History of PE

By jsdoyle007
  • 776 BCE

    The First Ancient Olympiad is held

    This was the first sporting activity on record

  • Catharine Beecher founds Hartford seminary for girls

    One of the first formed sports Schools in the U.S.

  • Charles Beck becomes first PE teacher in U.S.

  • Charles Follen opens first College Gymnasium at Harvard

  • First Intercollegiate competition- Harvard vs. Yale Rowing

    First time that any team had gone against another team in competition

  • The Normal Institute of Physical Education is founded in Boston

    Started the spread of PE across the states

  • California becomes the first state to pass Physical Education Legislation

  • Creation of AAHPERD

    Goal was to help people pursuing Physical Education and healthy lifestyle

  • James Naismith invents basketball

    Basketball is one of the biggest activities that is done in P.E. to this day

  • PE recognized as curricular field by American Education Association

  • The New Physical Education

    Organized activities and Sports start to pop up

  • The NCAA was created

  • More states started to pass PE legislation

  • the President’s Council on Youth Fitness was formed

    This was made to make the youth more fit and active

  • Educational Amendments Act

    This made it to where schools couldn't segregate education classes including PE

  • Girls/Women in sport Title IX

    Was the first law to prohibit discrimination based on sex

  • Disability in Education Laws

    Starting incorporating children with disabilities into PE

  • Physical Best fitness testing program established

  • No Child Left Behind

    Was designed to help students in their overall education which includes PE

  • Spark Program

    designed to help the curriculum of PE to teach the students