Physical Education

  • Colonial Period

    young men had to complete events to become a warrior
  • National Period

    physical education was added into the curriculum
  • National Period

    the first intercollegiate competition occurred
  • Civil War Period

    California was the first state to require to provide physical education
  • Civil War Period

    the Lewis​ system was developed
  • Civil War Period

    there was a new director over the program for physical development
  • Civil War Period

    there was a school opened to prepared to develop​ physical education teachers
  • Civil War Period

    the founding of the Association for the advancement of physical education (AAPE)
  • Civil War Period

    Basketball was organized as a new sport by James Naismith
  • Civil War Period

    Delphine Hanna was the first female professor in physical education
  • World War !

    the Selective Service Act was enabled so no men form 18 to 25
  • Golden Twenties

    the Teacher College of Columbia University offered the doctoral degrees​ in physical education
  • Mid-Twentieth Century

    the National Athletic Trainer's Association was founded
  • Mid-Twentieth Century

    the Federation of Sports Medicine was founded
  • Mid-Twentieth Century

    the Special​ Olympic was founded