PHYSICAL

EDUCATION
IV
(RECREATION)

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page
Module I Recreation
1.1 Introduction of Recreation..................................................... 3-5
1.2 Importance of Recreation in ones’ life................................... 6-7
1.3 Health benefits of Active Recreation...................................... 7
Assessment A...................................................................8
Assessment B…………………………………………...8
Module II Types of Recreation
2.1 Classifications of Recreation............................................... 9-12
2.2 Outdoor Recreation..............................................................13-15
Assessment A…………………………………………16
Assessment B…………………………………………16
2.3 Indoor Recreation................................................................17-18
Assessment A…………………………………………19
Module III Board Games
3.1 Concept of Board Games...................................................... 20-21
3.2 Types of Board Games..........................................................21-26
Assessment A……………………………………………27-28
Assessment B…………………………………………….29
Module IV Game of the Generals (GOG)
4.1 Origin of GOG.................................................................... 30-31
4.2 Equipment, rules and mechanics of GOG........................... 32-33
Assessment A…………………………………………34
Assessment B…………………………………………35

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 PHYSICAL EDUCATION IV
(RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES)

Module I

RECREATION

Objectives:
Students should be able to:
Explain the concept of recreation
Understand the benefits of recreation
(Physical, Mental, Emotional and Social)
Value the significance of recreation in one’s life

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 I.
RECREATION

Recreation is an activity done for enjoyment when one is not working. It is

difficult to separate from the general concept of play. It also refers to the time spent in an
activity one loves to engage in, with intent to feel refreshed. These are activities of
leisure, leisure being discretionary time.

Recreational activities help you to take a break from monotony and diversion from
the daily routine. It gives people the benefit of a positive change from the stereotypical
lifestyle and involves an active participation in entertaining activities that one is
interested in. When one does engage in recreating activities that he or she likes, it would
naturally give them enjoyment.

Recreational activities
provide source of joy and
relaxation to one’s mind and
body. Aside from giving you an
enjoyment that you would want.

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 Recreational activities also gives you an opportunity for you to be able to spend time
with yourself. Having the time to spend with your self can make you meet your inner self.

Recreation will give you an opportunity to know more about yourself deeper. Other
recreational activities can give you time to be with your family. You will bond through
activities and give yourselves plenty of opportunity to talk about personal thoughts and
updates about each and everyone’s life. After all, you are a family. You must be able to
know things about them and of course be close. It can also help you develop your
leadership skills as well as interpersonal skills. As certain recreational activities need a lot
of members, someone should be able to communicate with each other. Each should be
able to share their though on their strategies for activities thus resulting to developing
your interpersonal skill.

Importance of
Recreation (Physical
Activity)

Physical Activity is
good for health and
wellness and makes your
life more enjoyable. You
need these special moments to relax, forget about work, think about something else and
change your mood. It is good for both body and mind, as well as adds years to your life
and life to your years.

Being physically active means you:

 Have more energy

 Have better mental health
 Have more self esteem
 Can manage stress better
Other key factors to a good lifestyle are nutrition, rest and sleep.

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Nutrition feeds on our cell growth and metabolism while sleep provides for your body’s
self-repair. Memory retention and appetite regulation also occur during sleep.

Today, there are many information available around: you gain knowledge to the best
food, best exercise routines to help you achieve a healthier life. Your choice of activities
should be according to age and stage of development.

Your activities should be motivational, enjoyable and educational. Activities for

fitness emphasize three categories especially for youth.

These are:

1. Flexibility
2. Aerobic fitness (Cardiovascular)
3. Muscles Strengthening

New generation of physical educators encourage program that

stress or emphasize lifelong fitness activities. Example of these are walking, running,
biking, etc. It educates about helpful diets and how to monitor their heart rates and pulses.

Benefits of Recreation
We all know that leading an active lifestyle is good for everyone. If we participate in
regular moderate physical activity, you can expect to enjoy numerous health and social
benefits, including:
 Reduced risk of heart diseases and strokes
 Reduced risk of developing high blood pressure
 Prevention of some cancers
 Reduced risk of developing diabetes
 Reduced risk of becoming overweight
 Better bone and muscle development and prevention of osteoporosis
 Improved muscle flexibility, strength and endurance
 Reduced risk of falling, and improved mobility and strength for older adults
 Improved quality of sleep

Assessment A: Think and Share

The teacher will let the students to make a short paragraph about their experiences
engaging in different active recreation. After writing, the teacher will call some students
to share it to the class.

