Teaching U.S. history through sports
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Teaching U.S. history through sports
The University of Wisconsin Press, c2019
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Description
Few areas of study offer more insight into American culture than competitive sports. The games played throughout this nation's history dramatically illuminate social, economic, and cultural developments, from the balance of power in world affairs to changing conceptions of race, gender, and sexuality.
Teaching U.S. History through Sports provides strategies for incorporating sports into any U.S. history curriculum. Drawing upon their own classroom experiences, the authors suggest creative ways to use sports as a lens to examine a broad range of historical subjects, including Puritan culture, the rise of Jim Crow, the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the women's movement. Essays focus on the experiences of African American women, working-class southerners, Latinos, and members of LGBTQ communities, as well as topics including the controversy over Native American mascots and the globalization of U.S. sports.
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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Using Sports History to Teach American History
Brad Austin and Pamela Grundy
Part One: Modernization and Globalization
Organized, Team, Sport: Teaching a Powerful American Idea
Marc Horger
Teaching Sports Scandals
Chris Elzey
"Ambassadors in Short Pants": Sport and the Cold Warriors
Rita Liberti
The Shifting Geography of Professional Sports
Brad Austin
The Globalization of American Sport
Lars Dzikus and Adam Love
Part Two: Gender and Sexuality
Issues of Sexuality in Sport
Sarah K. Fields
The Shaping of "Women's Sport"
Pamela Grundy
Teaching Sports and Women's History through "The Babe"
Susan E. Cayleff
Black Women Face Obstacles and Opportunities
Pamela Grundy and Rita Liberti
Title IX: Contested Terrain
Bobbi A. Knapp
Part Three: Race and Ethnicity
Jim Crow at Play
Pamela Grundy
Race and Rebellion in the Progressive Era
Matthew Andrews
Teaching Black College Athletics: Challenges and Opportunities
Derrick E. White
Sports, Civil Rights, and Black Power
Lauren Morimoto
Diverse Experiences of Latino/a Athletes and Their Role in U.S. Sport History
Jorge Iber
What's in a Name? Teaching the History of American Indian Mascots
Andrew Frank
Part Four: Case Studies
Colonial Sporting Cultures
Brad Austin
Baseball and American Exceptionalism
Leslie Heaphy
NASCAR 101: Moonshine, Fast Cars, and Southern Working-Class Agency
Daniel Pierce
The Political Olympics
Derek Charles Catsam
Lights, Camera, Action: Teaching American Sport through Film
Ron Briley
Resources and Suggestions
Brad Austin and Pamela Grundy
Contributors
Index
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