2014 World Cup Soccer Unit Study Resources

I've managed to leave this a little late and the FIFA World Cup starts in a few days, but as they say better late than never.  Here are some resources I discovered online today when looking for resources about the soccer world cup.

Did you know that the first World Cup Soccer tournament was held in Uruguay on the 13th of July 1930 with 13 teams from around the world. Uruguay was also the first nation to win the World Cup.

The original cup (Jules Rimet Trophy) was stolen and not recovered and the current cup was commissioned in 1974. The World Cup is 36.5 cm tall,  is made of  5 Kg of 18 carat gold and weights 6.175 kg. There has been some speculation about which parts of it are solid gold.  You can watch an interesting YouTube clip about it here: Chemistry of the World Cup Trophy

At the Library

• Soccer Themed Book list for Kids  over at JDaniel4's Mom
• Soccer (Sports for Srprouts) - Holly Karapetkova
• Football (DK Eyewitness) - Hugh Hornby 
• Soccer World Cup 
• Soccer Skills by Clive Gifford
• The Everything Kids' Soccer Book: Rules, Techniques, and More About Your Favorite Sport!  by Deborah Crisfield
• Soccer World Cup Book for Kids  by Edgar G Allegre
• 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Official Book  by Andrew McDemortt and Jon Mattos

To Print

• Soccer Unit Studies over at Homeschool Share

  

  Source

• Expedition Earth: Discovering God's Animals. FREE 
• World Cup for Kids
• World Cup 2014 Bundle ($$)
• World Cup Colouring Pages 
• Soccer Crafts 
• My Country Study
• World Cup Soccer on ABC teach
• Sammy Soccer (or Franky Football) Paper Craft
• Brazil Country Lapbook over at Homeschool Share
• Simply Soccer over at Unit Studies.com ($$)

On Pinterest {FIFA 2014 World Cup Soccer}

• Soccer Info Graphic
• Turn a dinner plate into a soccer ball themed plate.
• Dot to Dot Soccer player.
• A set of World Cup themed A4 page borders.
• Teachers Pay Teachers FREE readings and printables.
• Soccer Themed Books for Kids
• World Cup Soccer Crossword
• Deserts fit for the World Cup
• World Cup Soccer Party with loads of FREE downloads. {Kara's Party Ideas}

On YouTube

• How Fuleco was made.
• 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Magazine - Episode 1  
• 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Magazine - Episode 2 
• How Brazil got their famous uniforms  
• New stadium for Brazil's architectural capital  
• FIFA World Cup moments: Gordon Banks 
• Testing the goal-line technology systems 
• Sports Science Explores who has the hardest kick 
• The Science of Soccer
  
  
• The Science of Soccer Team Defending  
• ESPN's Sports Science: Penalty Kick  
•  Football to the Face in Slow motion  - The Slow Mo Guys
• 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Team Previews  
• 2014 FIFA World Cup™ Referees  
•  History of football The Dark Side 
• The History of Soccer  
• FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour  

On the WWW

• Interactive World Cup 2014
• Brazilians battle for last FIFA Interactive World Cup spot
• FIFA.com
• World Cup Soccer Trophy Tour
• 2014 Mascot and find him on Facebook,  Wikipedia, twitter
• Official Song released; Official Album tracklist revealed
• 2014 world Cup Wikipedia
• World Cup 2014 fixtures & results 
• Official Emblem 
• History of the FIFA World Cup Mascot on Wikipedia
• Fuleco ( the part Ful comes from Futebol (Football) and eco comes Ecologia (Ecology))
• The First World Cup Soccer Ball
• World Cup Soccer History
  
• History of Soccer
• The History of the Soccer Ball
• World Cup Soccer Classroom Activities 
• Teaching Ideas Football
• Lesson Plans.com World Cup Soccer Ideas
• Teacher Planet World Cup of Soccer
• Homeschool Ways World Cup Soccer Series, Introduction
• World Cup for Kids over at Multicultural Kid Blogs.
• World Cup Soccer Teaching & Learning Resources over at the Fabulous Classroom
• The sculptor of the World Cup.
• Cup Facts and downloadable fact sheet.
• 100 Facts

Host Country Brazil

• Destination: Brazil 2014
  
• History of football Brazil
• Over at Homeschool Creations Brazil and Rain Forests ~ Lesson Plans & Links
• National Geographic Kids Brazil
• A Unit Study on Brazil over at Easy Fun School
• Amazon Planet (full documentary)
• Secret Brazil - National Geographic Documentary - Nat Geo Wild
• The Real Rio de Janeiro - Full BBC Travel Documentary
• Isolated: The Zo'é tribe (full documentary)
• World Geography: Brazil Unit Study Confessions of a Homeschooler
• Brazil Unit Study with links over at Sarah Sweeties Blog
• Over at Ed Helper: Brazil

Although this video clip is from the South African World Cup I wanted to finish up with it because it's so much fun to watch: Animals Playing Soccer.

If you have any recommended resources for studying the Soccer World Cup OR Brazil please add them to the link up below.

Have fun learning about the Soccer World Cup

Blessings
Chareen