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| What is history and why should history (in general) and the history of physical education and sport be studied? Discuss the principles or procedures for organizing historical information. How should one study history? |
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| Describe and discuss the conditions which led to the development and flourishment of Greek culture and sport? |
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| Discuss the institutionalization of sport during the Archaic period of Greece. How was sport related to the "polis" (city state) concept? |
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| Discuss (in as much detail as possible) the reasons why the archaic and classical Greeks participated in sport competition? |
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Discuss and contrast the Spartan and Athenian educational systems. What were the outcomes of each system? Do any current educational systems contain elements that hark back to the Spartan and Athenian educational systems? Explain.
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| Describe the sports and physical amusements of the Romans (activities, events, facilities). What historical and/or social conditions molded the nature of Roman sport and amusements. Discuss parallels between the nature and history of Roman sport and sport in the U.S.A. during the 20th and 21st centuries. |
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| Outline the reasons why the Roman Empire fell. What happened during the aftermath of that fall (i.e., how and why did castle communities evolve)? Why did Christianity flourish? How were sport and physical activity viewed by the Christians? Why? How in your view have early and medieval Christian thinking regarding physical education and sport affected present day thinking? |
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What was the prevalent concept of the body during the Middle Ages? What Greek philosopher argued for a similar concept? Discuss the impact of this concept on contemporary sport and physical education. |
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