Preceden

Development of PE

Main

First sport played

5000 BC

a form of soccer in china called "Tsu Chu"

First olympics

776 BC

PE becomes mandatory in Denmark

1814 AD

PE schools and institutions start to open

1823 AD

Formation of Association for the Advancement of Physical Education

12 Nov 1885

Subpoint 1

Foot races

776 BC

Some of the first evidence of foot races came from the first ancient olympics

first modern sport played

1500

Golf, originating from a game on the coast of Scotland

Round Hill School Opens

1823 AD

Establishment of first college gymnasium

1826

Harvard made the first gymnasium

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) founded

2 Nov 1910

Subpoint 2

Charles Beck becomes first PE teacher (at Round Hill School)

1825 AD

Second college gymnasium built

1826

Yale started building the second college gymnasium the same year that Harvard finished theirs.

First modern Lacrosse game played

1834

Title IX

2 November 1972

A movement that opened the door for women in fitness. It stated that no person in the United States should be prevented from participating in PE based on their sex.

Subpoint 3

beginning development of physical training

1810

Friedrich Jahn began physical training

Catherine Beecher founds Hartford seminary for girls

1823 AD

This is for girls with American Style Calisthenics (aerobics)

First match of Australian Rules Football was played

1858

Americans with Disabilities Act

1 January 1990

This act mandated an end to discrimination against individuals based on disabilities.

Subpoint 4

The Normal Institute of Physical Education is founded

1861 AD

in Boston

James Naismith invents Basketball

1891