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UNIT 1b: OPPORTUNITIES & PATHWAYS

UNIT 1b: OPPORTUNITIES & PATHWAYS. 10 TH SEPTEMBER 2012. LEARNING OBJECTIVES. BY THE END OF THE LESSON YOU WILL: KNOW THE MEANING OF THE TERM PRE-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY, GENTRY & PEASANTS UNDERSTAND THE ANCIENT ORIGINS OF SPORT AND THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH

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UNIT 1b: OPPORTUNITIES & PATHWAYS

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  1. UNIT 1b: OPPORTUNITIES & PATHWAYS 10THSEPTEMBER 2012

  2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES BY THE END OF THE LESSON YOU WILL: • KNOW THE MEANING OF THE TERM PRE-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY, GENTRY & PEASANTS • UNDERSTAND THE ANCIENT ORIGINS OF SPORT AND THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH • BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE EARLY ORIGINS OF SPORT AND GIVE EXAMPLES OF POPULAR RECREATIONS FROM HISTORY

  3. ACTIVITY 1 • WHERE DID SPORT COME FROM? • WHAT IS THE OLDEST SPORT YOU CAN THINK OF? • DISCUSS WITH THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU

  4. ANCIENT ORIGINS • 2 KEYS IDEAS BEHIND SPORT: • PREPARATION FOR WAR • DEVELOPING HUNTING SKILLS • HENCE THE TERM, COMBAT SPORTS • COMPETITORS WOULD DEVELOP SKILLS • THOSE WITH SUPERIOR SKILLS WERE IDENTIFIED • SOCIAL DIVIDE WAS MAINTAINED

  5. NORMAN CONQUEST - 1066 • NEW SOCIAL ORDER • ALL MEN NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THEIR FIGHTING FITNESS • LOWER CLASS – ARCHERY (LONGBOW) • GENTRY – JOUSTING & TOURNAMENT • FESTIVALS WITH LOTS OF SPECTATORS • A SOCIAL EVENT AS WELL AS COMPETITION

  6. ACTIVITY 2 • WHY DO YOU THINK JOUSTING BECAME LESS COMMON AND EVENTUALLY DIED OUT? • ANSWER: THE INVENTION OF GUNPOWDER MADE HEAVILY ARMOURED HORSEMEN OUT OF DATE

  7. PRE-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY • THE PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, DURING THE 2ND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY & THE 1ST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY • DURING THIS PERIOD THERE WAS LIMITED LEISURE TIME • BRITAIN WAS VERY RURAL – PEOPLE LIVED AND WORKED LOCALLY AND THERE WAS LITTLE TRAVEL • DUE TO THE LACK OF TIME, THE CHURCH CALENDAR DICTATED SPORTING ACTIVITIES

  8. FESTIVALS OF SPORT • THERE WERE 2 SOCIAL SECTIONS: • GENTRY – THE LANDOWNERS • PEASANTS – THE WORKERS • ACTIVITIES TOOK PLACE ON HOLY DAYS • FESTIVALS AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF YEAR • THE 2 SOCIAL GROUPS WERE USUALLY KEPT WELL APART, BUT SOME OVERLAP IN SPORT

  9. ACTIVITY 3 • WHAT MIGHT A FESTIVAL GAME HAVE LOOKED LIKE? • LARGE NUMBERS • NO BOUNDARIES • FEW RULES • VIOLENT • ALCOHOL INVOLVED

  10. POPULAR RECREATIONS • MOB GAMES • OFTEN OVER 100 A SIDE • TEAMS OFTEN SPLIT BY GEOGRAPHY, EG. UPPERS V DOWNERS (NORTH V SOUTH IN A VILLAGE) • EXAMPLES: HAXEY HOOD, ASHBOURNE SHROVETIDE FOOTBALL & HURLING

  11. WHAT ABOUT THE SUMMER TIME? • INDIVIDUAL, ATHLETIC TYPE ACTIVITIES • EG SMOCK RACING & SLEDGE HAMMER THROWING • MOB GAMES WERE USUALLY RESTRICTED TO THE PEASANTS • GENTRY PLAYED MORE INDIVIDUAL GAMES, SUCH AS REAL TENNIS

  12. ACTIVITY 4 • Page 100 • READ AND COMPLETE THE CASE STUDY: SHROVETIDE FOOTBALL • HOW DID PRE-INDUSTRIAL SPORT REFLECT THE PRE-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY?

  13. HOMEWORK • AVAILABLE ON WIKISPACE • YEAR 12; MR RIDGWAY • EXPLAIN, USING EXAMPLES, THE ANCIENT ORIGINS OF SPORT. (5 MARKS) • EXPLAIN THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF FESTIVAL GAMES IN PRE-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY. (5 MARKS) • GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A PRE-INDUSTRIAL FESTIVAL GAME AND EXPLAIN THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE GAME. (4 MARKS) • DUE MONDAY 17THSEPTEMBER

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