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Learning Objectives
Learning Objective:
Understand how different factors affected the characteristics,
participation, growth and development of sport through pre-
industrial, post-industrial, 20th century and 21st century Britatin
Learning Outcomes:
All: Describe characteristics and participation in sport across the
different stages
Most: Explain the influencing factors on the growth and
development of sport throughout the stages
Some: Evaluate the effects of a variety of factors on the growth
and development of sport throughout the stages
2012 London Olympics opening ceremony
• 13-25mins
• https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4As0e4de-rI&safe
=active
Key Terms
• Pre-industrial Britain – Britain before 1750, before the industrial
revolution.
• Industrial Revolution - 1750 – 1850 where major changes occurred to
our society and sport relating to society, living, transport, jobs,
education, sport
• Post-industrial Britain - A term used by social theorists to describe the
stage of economic development that follows industrialization. Post-
industrial society is the stage of society's development when the
service sector generates more wealth than the manufacturing sector of
the economy. The economy undergoes a transition from the production
of goods to the provision of services.
• 20th Century - 1 Jan 1901 – 31 Dec 2000
• st
21 Century – 1 Jan 2001 - 31 Dec 2100
Pre-industrial Britain sports and pastimes
• Mob Football
- Shrovetide football https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqtd7LOoRVM
• Aim – to get the ball to the centre of the ‘enemy’ village, or a
particular point in their town
• Lower class sport
• Few rules (only no murder)
• Played occasionally – religious festivals
• Played between villages
• Violent
Pre-industrial Britain sports and pastimes
• Cock fighting
- https://vimeo.com/10259323 (watch from 2mins - brutal – may want to look away)
• 14-square foot pit with an 8inch high fence
• Upper class sport
• Involved gambling
• Made illegal in 1849 by Parliament
• Lower classes often participated in ‘throwing at cocks’ – a traditional
Shrove Tuesday activity where a cockerel was tied to a stake and you
would have to pay to throw sticks and stones at is from 20ft (6m). If
you knocked the bird over and picked up the stick before the bird
picked itself up you could claim the bird as your own and charge others
to throw at it.
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