Is basketball ladylike? A pressing debate in the nineteenth century explored the issue in the sports world. Using images, news reports, and the rules of the game, young scholars decide whether the sport helped advance the cause of women or if the criticism of the sport held them back. 

Concepts

sports, women's history, women's movements, basketball, primary source analysis, primary source images, primary sources

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Instructional Ideas

• Create a quest-style activity to explore the documents
• Develop a debate based on the prompts included with the documents

Classroom Considerations

• Learners need access to documents or the Internet

Pros

• Documents offer a mix of images and text
• Resource integrates a number of intriguing topics, including gender and sports

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.7 RH.6-8.9 RH.6-8.10 RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.7 RH.9-10.9 RH.9-10.10 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.7 RH.11-12.9 RH.11-12.10