Chess Curriculum
Chess Lesson 1
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- Guide Lesson Prep
- Warmup Song and Welcome to Chess (1:11)
- What is Chess (0:22)
- Meet Chester the Chess Piece (0:25)
- Chess Activity 1: Where does the Chester live? (1:35)
- Chessboard Fun: What Shape is the Board? (0:52)
- Where do the Chess Pieces Live? (2:48)
- Chess Activity 2: Chess Pieces live in Squares (0:57)
- Optional: Build a Life-Size ChessBoard (0:32)
Chess Lesson 2
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- Guide Lesson Prep
- Warmup Song (1:11)
- What is Chess (0:24)
- Meet Chester the Chess Piece (0:25)
- Chessboard Fun: What Shape is the Board? (0:52)
- Chess Activity 1: Where does Chester Live? (0:25)
- Chess Pieces Live in the Squares (2:48)
- Chess Activity 2: Chess Pieces live in Squares (0:59)
- Chess Activity 3: Make a Giant Chessboard (1:02)
- Chess Activity 4: Jump from Square to Square (2:54)
Chess Lesson 3
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- Guide Lesson Prep
- Warmup Song (1:11)
- What is Chess (0:24)
- Introducing the Chess Pieces (2:21)
- Chess Activity 1: Put the Pieces Together (1:25)
- Where do the Pieces Live? (1:09)
- Chess Activity 2: GO HOME (1:13)
- Optional Chess Activity: Make a Giant Chessboard (0:09)
- Optional Chess Activity: Jump from Square to Square (2:54)
Chess Lesson 4
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- Guide Lesson Prep
- Warmup Song (1:11)
- What is Chess (0:24)
- Introducing the Chess Pieces (2:21)
- Chess Activity 1: Put the Pieces Together (1:25)
- How does the PAWN Move? (3:51)
- Chess Activity 2: Move Chester Pawn on the Small Board (4:57)
- Chess Activity 3: Show how Chester Pawn moves on the Big Board (3:22)
Chess Lesson 5
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- Guide Lesson Prep
- Warmup Song (1:11)
- What is Chess (0:24)
- Review the Chess Pieces (0:52)
- Chess Activity 1: Put the Pieces Together (1:25)
- How the Pawn Moves (1:13)
- Chess Activity 2: Move Chester Pawn on the Small Board (4:57)
- Copy of Chess Activity 3: Show how Chester Pawn moves on the Big Board (3:22)
- Chess Activity 3: Move ALL of the Pawns (3:20)
- Chess Activity 4: Move the Pawn on the Big Board (1:25)
- Optional Chess Activity: Make a Giant Chessboard (0:09)
- Optional Chess Activity: Jump from Square to Square (2:54)
- Whole Lesson Video (20:00)
Chess Lesson 6
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- Guide Lesson Prep
- Warmup Song (1:11)
- What is Chess (0:24)
- Review the Chess Pieces (0:53)
- Chess Activity 1: Put the Pieces Together (1:25)
- Hello to Ronnie Rook (0:52)
- How Ronnie the Rook moves (2:32)
- Chess Activity 2: Move Ronnie Rook on the Board (3:13)
- Chess Activity 3: Move Ronnie Rook on the Big Board (2:52)
- Optional Chess Activity: Jump from Square to Square (2:54)
- Whole Lesson Video (18:43)
Chess Lesson 7
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- Guide Lesson Prep
- Warmup Song (1:11)
- What is Chess (0:24)
- Review the Chess Pieces (0:53)
- Chess Activity 1: Put the Pieces Together (1:25)
- Hello to Ronnie Rook (0:52)
- How Ronnie the Rook moves (2:32)
- Chess Activity 2: Move Ronnie Rook on the Board (3:13)
- Chess Activity 3: Move Ronnie Rook on the Big Board (2:52)
