Topic Bank for History 300

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Sports

Then and Now: Examining Sports from the 1800s to Today

1. What sports existed in the 1800s that are still played today? Are there any that existed then but not now?

2. How does sports reporting compare?

3. What can you learn about people in the 1800s from these articles?

Articles to Read • Sporting Points (The Daily Inter Ocean, Chicago, IL. August 28, 1880)

• Red Letter Day. The Belmont Cricket Club Christens its New Field (The Philadelphia Inquirer, PA. June 11, 1886)

• Baseball. The Great Match for the Championship (The Philadelphia Inquirer, PA. October 31, 1865)

• Basketball. The New Game Played at the University of Chicago (The Daily Inter Ocean, IL. March 5, 1893)

• First Edition – Yale and Princeton (New Haven Register, CT. November 26, 1880)

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