Daily Class activities please read and click on the appropriate links
Tuesday 9/3/13
Why study American Sports History.ppt
Example of good or bad behavior in sports due Friday 9/6
Wednesday 9/4/13
Notes and Discussion
Sports 1600's-1880s.ppt
Thursday 9/5/13
Notes and Discussion of Sports 1600's-1880's see earlier link
Focus=early baseball
Friday 9/6/13
Collected Sports stories
Continued with notes on Boxing 1600's-1880's
Monday-Tuesday 9/9/13-9/10/13
Watched and discussed
Unforgivable Blackness
Students notes should show a depth of knowledge on race issues in early 20th century America.
Link to Movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKYmEr53zPA
Link to Notes
Unforgiveable Blackness.docx
Wednesday-Friday 9/11/13-9/13/13
Continued study of Jack Johnson and Race relations in sports and early 20th Century America
Start of discussion of Industrialization's affect on Sports
Monday 9/14/13
Covered how industrialization has an affect on sports
Tuesday 9/15/13
Constitution Day Discussion
Notes on how baseball explains America 1900-1910
How Baseball explains America.docx
9/25-10/8
The Golden Age of Sports 1920s
Discussion on America and Athletes in the 20's
Focus on the following athletes: Babe Ruth, Red Grange, Bobby Jones, George Tilden, Jack Dempsey, and Gertrude Ederle
Link to Notes on 20's athletes
1920's sports.pptx
Also a focus on the Boom times of America's economy, new roles of women, Cars, Radio and other technology. Newspaper reporters roles in the glorification of Athletes.
10/8-10/14 Start of our study on the Great Depression and sports
Cinderella Man notes.docx
10/14-18
Further study of Depression and sports
Jesse Owens
1930's sports.pptx
Babe Didrikson
Negro League Baseball
Negro league baseball.pptx