- Optional Chess Activity: Jump from Square to Square (2:54)
- Whole Lesson Video (18:43)
Chess Lesson 8
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- Guide Lesson Prep
- Warmup Song (1:11)
- What is Chess (0:24)
- Review the Chess Pieces (0:53)
- Get the Pawns and Rooks (0:30)
- Where do the Pawns and Rooks Live (Board Setup) (3:13)
- Activity 3: Move the Pawns (1:53)
- Activity 4: Move the Rooks
- Optional: Move Ronnie on the Big Board (1:12)
- Optional Chess Activity: Jump from Square to Square (2:54)
- Whole Lesson Video
Chess Lesson 9
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- Guide Lesson Prep
- Warmup Song (1:11)
- What is Chess (0:24)
- Review the Chess Pieces (0:53)
- Get the BISHOPS, Pawns and Rooks (0:30)
- Introducing Billy Bishop (0:22)
- Where does Billy live? (0:21)
- Activity 2: Line up the Pieces (0:42)
- How Does Billy Bishop move? (2:11)
- Activity 3: Move Billy Bishop on the board (3:33)
- Activity 4: Move Billy Bishop on the BIG Board (0:37)
- Whole Lesson Video (11:00)
Chess Lesson 10
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- Guide Lesson Prep
- Warmup Song (1:11)
- What is Chess (0:24)
- Review the Chess Pieces (0:53)
- Activity 1: Get the BISHOPS, Pawns and Rooks (0:30)
- Who is Billy Bishop (0:22)
- Where do Chester, Ronnie, and Billy live? (1:18)
- Activity 2: Line up the Pieces (0:42)
- How does Chester Pawn move? (0:59)
- Activity 3: Move Chester Pawn on the board (1:30)
- How Ronnie the Rook moves (1:37)
- Activity 4: Move Ronnie Rook (2:05)
- How Does Billy Bishop move? (1:42)
- Activity 5: Move Billy Bishop on the board (3:02)
- Optional Activity 6: Move Pieces on the Big Board
- Optional Activity 7: Jump from Square to Square (1:20)
- Whole Lesson Video (16:33)
Chess Lesson 11
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- Guide Lesson Prep
- Warmup Song (1:11)
- What is Chess (0:24)
- Review the Chess Pieces (0:53)
- Activity 1: Get the BISHOPS, Pawns, Rooks, and KNIGHTS (0:38)
- Introducing Nigel Knight (0:18)
- Where does Nigel Knight live? (0:35)
- Activity 2: Placing the Pawns, Rooks, Bishops, and Knights on the Board (0:51)
- How does Nigel Knight move? (2:25)
- Activity 3: Moving Nigel Knight (2:13)
- Activity 4: Moving Nigel on the big board (0:54)
- Whole Lesson Video (11:02)
Chess Lesson 12 and 13
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- Guide Lesson Prep
- Warmup Song (1:11)
- What is Chess (0:24)
- Review the Chess Pieces (0:53)
- Chess Activity 1: Get the Pawns, Rooks, Bishops, and Knights (0:36)
- Who is Nigel Knight (0:18)
- Where does Chess Pieces live? (1:21)
- Activity 2: Placing the Pawns, Rooks, Bishops, and Knights on the Board (0:51)
- How does Nigel Knight move? (2:25)
- Activity 3: Moving Nigel Knight (2:13)
- How does Chester Pawn move? (0:59)
- Activity: Move Chester Pawn on the board (1:30)
- How Ronnie the Rook moves (1:37)
- Activity: Move Ronnie Rook (2:05)
- How Does Billy Bishop move? (1:42)
- Activity 5: Move Billy Bishop on the board (3:02)
- Whole Lesson Video (19:56)
Chess Lessons 14 and 15
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- Guide Lesson Prep
- Warmup Song (1:11)
- What is Chess (0:24)
- Review the Chess Pieces (0:53)
- Chess Activity: Group the Pieces (0:54)
- Who is Queenie Queen and Where does she live? (0:24)