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(This is done to develop the good interaction of the students as well as to develop their
confidence to express their thoughts and feelings. The teacher will also give positive
feedback in this activity.)

Assessment B: Interview
Ask a 20- year old person the following questions.
1. What physical activities are you involved in?

2. How much exercise do you do in a week?

3. Do you think this is enough for someone your age?

4. Give a reaction to the result of the interview

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 PHYSICAL EDUCATION IV
(RECREATION)

Module II

CLASSIFICATIONS OF RECREATION

Objectives:
Students should be able to:
Identify the types of recreational activities
Differentiate the two categories of recreation
Enumerate various activities under outdoor and indoor recreation

II.
TYPES OF RECREATION
Breaking recreation down into various areas, classifications, or types might be done in
numerous ways. The listing below represents one of the ways that recreation could be

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categorized for individuals, groups, or leaders planning programs. The listing is shown in
random order and does not indicate any order of importance.
Physical activities (sports, games, fitness)
1.1. Active Recreation (Individual, Dual, Team Sports)
Parents needs to pay attention on the lifestyle habits of their children to prevent them
from growing up to become unhealthy adults. As parents, they should lead by example by
living an active lifestyle, eating healthy and involving themselves in physical activities.
Keeping physically active is an important part of a healthy lifestyle; but unfortunately
many of us feel we don't have the time or motivation to exercise.
A short 30 minute moderate exercise a day can give fantastic health benefits, and there
should be no cause for worry because the 30 minute can be broken down into 10 min
blocks, making the daily exercises easier to achieve for busy people.
Individual activity or any activity done with a partner brings together benefits to health.
Running, walking, swimming or playing golf, badminton, table tennis are the examples of
recreational sports. Students should take advantage of the physical education classes
where they provide all kinds of active recreation activities.
To promote individual and social fitness, we should analyze these question: “Why should
I be active?”
To answer these question are health benefits. We must be active to:

 Feel more energetic

 Live longer
 Manage our weight
 Have stronger bones and muscles
 Less chance to have a heart attack
 Have reduced risk of developing diabetes
 Have good cholesterol level
 Have normal blood pressure level
 Feel more confident and happier
 Have better sleep

Active recreation provides a break from the routinely or monotonous way of life. It refers
to the time spent in an activity one loves to do. Recreational activities give enjoyment to
a person and provide relaxation to both body and mind.

When a person indulges in an active recreation like sports, he develops his social life and
he’s inspired to do the activity regularly. Team games or sports bring people together and
put life into their leisure. It becomes conscious of a lifestyle that is geared towards health
and wellness.

Other means to exercise is to indulge in any of the following:

1. Sporting to create - all kinds of ball games

2. Recreation through - group biking, mountaineering, river crossing

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 3. Join clubs to create - community building by joining a fun run, walkathon, hiking
and nature walking
4. Social Activities (parties, banquets, picnics)
3. Arts and crafts activities (painting, scrapbooking, ceramics, woodworking)
4. Dramatic Activities (plays, puppetry, skits)
5. Musical Activities (singing, bands)
6. Cultural Activities (Art appreciation, music appreciation, panels, discussion
groups)
7. Activities (fun in doing things for others)

Two classifications of Recreation

A. Outdoor

Outdoor recreation provide us with the means to exercise and hence happen to be
one of the best forms of recreation. Organized recreational activities are often planned by
private clubs or government organization. Sports, cultural activities and social gatherings
are some of the organized ones. Clubs and recreation centers offer a variety of
recreational programs for people of different ages and varied interests.

The listing below represents outdoor recreation.

 Gardening

 Hiking and Camping

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 Hunting and Fishing

 Cycling

1. Gardening/Tree Planting

Recreational gardening can be social and private. Gardening spots are important in
shared living environments. It is a sensory experience involving touch, sight, and smell.

Gardening is FUN but it can be a CHALLENGE, too. These activities also encourage
an active interest in the natural world. In every gardening activity, children get involved
in a healthy project while learning about nature.

Starting a school garden is a very good idea for students. They learn to take care of
the environment, beautify a community, and think of plants to put in gardens including
herbs, vegetables, and trees. When choosing plants, think about color, scent, shape, and
feel of flowers. Choose plants that are organic and useful like basil, tomatoes, and others.

