Chess Teaching Plan:

Go Game Teaching Plan:

   Week 1: Talk with parents. Answer question.

   Week 1: Talk with parents. Answer question.

   Week 2: The Chessboard and the starting position.

   Week 2: Capture.

   Week 3: Chess Notation.

   Week 3: Demonstration Game.

   Week 4: How the Rook and Bishop move and capture.

   Week 4: At the Edge of the Board.

   Week 5: How the Queen and Knight move and Capture.

   Week 5: Shicho.

   Week 6: How the King moves and capture. Check. Checkmate.

   Week 6: Geta and Loose Shicho

   Week 7: En Passant pawn captures.

   Week 7: Semeai.

   Week 8: Castling.

   Week 8: Snap-Back and Shortage of Liberties.

   Week 9: Relative values of chess forces.

   Week 9: Life and Death.

   Week 10: How games are drawn.

   Week 10: General Strategy.

   Week 11: How to record moves.

   Week 11: Ranks and Handicaps.

   Week 12: How to open a chess game.

   Week 12: How to open a chess game.

   Week 13: Review and test 1 to 10.

   Week 13: Example Game 1.

   Week 14: Review and test 10 to 20.

   Week 14: Example Game 2.

   Week 15: Class tournament.

   Week 15: Class tournament.

   Week 16: Class tournament (Option).

   Week 16: Class tournament (Option).