PE

By cojackfu
  • 776 BCE

    Greek Olympics

    The Greeks celebrate PA with the Olympics, crowning a champion to be remembered.

  • First Sports Lesson in School

    Dessau, Germany, the first time sport is looked at academically

  • Friedrich Jahn

    Developed a System Consisting of Exercises and Games in School

  • Denmark's bill of 1814

    mandatory physical education in classrooms

  • First curriculum

    First school wide PE curriculum in place

  • The Round Hill School for Boys opens

    Charles Beck becomes the first official American physical education teacher

  • Boston's Physical Activity requirement

    Boston requires physical activity in school children

  • First YMCA opens

    Boston opens the first YMCA

  • PE mandate

    California becomes the first state to mandate a PE program in schools

  • First Undergrad Program

    Stanford opens enrollment into the first University level Physical Education program

  • First Modern Olympic Games

    Athens holds the first modern Olympic games

  • NCAA formed

    governing body of intercollegiate athletics is formed

  • Winter Olympics

    the first winter olympics was held in Chamonix, France

  • Title nine

    Bans sexual discrimination in academics and athletics

  • Health related fitness testing

    AAHPERD begins a focus on health related rather than skill related testing.