Remember, being outside is necessary for well-being and enjoyment of life itself.
Always enjoy a nature walk.

Quality of life improves with

an outdoor space or garden giving
people the chance to:

1. Be physically active

2. Feel unrestrained

3. Be more in touch with nature

4. Be alone if they want to be

5. Socialize if they want to

6. Do meaningful things that make them feel at home

2. Hiking and Camping

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 Hiking is the preferred term, in Canada and the United States, for a long, vigorous
walk, usually on trails (footpaths), in the countryside, while the word walking is used for
shorter, particularly urban walks. Camping may be combined with hiking. Camping is an
outdoor activity involving overnight stays away from home in a shelter, such as a tent or
a recreational vehicle. Typically participants leave developed areas to spend time
outdoors in more natural ones in pursuit of activities providing them enjoyment. To be
regarded as "camping" a minimum of one night is spent outdoors, distinguishing it from
day-tripping, picnicking, and other similarly short-term recreational activities. Camping
can be enjoyed through all four seasons.

3. Cycling

Cycling, also called biking or bicycling, is the use

of bicycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are
referred to

as “cyclists", "bikers", or
less commonly, as
"bicyclists". Apart from
two-wheeled bicycles,
"cycling" also includes
the riding
of unicycles, tricycles, q
uadracycles, recumbent and similar human-powered vehicles (HPVs).

Bicycles were introduced in the 19th century and now number approximately one billion
worldwide. They are the principal means of transportation in many parts of the world.

Cycling is widely regarded as a very effective and efficient mode of

transportation optimal for short to moderate distances.

Assessment A

I. Planting - in
gardening, each group
needs:
1. Plant (flowers,
herbs, vegetables, etc.)
2. Wooden Stick
3. Card Board
4. Tape
5. Pot or small cans
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 with holes
6. Water

Assessment B
II. Answer the following questions correctly.

1. What are the primary requirements of plants or trees?

a.
b.
2. Enumerate five benefits of engaging in gardening.
a.
b.
c.

3. When choosing planting for gardening, what are the four things that should be
considered?
a.
b.
c.
4. Name the three sensory experiences you can get from gardening.
a.
b.
c.

B. Indoor

Indoor recreational activities are undertaken on the comfort of one’s home or

more specifically indoor and they are to recreate the mind and soul. For such indoor
recreation activities there are well-established clubs or recreation centers offer a varied

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programmed of activities throughout the year. For example, basketball is the most
popular indoor activity and second most popular team sport after soccer. Basketball has
many health benefits as it demands lot of physical work. There is a quote saying
“Basketball does not build character. It reveals it.”

The listing below represents indoor recreation.

Basketball Bowling

Swimming Billiards

Table Tennis Karate

Aerobics/Dance Taekwondo

Yoga Board Games

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 Yoga

Yoga is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which

originated in ancient India. Yoga is one of the six orthodox schools of Hindu
philosophical traditions. There is a broad variety of yoga schools, practices, and goals
in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The term "yoga" in the Western world often
denotes a modern form of Hatha yoga, yoga as exercise, consisting largely of the postures
called asanas.

1. Billiards

Cue sports, also known as

billiard sports, are a wide variety
of games of skill generally
played with a cue stick, which is
used to strike billiard balls and
thereby cause them to move around a cloth-covered billiards table bounded by elastic
bumpers known as cushions. Historically, the umbrella term was billiards.

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 Assessment A

Venn Diagram

Teacher asks them to find a partner and copy the venn diagram on a piece of paper. Let
them classify or identify the activities/games which held indoor and outdoor by writing
it on the diagram. Share their work in each partner.

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 PHYSICAL EDUCATION IV
(RECREATION)

Module III

BOARD GAMES

Objectives:
Students should be able to:
Identify the concept of Board Games
Enumerate kinds of Board Games
Value the role of Board game as part of recreation

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 III. BOARD GAMES

Board game is a game that involves counters or pieces moved or placed on a pre-
marked surface or board according to set of rules. It is a tabletop game that involves
counters or pieces moved or placed on a pre-marked surface or “board”, according to a
set of rules. Some games can be based on pure strategy or chance (like rolling of dice) or
mixture of two. Board games have been played in most culture and society throughout
history.
There are varieties of board game, including:

1. Chinese Checkers

The objective of this game is to race one’s pieces across the hexagram-shaped game
board into “Home” (the corner of the star opposite the starting corner).
- This is played by two, three, four, or six people.
- The game uses single-step move or moves with a jump over other pieces.
- The player who completes one end first wins the game.
- The pieces here make use of marbles.

