9/26-27 Early Baseball History

Burns--Up through the Merger.

Journals #1-5 Turned In. Here are the following topics

Journals #1-5---History of Sport 2011-12

1. Tech Age and Team Bonding---Article in Class

2. NCAA Data—from class overhead

a. What should the expectations of a hs athlete be from the following perspectives—Player and Parent
b. From the Data—Why should or shouldn’t athletes specialize in hs.

3. Baseball’s First Hall of Fame Class
a. Ty Cobb

4. Cy Young
5. Christy Mathewson

9/23 5 in 5 + Burns Baseball

5 in 5 ---5 Ids in 5 minutes

Burns Baseball

9/20-22 Baseball Intro

1. Lecture of Early Baseball

2. Journal #3 Ty Cobb

3. Burns Baseball

9/19 Early Sports Quiz

1. Early Sports Quiz and Sandlot Essays Due

9/15-6 Early Sports History

1. Sports Quotes
2. Early Sports History Lecture and notes.

3. What ifs in Sports

9/14 Journal #2---Data and Sports in Society

Looking at the NCAA and Professional data on the top D1 sports, answer the following:

1) What should the expectations of high school athletes and their parents be in regards to sports? (HINT: What should sports provide?)

2) Using the Data, explain why athletes in high school would specialize? What are the cons of this specialization?

9/12-14 The Sandlot

Watch the Video

5 Paragraph Essay from the Movie Assigned. Due 9/19

9/7-9 Week 1

Intro to the Class

Syllabus--Due on 9/9

What makes a sport a sport?

Journal Write #1--Tech Age hurts Team Bonding

Sports in Society---Inclusion.
Begin watching The Sandlot--doing the following:

1. Creating a Character List
2. Identifying the Sport in the Movie
3. Discovering what the movie is REALLY about.