Sports in American History and Culture
The Makers on Title IX - volume one
Read carefully and be prepared to discuss the following articles on Title IX for our next class (Friday 5/30/14).
Title IX - Wikipedia <-- This article first. Pay particular attention to the following sections
History
Applicability and compliance
Litigation after the Grove City case
Impact
Controversy
Title IX - In your text book pages 296-297 - (Read this article second)
A Brief History of Title IX - (Read this article third)
Today in Class:
5/9/14
4/25/14
Please read one of these articles and write a 150-250 word summary via Google Drive. (Please remember that a summary is the main points not details, nor is a summary an opinion piece. Opinions/editorials would be a piece that you would share in your blog, or on the discussion board.)
3/27/14
Please read and consider participating in a discussion posted on My Big Campus on the following articles.
Labor Board: Northwestern University football players can unionize
Unionizing college sports will change everything and nothing at all
3/9/14
* For Next Class: Read carefully and take notes** on the following Article: Basketball - wikipedia
**Notes are required on the following section of the article: History, Rules and Regulations, Height, and Social Forms
Extremely Important Information!!!
•Book Report Due – Friday 3/7
•Blog – Friday (Should be #8) 3/7
•Two Discussion posts – Friday 3/7
•Test – Thursday - 3/6 – 40 questions and an essay
•Frazier – Ali Fight – prior to test on Thursday- 3/6
•Remainder of time after the test to be spent on book report, blog, or discussion posts. - 3/6
•There is no biography for class on Thursday. 3/6
For Current Events: The Sporting News
http://www.slideserve.com/wray/sports-in-colonial-america
http://lahistoryarchive.org/resources/Sports_Timeline/index.html
Sports Illustrated Vault : Your Link to Sports History
New York Public Library Digital Collection
Library of Congress Photo Archives
You Tube: Racist Stereotypes and Cultural Appropriation in American Sports 1