Phi Eta's History Blog

H-Sport

On the website H-Net website, the H-Sport query poses a question on how to design an American Sports History Course. Larry Hartzell is a professor in New Jersey and is the Co-Chair of the Department of History. He had done a lot of research on the topic He asking people how to help get his syllabus together for this American Sports History Course. he is asking question for other to give him feedback on what should be on and what should not be, but what is the best texts to use is the best and which ones to avoid.

Another person replied to Larry's question, by giving a suggestion to what he can do. He suggest to Larry to start of with a personal and family history of a sport for each student and how it has changed over the years. He also suggest to Larry giving choices for the students to pick from such as book reports from a select list in lieu of quizzes or tests (gem, 1999). he suggest that the student look at sports movies and compare and contrast the idealistic and realistic portrayals of sports.

There is a post by a person to contact if Larry is interested in swimming and soccer, which the person has no clue that Larry is asking for in the original question. The person gives a link for Larry to contact him or her if interested.

- Justin Kwan