2. Dominoes - The dominoes

or dominos refer to the collective gaming pieces making up a domino set
(sometimes called a deck or pack). It is also referred to any rectangle formed from
joining two congruent squares edge to edge.
Each domino is a rectangular tile with a line dividing its face into two square
ends. Each end is marked with a number of spots, (also called pips) or one or both
sides are blank. The numbers are 0-6 spots, considered to have the highest value
piece has 6 pips or spots on each end. Some domino sets have large numbers like
double 9 or double 12 but rarely used. The set has 28 pieces. The winner is
determined when the player is first to finish his pieces. The rest is allowed to
finish in the order of the cards remaining.

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3. Scrabble

Scrabble is a favorite game of a family. It is a game that is enjoyed worldwide, too.

To determine who will begin the game, each player picks a letter and whoever gets the
highest equivalent number starts to form his word. Each player gets 7 letters. When tiles
are consumed or used up, the player gets tiles to maintain 7 tiles all the time until all tiles
are taken.

To start the game, the players with a seven drawn letter tiles form words on the game
board. The next player forms or connects another word and all other follow.

The score is earned by adding the corresponding numbers on each tile of every word
formed. If words cannot be formed anymore at the end of the game, the players count the
remaining tiles with their equivalent number and deduct the number from their score.
The person with the highest score wins the scrabble game.

4.Traditional Bingo

Bingo is a favorite recreational game in every neighborhood. It is usually played in

large halls or backyards. Players meet at the hall, pay a fee to get in, then the game
begins.

Each player has a number of Bingo cards.

Each bingo card has 5 rows and 5 columns providing 25 spaces.

The columns are labeled from left to right with the letters B I N G O with one
exception (the center space is “free”

The space in the card are assigned values as follows:

- Each space in the B column contains a number from 1-15.

- Each space in the I column contains a number from 16-30.
- Each space in the N column contains a number from 31-45.
- Each space in the G column contains a number from 46-60.
- Each space in the O column contains a number from 61-75.

A number can appear only once on a single card.

Each of these numbers is represented by a ball on a rotating bin.
As announcer selects a ball and announces the number, all players mark this number of
their cards. This is repeated until one shouts BINGO for a win.
To select the winning line or figure, the leader or the announcer tells the people of
what design is expected per game. Examples: one diagonal line, double lines, one
horizontal line, or single square etc.
Once the winner is declared, the game stops and begins a new game. Prizes are
usually announced every time.

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5. Chess

Chess was created as an invitation to warfare. Its sole aim is to checkmate the
opponent’s king. Any hardship or sacrifice is worthwhile if that end is achieved.

The game originated in the age of despotic rulers when it was wise not to offend
monarchs. The king is never actually taken, and the game ends if his capture cannot be
avoided. The queen and bishop are relatively recent arrivals on the battlefield, having
replaced a counselor and an elephant respectively. The game began in the East where
elephants were used in military campaigns. The other elements were foot soldiers
(pawns), cavalry (knights), and chariots (rooks).

It is played on a board of 64 squares between two players - one white and the other,
black. Each team has 16 chessmen. Both sides have exactly the same number and type of
men. There is no element of chance, as everything can be seen. White begins the game by
making one move, then black counter attacks, and so on until the game ends and one
player is declared a winner. Sometimes the game ends in a draw.

I. The Board

The board must be placed so that on the first row, each player’s right hand corner
square is white. The nature of the game is not changed if the board is placed the other
ways, but the laws of chess laid down this convention.

II. The Pieces

Each side has two single pieces: the king and the queen. While the king is the most
important piece, it is far from the being the most powerful. The queen is also potent. Pairs
of bishops, knights, and rooks, and the eight paws complete the team pieces.

III. Placing the men

a. Cornerstones (four squares)

The cornerstones of the array are the rooks, one on each end of the rank, like towers
in a fortress, as with all the pairs, one begins on dark squares, one on light. Place one
rook in each corner of first rank.

b. The Knights (crown stamp)

The knights stand on the first rank, next to the rooks. Of all the chess pieces, these
look most directional but whichever way they are facing has no effect on their power.

c. Ranking the Royal Pair (slotted head)

The bishops stand next to the knights, nearest the center of the board. The bishops,
king and queen all have similar pedestals but their heads have different shapes.

d. Queen on her color

The queen stands on the square that is her color. The usual way to remember this is
“the queen takes her own color.” The black queen is placed on the central black square
facing the white queen on the same file.

