This course examines the development of sports throughout world history. Students will explore
how primitive blood sports have evolved over millennia to become highly organized, socially
promoted and corporately sponsored careers. This course will focus much less on simply the
results of athletic events, but how broader themes such as immigration; industrialization;
globalization; nationalism; social class; conflict between labor and management; gender and
evolving ideas of masculinity and womanhood; race and ethnicity; civil rights; and the media have
played out on the athletic field of play and beyond. The course will consist of readings, films,
discussions, projects and group presentations. (Successful completion of each semester course
grants 0.5 elective
- Teacher: Matthew MacLeod
- Teacher: Nicholas Riggs