This course will explore important world issues and how sports impacted those events and vice versa. We will look at the interdependence of world regions and cultures through the universal idea of sport. This course will require students to reflect on how historical events, social roles, and economic pressures of sports affect global conflicts.
Units of Study
Civil Rights
1936 Olympics - Jesse Owens vs. Hitler
Jackie Robinson & the Color Barrier
Title IX - Equality of the Genders
Terror