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APA 2302 History of Sport and Physical Activity in Canada

Winter 2012

Course Time and Locations

Wednesdays

Time: 13.00-14.30 Location: STE AO150

Fridays

Time: 11.30-13.00 Location: STE AO150

Instructors

Jessica Dunkin

jdunkin@uottawa.ca, Office: MNT 348. Teaching Weeks 1-6

Dana Ellis

delli080@uottawa.ca, Office: MNT 419A Teaching Weeks 8-10

Becca Leopkey

rleop060@uottawa.ca, Office: MNT 418A Teaching Weeks 11-13

We will all hold office hours on Wednesdays, 2.30-3.30.

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Who should I contact if I have a question?

Jessica Dunkin

Registration questions. Content for weeks 1-6 and mid-term.

Dana Ellis

Content for weeks 8-10.

Becca Leopkey

Content for weeks 11-13.

CC Policy Exam: The instructors will write the exam together. We will have a joint review class on 10 April.

Instructor E-mail Policy

Business Hours:

Emails will generally be answered promptly, Monday-Friday, 9-5. Outside of these hours, expect a reply by the next business day. If you dont receive a reply in 48 hours (excluding week-ends), send a follow-up email!

My Two Minute Rule:

If it will take me longer than a minute or two to respond to your email, I will ask you to meet with during my office hours or before/after class.

Virtual Campus

Syllabus Additional Readings Lecture Slides Assignment Details Grades

Email has been disabled. Use the instructors U of O accounts.

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Textbooks

D. Morrow & K. Wamsley. (2010). Sport in Canada: A History (Second Edition). Toronto: Oxford University Press.

Available in the bookstore, and on reserve in the library. One free copy!

Additional readings will be placed on Virtual Campus.

Assessment

Midterm Exam 20%

One hour during class. Multiple choice; true/false. Approx. 6 pages, double-spaced. You will critically assess three texts on a selected topic in the history of sport and physical activity. During the exam period. Multiple choice; true/false; short answer.

Critical Review Assignment 30%

Final Exam 50%

You must complete the mid-term, critical review assignment, and the final exam in order to receive a final grade for this course.

Important Dates

February 15, 2012 - Introduction to the Critical Review Assignment/Conducting Research in the Library February 17, 2012 Midterm Exam March 16, 2012 Critical Review Assignment Due April 10, 2012 Final Exam Review April 11-24, 2012 Final Exam, Exact date TBA

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+ Question:
What is the history of sport?

Course Themes

What it is not about. Social history of sport and physical activity. [H]ow and why people played, the interests that they pursued, the unseen forces that influenced their lives, and how these factors related to their social positions or daily existence on the social and cultural landscape. (Wamsley and Morrow, 26)

Organization

Introduction (Week One)

What is history? How do historians work? What is the history of sport?

Part I The Origins of Sport and Physical Activity

Week Two Physical Activity in Antiquity (Greece and Rome), Medieval Europe, and Early Modern Europe Week Three Body, Health and Physical Culture in Europe, 1800World War II

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Organization

Part II The Origins and Development of Sport and Physical Activity in Canada (Weeks Four to Thirteen)

Tracing the Origins of Sport in Canada The Rise of Organized Sport in the Nineteenth Century Gender, Sport and Physical Activity Controlling and Regulating Sport in Canada History of Sport and Physical Education Sport and Nation Building in Canada Sport and National Identity: Origins of the Olympic Ideal

Textbook Trivia!

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Any questions?