First of all this is a Web Quest. What is a Web Quest? A Web Quest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet.
Easier definition? You go to different web sites to find the answers to some questions.

Directions: The easiest way to do this would be to print out this page and write the answers in the space given. Keep your browser open and connect to the sites using this page, as all of the url's are direct links to the sites named.

Grading Procedures:  Each question is worth 4 points for a maximum of 72 points.

Grading Rubric

Important Note: Not every question will need a full explanation to receive full credit. 5,7,12 & 17.

-questions answered with one word will receive a maximum of 2 points. Hint... show an understanding of content.
 

1. When did physical education become recognized in the United States?

http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Truth-About-Our-Physical-Education-History&id=68556
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2. Who invented Basketball? When? Where?
http://www.kansasheritage.org/people/naismith.html

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3. Which two teams played the first college Basketball game?
    http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/progress/basketball_1
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4. Who was Friedrich Ludwig Jahn?
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=44223&tocid=0
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5. What were some of Jahn's contributions?
*see number 4
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6. What is a Sokol?
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=1284&hook=104317#104317.hook
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7. Who was Catherine Beecher? Why was she important to physical education?
http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/st/~myuen/catherinebeecher.html
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8. What is considered to be the first school to offer physical education (gymnastics) in the United States? 
http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/17841865/history/educate.htm#Physical%20Education
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9. What were the names of the other two immigrants who came over from Germany with Charles Beck?
http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/dfrankl/sbx2000/ctg7q2.htm
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10. When was the American Association for the Advancement of Physical Education (AAAPE) Formed?
http://personal.ecu.edu/estesst/2323/Readings/historyreadings.html
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11. When was the first Olympic games?
http://kushkm.tripod.com/History-of-the-Olympics/

 

12. What is a Turnvereine?
http://www.iupui.edu/~hoyt/Hofmann.htm

 

13. About when was Badminton first noted as a sport? Where?
http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Battledore-Shuttlecock.htm
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14. Who invented Volleyball? When? Where?
http://www.volleyhall.org/FIVB.htm
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15. Who is credited with the invention of Softball?
http://www.softball.org/about/asa_history.asp
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16. The Hula Hoop was introduced in 1958 to America. By whom?
http://www.loti.com/50s_fifties_hula_hoop.htm

17. What is the importance of physical education today? list and explain three items as relating to lifelong fitness.
http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/template.cfm?template=stats.html

18. Choose a sport and or activity that interests you. Find a source for this activity using the web. List the history of this activity, who, when, where. Tell my why you enjoy this activity and based on your knowledge of physical education and lifelong fitness why would this activity beneficial to participate in.