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 e. King Facing

The king stands on the remaining central square. From the white side of the board,
the queen is to the left of the king, and from the black side, the queen is to the right. The
king is usually the tallest piece, distinguished by a cross at the top of the piece.

f. The Second Rank

The second rank is full of pawns, one in front of each piece. Although they are the
same in appearance, you will soon learn that there is a hierarchy among them.

IV. Scope of Moves / Attacks

a. Rook

The rook can move any distance in either direction on the rank or file on which it
stands, until it reaches an occupied square. If an enemy man stands in its path, the rook
may capture it by going onto that square and removing the enemy from the board.

b. Bishop

The bishop moves diagonally, one bishop from each side moves only on dark squares
and the other only on light squares. The bishop captures in the same manner as the rook,
displacing the enemy from its square and the game.

c. Queen
The queen moves on ranks, files, or diagonals on any one move. However, the queen can
never move as a mixture of both rook and bishop.

d. Knights

The knights’ move in L-formation, 2 squares forward, and 1 square sideward or 1

square forward and 2 squares sideward.
f. King
The king moves or captures one square in any direction.
g. Pawn
The pawn moves directly forward, one square at a time. It can never move backward.
On its first move can it only have the option of advancing two squares. After that, the
pawn can only move forward one square at a time. It captures a piece diagonal to him.

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 Assessment A

I. Analyze the following moves.

1. Where can the white king move to and what it capture?

2. If white has the first move, where can the knight go? What capture could it make?

3. White’s knight has just moved, which men are attacked? How many squares can the knight
reach from this square? Can black capture the night?

4. If it is white’s turn to play, where can the white bishop move? Where can the black bishop
move if it is black’s turn?

5. Where can the white rook move if it is the white’s turn to play? If it is the black’s turn, where
can the black rook move? How many squares are available to each?

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II. Answer the following:

1. Aside from the King and Queen, what other pieces complete the chess team?
a. Rook
b. Bishop
c. Knight
d. Pawn
2. What is the objective of chess?
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3. Why is Queen considered as the most powerful piece?

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4. What is the mechanics of the Chinese checkers?

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5. What are the similarities of Scrabble and Dominoes?

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6. How do you start and end (win or lose) playing the following board games?

Start End

Bingo

Dominoes

Scrabble

Assessment B

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 Choose your favorite board game and make your own board and pieces using
recycled materials.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION IV
(RECREATION)

Module IV

GAME OF THE GENERALS

(Board Game)

Objectives:
Students should be able to:
Recognize the history of GOG
Enumerate the pieces and each functions in GOG
Familiarize the equipment, objective, rules and mechanics in playing GOG
Demonstrate an actual game of playing GOG

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IV. GAME OF THE GENERALS

 The Game of the Generals, also called GG or GOG, is an educational war game
invented in the Philippines by Sofronio H. Pasola, Jr. in 1970. Its Filipino name is
“Salpakan”. He invented this game with the inspiration of his son Ronnie Pasola. The
Pasolas first tried the Game of the Generals on a chessboard. Even then, the pieces had no
particular arrangement. It can be played within twenty to thirty minutes. It is designed
for two players, each controlling an army, and a neutral arbiter (sometimes called referee)
to decide the result of “challenges” between opposing playing pieces, that like playing
cards, have their identities hidden from the opponent. The Game of the Generals’s public
introduction was on February 28, 1973.
The objective of the game is to eliminate or capture the Flag of the opponent, or to
maneuver one’s Flag to the far edge of the board (the opposing back rank), subject to the
following conditions.
Game Board

Pieces and their functions

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 Assessment A: Rank Battle
Identify and give the winning rank between the two given piece symbols in each item. Write
down your answer on space provided.

Name: Section:
Pieces/Ranks Answer

1.

vs.

2. vs.

3. vs.

4. vs.

5. vs.

6. vs.

7 vs .

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 Assessment B

Group the class into four (4)

Using an elimination type,

match each member of each group in a scheduled game.

The team with the highest number of wins

will be declared as the winner.

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