2/11 NBA History--Race and Basketball

Pretest on Civil Rights

NBA History ---Issues confronting the NBA in the 1970s
(Merger, racial conflict, drug use, tv ratings, attendance, franchises forced to move cities)
These issues led to a reality of the league not making it.

Enter Bird and Magic

2/9 Naismith Article

Naismith Article:

Intro---The 5 W’s of Basketball

1.      Who created basketball?

2.      What game was basketball based on?

3.      Where was it created?

4.      When was it created?

5.      Why was it created?

Extras:

6.      What items were used for the first basketball game?

7.      Why was 1936 an important year for basketball?

8.      Describe in a short paragraph Naismith’s view of racial discrimination. 

9.      What did he do to encourage change?

10.   Why do you think Naismith was not passionate about financial wealth?

2/2-8 Bellfountain Bells and Hoosier

Articles and Hoosiers Video

Hoosiers Q's

Hoosiers Wkst.

Identify:

1.Jimmy Chitwood            2.Norman Dale   3.James Naismith                             4.1937 Bellfountain Bells                     5.Myra Fleener

6. George Mikan                7. Bobby Plump  8. Shooter Flatch                              9. 1954 Milan

                             

10. Why did Hickory finish their first game with only 4 players on the floor?
11. What point was Coach Dale trying to make?
12. Why was Norman Dale suspended from coaching?
13. How does Ollie save the day in the play-offs?
14. How does Coach Dale try to calm his team before the championship game?
15. Describe the first basketball game.  Who, How, When, Rules?
16. Compare the events of Hoosiers to what really happened to the  Indiana High School basketball team the movie was based on.

Hoosiers Wkst.

2/1 Intro to BXB