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Colonial period (1607-1783)
Native Americans hunter and fished and engaged in multitude of physical activities as they sought food,built shelters, and communicated with other tribes -
National period (1784-1861)
During the national period, interest in education grew, and more schools were established for both males and females. -
Introduced German gymnastics (1798-1866)
Charles beck, a turner, introduced Kahn’s gymnastic program of exercise and apparatus to his students at the round hill school in Northampton, Mass. -
Catherine Beecher(1800-1878)
Developed a program of calisthenics performed to music; physical activity important for health -
Dioclesian Lewis(1823-1886)
Developed systems of light gymnastics using handheld apparatus -
Edward Hitchcock (1828-1911)
Director of hygiene and physical education at Amherst college pioneered the use of anthropometric measurements to evaluate effectiveness of training. -
Philosophy of PE(1910)
In 1910 hetherington articulated the four objectives of physical education. Fitness, skill, social, mental. -
World war I (1916-1919)
WWI started in 1914 and the US entry in 1918 had a crucial impact on the nation and education. -
Golden twenties (1920-1929)
Many advances in physical education occurred during the twenties that had a influence in PE for decades to come -
Depression years (1930-1939)
Stock market crash ushered in the Great Depression which affected education. Unemployment and poverty reigned. Health and physical education had a difficult time surviving in communities. -
PE(1932&1934)
Between 1932&1934 an estimated 40% of PE programs were dropped completely. Legislative moves were made in several states such as Illinois and California to do away with the physical educational requirement. -
National association of intercollegiate basketball(1940)
In 1940 the national association of intercollegiate basketball was established for the purpose of providing an association for the smaller colleges. -
Mid-twentieth century(1940-1970)
During the twentieth century physical education and sport programs grew. Due to WWII selective services drafted men this helped stimulate the development of physics training. -
NATA(1950)
Physical educators, coaches, and other individuals stepped forward to fulfill these responsibilities, work as athletic trainers and then the National Athletic Trainers Association was founded -
Youth fitness(1953)
President Eisenhower established the presidents council on youth fitness due to the low scores of American children on the kraus-weber minimal muscular fitness test. -
National conference on program planning(1953)
The national conference on program planning in fame and sports for boys and girls of elementary school ages brought professionals together to discuss the value of organized games and sport for children younger than high school age. -
ACSM(1954)
The federation of sports medicine was founded, which later became the American College of Sports Medicine. -
Intramural(1956)
The intramural movement at the collegiate level was supported by the National Conference on Intramural Sports for College men and women -
Institute for girls(1964)
The first national institute on girls sports was held -
Special olympics(1968)
The special olympics was held