Now and Then

Johann Bernhard Basedow1723-1790

∗First to recognize the importance of exercise

∗Required a specific uniform for his students to allow unrestricted

movement

∗Offered a camp for 2 months during the summer for the children

∗Was known as a difficult man to work with

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Charles Beck1798-1866

⋆Friend and follower of Jahn

⋆Was hired to teach Latin and Physical Education in the form of

German gymnastics

⋆Became the first official Physical Education teacher in

America

Diocletian (Dio) Lewis1823-1866

♣ Did more to promote physical education than any other single

individual♣ Wanted the feeble, old, fat, frail and women to have a system they

could use♣ Opened the Normal Institute of

Physical Education in Boston♣ Invented bean bags and wooden

dumbells♣ Also used music to enhance his

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Dudley Allen Sargent1840-1924

☺ Invented over 80 machines, using pulleys & weights

☺ Contributed to anthropometric measurements

- He took these measurements and compared them with standards at a given

age, whereupon a series of prescribed exercises was given to meet the demands

of each particular case

School Time Games

Midnight Roll Ball

Puss in the Circle Spider

Huntsman Brownies and Fairies

Frog in the Sea The Lost Child

Run for Your Supper Crows and Cranes

Rules Formation – Two lines of players, the same number in each line, back to back and

about one yard apart The Game – One line is

designated as the crows, the other cranes. If the teacher

calls out “cranes” the cranes will turn and chase them.

Those tagged go over to the other side. Should the teacher

call, “crows the play is reversed. The side having the greatest number of players at the end of the playing times

wins.

Do you ever wonder where some of the

words we use in physical education

come from?

Exercise – From the Latin words “ex” & “arcere,” to

restrain.

Gymnasium – From the Greek word “gumnasion” or “gumnazein” meaning

to exercise naked.

Kinesiology – From the Greek words “kinesis”

movement .

Physical Education – From the Latin words “physica,”

physics and “educatio.”

Physiology – From the Greek words “phusio,” nature and ology for branch of learning.

Flexibility – From the Latin word “flexus”, to bend.

◉ 1820s Some American schools integrated P.E. into their curriculum

◉ After the Civil War, many states required that schools teach physical education

◉ For the first time, specialized training was offered for physical education

instructors

◉ In another first, colleges offered intercollegiate sports such as rowing,

football, and track and field

◉ The Olympic Games were restored in 1896, after a 1,400-year interlude

Old PE Looks Like This New PE Looks Like This

Large groups, limited equipment

Athletes are leaders Skill related Teacher directed Emphasis on

competition Grades based on

attendance, dress, skill, level, fitness scores

Small groups; adequate equipment for active participation

All students have opportunities for success

Health related Teacher as coach/guide Emphasis on cooperation Grades based on self-

improvement, self-evaluation; peer assessment, skill rubrics

- Should Include the Following Three Things

⊛ Opportunities for students to learn (time, equipment)

⊛ Meaningful Content (variety, understanding)

⊛ Appropriate Instruction (inclusion, practice, assessment)

-Importance at each level:www.aahperd.org/naspe/

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The purpose of physical education is for all students

♦ To learn and develop fundamental movement skills

♦ To become physically fit to participate regularly in physical activity

♦ To know the implications of and the benefits from involvement in physical

activities

♦ To appreciate the value of physical activity and its contributions to a healthy

lifestyle

• The percentage of overweight children has more than doubled since the early 1970s.

• Physical inactivity and poor diet account for an estimated 300,000 deaths per year.

Inactive children are more likely to become inactive adults.

• The cost of overweight and obesity to the U.S. economy is $117 billion annually in direct and indirect medical costs.

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Why is Physical Education So Important?

Here's Why ... ☼ Reduced Risk of Heart Failure ☼Improved Physical Fitness ☼ Weight Reduction ☼ Good Health Promotion ☼ Self Discipline ☼ Skill Development ☼ Improved Self - Confidence ☼ Stress Reduction ☼ Increase Their Love of School and ☼ ☼ Performance in Academics ☼ Development of Lifetime Skills and Activities

Most schools require students to change into athletic clothes of their own while others require

a uniform. Uniform Consist of

◦ White t-shirt◦ Shorts in the school color◦ A change of shoes

Uniforms can vary depending on the school.

Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a

healthybody, it is the basis of dynamic and

creative intellectual activity. Therelationship between the

soundness of the body and the activities of the

mind is subtle and complex. Much is not yet understood. But we do

know whatthe Greeks knew: that intelligence and skill can only function at the

peakof their capacity when the body is

healthy and strong."

- President John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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