EngageNY
Using Quotes and Comparing and Contrasting Structure: The Invention of Basketball
Learners complete the third instructional activity in a row where they determine the gist of text and use quotes as textual evidence. They use details from Dr. James Naismith, Inventor of Basketball to explain how the development of...
Curated OER
Playing Vocabulary Basketball
Learners view a slide show featuring famous athletes and educational institutions that have played a part in the history of basketball. They participate in a game in which a basketball is tossed from person to person as facts and...
Curated OER
Basketball - Hoops - Team Sports 2
Hoopsters! Looking for something to use to teach your hoopsters a bit about the game of basketball? Use this very comprehensive PowerPoint to teach everything from the history of the sport, to skill techniques, to game plays. Included...
E Reading Worksheets
Main Idea 2
Learners read short paragraphs, summarize the passage in one sentence, and then develop an appropriate title that indicates the main idea of the selection. Part of a series of exercises designed to build literary skills.
Education World
Every-Day Edit: Basketball's Beginnings
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about basketball's beginnings. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Curated OER
November 6th Writing Prompt
In this daily writing prompts worksheet, students learn that November 6th is Basketball Day. Students respond to a question pertaining to sports.
Curated OER
Basketball Rules!
Students examine the purpose for rules and laws by examining how basketball rules have changed.
University of California
Well Known Canadians: James Naismith (1861 1939)
This site presents a brief summary of the life and career of James Naismith, the inventor of the game of basketball.
Curated OER
Well Known Canadians: James Naismith (1861 1939)
This site presents a brief summary of the life and career of James Naismith, the inventor of the game of basketball.
A&E Television
History.com: The Lithuanian Immigrant Who Launched the First Women's College Basketball Game
On March 22, 1893, 15 months after Canadian-born James Naismith invented basketball, Senda Berenson pitted Smith College freshmen and sophomore teams against each other.