3littlekeets Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Southern US history, I can certainly think of ways to meet his wishes and make history even more enjoyable for him. But, I"m at a loss -- what about between the Original Olympiads and the American early baseball years through the Jackie Robinson/Satchel Paige era?:confused: Any ideas to keep sports thread in his history education to keep him on the hook:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3littlekeets Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 Any ideas? Still searching :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzannah Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Well, tennis would fit into the Middle Ages. There were significant historic events related to tennis too...parliament meeting on a tennis court and the Dauphin sending tennis balls to Henry V. Fencing too. You might also consider including games. That way you work in chess. That's just off the top of my head. Then you can do as someone else mentioned and look at China. What time period do the Eastern martial arts (karate, judo, etc.) fit into? Actually, if you start with the ancient olympics, then look at all of the sports ever included in the modern olympics (they add and subtract events regularly) you might find some material there. Shooting sports could get you to the history of firearms and warfare. Oh, and if you are a serious football fan, you might be able to draw parallels between particular football plays and Civil War battles. I don't know that there are any exactly, but when I look at maps showing the conduct of battle and the diagrams of football plays they look similar to me. Great idea...you may be breaking new ground but it sounds like it could be fun. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Is jousting a sport? :P Can you link medieval combat to modern sports such as fencing and archery? Or is he only interested in team sports? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3littlekeets Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 Thank you both...great ideas! I didn't even think of sword fighting/fencing, archery or gun sports and certainly didn't consider games....and he loves games! He's happy to do history, but is a sports fanatic and this would just tie it to something he loves :-). It may take me all summer to pull things together or longer, but these are great ideas! I think I'll start with a wall timeline and start plugging in these ideas and then work from there! Thank you!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but DK Eyewitness Books has a Sports volume. If you click on the preview, you can see that the soccer section includes info about it's history (including 15th century China & the Middle Ages in Europe). I think each sport in the book includes info like that. It may take you going through the book & making notes about which sports correspond to which time period, but that may be one way to compile some interesting info to present along w/ history. Then, you could have him make a poster, or write a paper, or do a drawing or diagram, etc... as you're going through history. Also, there is an old book called Sport Through the Ages (another DK book), but there are no descriptions or pics, so it's hard to tell exactly if this book would be what you need. But, the used price certainly seems good enough! LOL. A few other books that might help (?): series: Sports and Games through History series: The Watts History of Sports Sports in World History The History of Sport and Physical Education to 1900 Sports in American History If you wanted to do some art projects, look at Sports and Games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzannah Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 I think all cultures from all times have had games and passtimes. Many times they mimicked &/or trained for hunting or warfare. Native Americans had some sort of team sport (can't think what it was called) that amounted to warfare with people getting seriously injured and even killed. This is from way back in my memory but it might have been a precursor to Lacrosse? Maybe? And what is Jai Alai? I happened to think also of the Scottish highland games which were a way of training for combat without appearing to do so. And if your son were willing to consider dancing a sport (I realize this might be hard to swallow but you might give it a try) Native Americans, Polynesians, Africans...probably most cultures...used dance to tell stories about their heritage, religion and great battles. Also to prepare for battle. And...stretching even a bit more...there's Irish dancing with the arms held straight down and Scottish highland dancing with the arms held up in defiance to the English. It's late and I can't remember all the details now, but that's something else to go with if it interests you. I'd love to hear how it all works out if you decide to persue it. Blessings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sport http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_Japan http://chineseculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa032301a.htm http://sports.indiapress.org/ for ideas wrestling boxing horse racing war games---competitions of skill in combat activities falconry hunting bull jumping, bullfighting boat racing---sail, rowing, etc dogsledding sumo climbing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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