Class+Plans

Week 1 (Jan. 3-7) 1. Course Intro (See Home, Pre-Game Warm-Up); Read "Sportsman of the Year Drew Brees" in class; complete Pre-Game Warm-Up for homework. 2. Discuss Pre-Game Warm-Up Questions 1 and 2: How and why do sports matter so much to us? Read "The Pride of Peabody" for homework. 3. Discuss Pre-Game Warm-Up question 3: Do athletes make good role models? Include Drew Brees and Jeff as counterpoints in this discussion. Read "Making Millions" for homework. 4. Discuss Tony Hawk, think about skateboarding as a sport, work towards a definition of what qualifies as a sport and what doesn't. Introduce Sports Figure Project, assign topics, start working. Work on Figure Project for homework.

Week 2 (Jan. 10-14) 1. Wrap up last week. Questions on Sports Figure Project? Discuss Tony Hawk. How does he "fit" as a professional athlete? Typical, atypical? How does his experience relate to our expanding understanding of how sports work? In class, read "Huron Country, 1637" from //American Indian Lacrosse: Little Brother of War//. Work on Sports Figure Project for homework. 2. Discuss "Huron Country, 1637." Run through American Indian Lacrosse slideshow, considering especially the similarities and differences between Indian rituals and our modern day athletic spectacles. Work on Sports Figure Project for homework. 3.