Historical Timeline

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  • First PE teacher

    Johann Friedrich Simon was the First Modern Physical Education teacher; he was a part of the curriculum at Johann Basedow's Philanthropinum in Dessau, Germany.

  • Development of PE

    Friedrich Jahn was best known for gymnastics. He used hiking as a method of improving Pe. Friedrich was big on Physical activity because of the Napoleonic wars, he didnt want this to happen again.

  • Denmarks Bill

    Denmark passed a bill that established the first mandatory physical education

  • Hartford Seminary for Girls

    Young girls will be trained in the classrooms to move head, hands, ​and arms gracefully; to sit, to stand, and to walk properly, and to pursue callisthenic exercises.

  • First Pe Teacher in America

    Charles Beck was the first formal instructor of physical education in the country. The Round Hill School was the first to make physical education

  • Establishment of First College Gym

    Harvard college started the first college gymnasium in 1826

  • First Turnverein in the U.S. established

    These movements​ of gymnastics were brought over to the United States by immigrants.

  • Vassar College created program for physical training

    Physical training based on the belief that good health is essential for the development of women's mental and moral powers.

  • Formation of Association for the Advancement of Physical Education

    November 27, 1885 he held a meeting for people who were also interested in the profession and they formed the Association for the Advancement

  • National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

    The NCAA was created as an outcome of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States.