Physical Education Time Line and Ojectives
History of Physical Education Event Date: | Event Title: | Event Description: | | 1st Nov, 1600 | Overview of Physical Education | Quick Over View of Physical Education History | | 1st Jan, 1774 | First Physical Education Teacher | Johann Friedrich Simon was the First Modern Physical Education teacher; he was a part of the curriculum at Johann Basedow's Philanthropinum in Dessau, Germany. The Philanthropinum was an experimental school with a portion of its curriculum devoted to physical training, including fencing, horseback riding, dancing, and ball games. | | 1st Jan, 1810 | Begining development of physical training | Friedrich Jahn was known as the father of gymnastics and began working outdoors with his students playing games as well as taking them on long hikes. He was motivated to develop the system of physical training because of Germany's involvement in the Napoleonic wars. He was developing this system in hopes of creating a strong and fearless youth who could help to defend Germany if something like that were to ever happen again. | | 1st Jan, 1814 | Denmark's Bill of First mandatory Physical Education | In 1814 Denmark passed a bill that established the first mandatory physical education. They became the first European state to introduce physical training into its schools as a part of the curriculum. They used gymnastics to instruct their teachers in teaching physical education. | | 1st Jan, 1823 | Catherine Beecher founds Hartford Seminary For Girls | This is a famous quote by Catherine Beecher: "When physical education takes the proper place in our schools, young girls will be trained in the class-rooms to move head, hands and arms gracefully; to sit, to stand, and to walk properly, and to pursue callisthenic exercises for physical development as a regular school duty as much as their studies". | | 2nd Nov, 1825 | First Physical Education Teacher in America | Charles Beck was the first formal instructor of physical education in the