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776 B.C
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The Games originally consist only of foot races, then events like wrestling and pentathlon.
1900
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She won the nine-hole golf tournament by shooting a 47.
1900
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They played in three sports: Tennis, Golf and Croquet.
1928
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1790
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Johann Bernard Basedow was one of the first men to realize the importance of physical activity in school, he included gymnastics as a part of the curriculum along with summer classes, and had students wear a specific uniform to make sure they had un-restricted movement in class.
1811
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The father of gymnastics, Friedrich Jahn, developed a system of physical education to showcase his deep sense of patriotism in 1810. His goal was to help create a strong and fearless youth who would help secure the freedom of Germany.
1823
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She believed, "When physical education takes the proper place in our schools, young girls will be trained in the class-rooms to move head, hands and arms gracefully; to sit, to stand, and to walk properly, and to pursue callisthenic exercises for physical development as a regular school duty as much as their studies".
http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-physical-education#sthash.Lv1DUl2I.dpuf
1825
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Charles Beck and Friedrich traveled to Switzerland, France, and America. While in America, Beck was offered a spot to teach German gymnastics at the Round Hill School, thus becoming the first Physical Education teacher in America in 1825.
1826
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Harvard University established the first college gym.
http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-physical-education
1910
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Designed to make college athletics safer.
http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-physical-education
2001
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This required states to develop assessments in basic skills to be given to all students’ grades 3-8 if those states are to receive federal funding for education including Physical Education classes.
http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-physical-education
2011
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Created to improve the health of children through evidence based physical education, with after school, and early childhood programs.
http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-physical-education
5000 B.C
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The game was originally named "Tsu Chu", which involved kicking a leather ball stuffed with fur into a small hole. Like Soccer, no hands were used in the game.
2000 B.C
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776 B.C
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Women are excluded from the Olympics so the hold the Games of Hera, named after the goddess who ruled women.
1406
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Dame Juliana Berners of Great Britain writes the first known essay on sports fishing describing how to make a rod and flies, when to fish.
1840
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Perkins School for Pupils with Visual Disabilities in Boston offered a physical education program for students with visual impairments.
1870
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Ohio School for the Deaf was the first school to offer baseball to the deaf students.
1906
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Basketball was introduced for students at
the Wisconsin School for the Deaf.
1968
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The Kennedy Foundation established the International Special Olympics.