and-White Versions
- 40+ Athlete Research Pennants
- Blank Pennant for additional athletes
- Teacher Guide for easily grading
- Grading Rubric for easy assessment
- Research Templates Only (students use books or online sources for research)
Athletes Included (40+)
Students will research influential athletes such as:
- David Beckham
- Laurie Hernandez
- Fabulous Moolah
- Greg Louganis
- Ichiro Suzuki
- Jackie Robinson
- Jesse Owens
- Joe Louis
- Kacy Catanzaro
- Katie Ledecky
- Lindsey Vonn
- Lisa Leslie
- Mia Hamm
- Michael Jordan
- Michael Phelps
- Michelle Kwan
- Muhammad Ali
- Peyton Manning
- Roberto Clemente
- Roger Federer
- Serena Williams
- Simone Biles
- Usain Bolt
- Wayne Gretzky
- Wilma Rudolph
- Andre the Giant
- Danica Patrick
- Jeff Gordon
- Jim Thorpe
- Pelé
- Lionel Messi
- Sono Osato
- Wataru Misaka
- Sonny Sixkiller
- Duke Kahanamoku
- Kristi Yamaguchi
- Shoni Schimmel
- Julie Chu
- Naomi Osaka
- Stephen Curry
- Vicki Draves
- Oscar De La Hoya
Research Focus on Each Pennant: Students record information such as:
- Athlete background and early life
- Sport and major achievements
- Why the athlete is important or inspiring
- Key facts and contributions
- Reflection on the athlete’s impact
PERFECT FOR:
- Research projects
- Sports-themed units
- Black History Month
- Women’s History Month
- Olympic or World Sports events
- Bulletin board displays
- Independent projects or partner work
- Sub plans and enrichment activities
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Donut Lovin’ Teacher –
This is an amazing resource that complemented our Athlete Leaders of Social Change unit SO well! This was definitely a class favorite and the students loved looking at each others’ work hanging around the class! Thank you!!
sherril C. –
Great resource, so much is included! Students used this for research projects.
Taylor H. –
My students used these for their research projects this year! Great resource!!
Kala D. –
Great resource
Betty G. –
Great resource.
Meaghan H. –
My students used this activity as part of our Olympics unit. They each selected an athlete to research and present to the class.
Apples for Primary –
Great resource!
Kristen L. –
My students loved this resource! It was very engaging.
Allysen G. –
loved this as an additional activity for a sports PBL
NICOLE ANDREA M. –
Thank you for this wonderful and helpful resource!
Shelby E. –
My students loved this project and learning about someone new!
Alli B. –
Having my students pick a person and learned, allowed them to become the teacher and teach me what they learned about their person. They too, learned a lot about the people!!!
Jill M. –
There was a great way to kickstart students research. Great variety of athletes, including quite a few that students had not heard of which made them more engaged to discover more about them.
Jaylyn S. –
Students enjoyed this resource at the end of the year picking an athlete to learn and share about. You will need student computers for this resource.
Joshycoop –
I have always used something for women’s history month and adding this to the mix was great!
Lee Anne D. –
My students selected an athlete from the wide-range of athletes and enjoyed researching their choice!
Tara Brown –
I love all of your pennants for my ESL classes!! Not only do they help students learn to sort through information online and decide what is valid/worthy, but they also help them with their writing of the English language. Thank you so much! 🙂
Alyssa G. –
Once again, I have bought these before I had a use for them. I am still happy I did! I always buy every new $1 (on sale) resource that comes out and I have not been disappointed once!
Leslie P. –
Students loved this resource! Very engaging for a low level third grade class.
Deanna Goodwin –
This resource was a big hit with my students! They loved researching their favorite athletes and creating pendants to showcase what they learned. It was engaging, creative, and a great way to build research skills while having fun.