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 BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE EARLY ORIGINS OF SPORT AND GIVE EXAMPLES OF POPULAR RECREATIONS FROM HISTORY

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

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

NORMAN CONQUEST 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

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 ANSWER: THE INVENTION OF GUNPOWDER MADE HEAVILY ARMOURED HORSEMEN OUT OF DATE

PRE-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY THE PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, DURING THE 2 ND HALF OF THE 18 TH CENTURY & THE 1 ST HALF OF THE 19 TH 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

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

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

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 & HURLINGHAXEY HOODFOOTBALL

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 TENNISTENNIS WHAT ABOUT THE SUMMER TIME?

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

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 17 TH SEPTEMBER HOMEWORK