Teaching Sport as History, History through Sport.

Wheeler, Robert F.

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Publication Date: 1978

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Teaching Sport as History, History through Sport

Wheeler, Robert F.

History Teacher, 11, 3, 311-20, May 78

Describes an undergraduate history course based on two themes: sport as a reflection of society and sport as a socializing agent affecting society. The course focuses on sports and industrialization, traditional and modern sports, political and economic aspects of sport, and inequality and discrimination in sports. (Author/JK)

Descriptors: Athletics, Course Descriptions, Educational Innovation, Higher Education, History Instruction, Modern History, Social Characteristics, Socialization, Student Interests, Teaching Methods

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