What are they, where are they and who plays for them?
- Conduct a brainstorming activity to discover what pupils know about Premiership football.
Why is it called the Premier League? Can they give examples?
- Provide pupils with a current list of Premiership teams, an outline map of the UK and an atlas and ask them to map the location of the teams currently in the league.
- Divide the teams among the class and ask the pairs/groups to find out the names of team members and where they were born. Ask pupils to record this information on the map.
Which are the most successful teams? Are they in the most wealthy countries?
- Consider with pupils how success is judged in football,
eg top of the league, FA Cup, European Cup, club assets. Ask them to find out which countries' teams reached the quarter-finals of the 1998 World Cup in France. Consider how success is judged in playing at this level.
- Ask pupils to suggest how we judge the wealth of countries,
eg living standards, possessions, salary, health care. Introduce pupils to the idea of GDP. Ask them to compare success in football and a country's wealth, using GDP. The location of the most successful teams may be mapped, together with some of the world's wealthiest countries and any patterns noted.
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- map the location of Premiership teams and birthplaces of players
- relate GDP with success in sport
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