Jogging in the Seventies

Questions

• Before watching film discuss when you think the sport of jogging was invented?
• When do you think this film was made?
• Do you think jogging can be classified as a sport?
• What is the difference between a sport and a pastime or leisure activity?
• How does the sports kit compare to modern day kit?
• Where are running shoes made today? What can you find out about how sports kits are manufactured and the working conditions of the people who make them?
• Why did the filmmaker tell us all about the people at the start of the film? Discuss shots and point of view.
• Discuss the line "her family is her hobby".
• How many cameras do you think were used to film this extract?
• How effective is this interview?
• How would a modern interview using one camera be shot?
• How effective is this clip at encouraging you to take up jogging?
• How do new sports spread?
• How do the runners arrive at the running track?

Activities

Numeracy: Prepare a class survey on children's favourite sports in the school.

Health and Wellbeing: Find out all the sports that are included in the Olympics or Commonwealth Games.

Health and Wellbeing: Research a recently emerged sport and prepare a presentation on rules and styles.

Social Studies / History: Research how the Olympics has changed from the Ancient Greeks to today?

Expressive Arts / Art and Design / Health and Wellbeing: Design a jogging kit.

Technologies / Health and Wellbeing / Citizenship / Enterprise: Research the development and technology of running shoes. If you were designing new running shoes how would you manufacture them for the mass market?

Health and Wellbeing: Develop a progressive training plan for someone beginning jogging. Investigate how exercise affects the heart.

Geography: In the clip it is suggested that jogging originated in New Zealand - investigate how the government in New Zealand invests in a programme of health promotion from birth