- Chess Activity: Line up the pieces (1:03)
- How does the Queen move? Queenie has Rules (1:53)
- Chess Activity: Moving Queenie (2:20)
- Chess Activity: Moving Queenie on the Big Board (0:36)
- Whole Lesson Video (10:46)
Chess Lesson 16 and 17
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- Guide Lesson Prep
- Warmup Song (1:11)
- What is Chess (0:24)
- Review the Chess Pieces (0:53)
- Chess Activity: Group the Pieces (0:54)
- Where does Chess Pieces live? (1:13)
- Chess Activity: Line up the pieces (1:03)
- How does the Queen move? Queenie has Rules (1:53)
- Chess Activity: Moving Queenie (2:20)
- Activity: Moving Nigel Knight (2:13)
- How does Chester Pawn move? (0:59)
- Activity: Move Chester Pawn on the board (1:30)
- How Ronnie the Rook moves (0:39)
- Activity: Move Ronnie Rook (2:05)
- How Does Billy Bishop move? (1:42)
- Activity: Move Billy Bishop on the board (3:02)
- Whole Lesson Video (26:25)
Chess Lessons 18 and 19
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- Guide Lesson Prep
- Warmup Song (1:11)
- What is Chess (0:24)
- Review the Chess Pieces (0:53)
- Chess Activity: Group the Pieces
- Meet Kenny King (0:23)
- Chess Activity: Line up the pieces (1:25)
- Kenny Has Rules: How does Kenny move? (2:23)
- Chess Activity: Moving Kenny King (1:39)
- Chess Activity: Moving Kenny King on the Big Board (0:47)
- Whole Lesson Video (10:48)
Chess Lesson 20 and 21
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- Guide Lesson Prep
- Warmup Song (1:11)
- What is Chess (0:24)
- Review the Chess Pieces (0:53)
- Chess Activity: Group the Pieces
- Where does Chess Pieces live? (1:13)
- Chess Activity: Line up the pieces (1:25)
- How does the Queen move? Queenie has Rules (1:53)
- Chess Activity: Moving Queenie (2:20)
- Activity: Moving Nigel Knight (2:13)
- How does Chester Pawn move? (0:59)
- Activity: Move Chester Pawn on the board (1:30)
- How Ronnie the Rook moves (0:39)
- Activity: Move Ronnie Rook (2:05)
- How Does Billy Bishop move? (1:42)
- Activity: Move Billy Bishop on the board (3:02)
- Kenny Has Rules: How does Kenny move? (2:23)
- Chess Activity: Moving Kenny King (1:39)
- Whole Lesson Video (22:29)
Chess Lesson 22 and 23
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- Guide Lesson Prep
- Warmup Song (1:11)
- What is Chess (0:24)
- "TEAMS" in Chess (1:27)
- TEAM Quiz (1:30)
- CHESS Activity: Group the TEAMS and Pieces
- CHESS Activity: Position 1st Team (0:54)
- CHESS Activity: Position 2nd Team (1:39)
- OPTIONAL Chess Activity: Moving Queenie (2:20)
- OPTIONAL Activity: Moving Nigel Knight (2:13)
- OPTIONAL Activity: Move Ronnie Rook (2:05)
- Whole Lesson Video (9:55)
Chess Lessons 24 an 25
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- Guide Lesson Prep
- Warmup Song (1:11)
- What is Chess (0:24)
- One Square-One Piece: Can two pieces be in the same square? What is they're on the same team? (1:15)
- Chess Activity: One Square-One Piece: SAME TEAM (1:41)
- Teams and Team Quiz (2:29)
- Chess Activity: Group the Teams and Pieces (1:15)
- One Square-One Piece, part TWO: The OTHER Team (1:08)
- Chess Activity: One Enters-One Leaves (2:49)
- Optional Chess Activity: Line Up the Teams (2:11)
- Whole Lesson Video (13:45)
Chess Lessons 26/27
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