KIN 2501 : Test 2
15 Mar 2019
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Major themes: immigrants coming to find a better life: the good life, contributions of other countries, perceived value guiding daily lives, social organization, gender classification, technology/industrial revolution, changing concept of sport & physical education. Overview of u. s. history: 1500"s discovery of new world, 1600"s settling the new world, 1700"s colonies fight for independence/expansion, 1800"s era of good feeling. Germany, france,scotland, ireland: peace loving - ice skate, swim, hunt & fish. Southern colonies virginia: economic opportunity rather than for religious freedom, tobacco main crop, physical activity embraced, 1619 - african slaves provided labor, popular activities: foxhunting, horse racing, golf, lawn bowling and dancing. Taverns: the social center of town, meeting, socializing, entertainment and diversion from work, animal baiting, cockfighting, billiards, darts, dice were popular, betting. Early education - 1647: elementary, secondary school latin grammar school, harvard college higher education st, 1. Academy founded by franklin (1749: lifelong practical skills, academic subjects, physical activity proponent of swimming, running, leaping, wrestling.
