The Emergence of Modern Sport | Edexcel A-Level Physical Education (9PE0)
The Emergence of Modern Sport
- 56 questions
- 4 subtopics
- Component 2: psychological and social principles of physical education
- Component 2
The Emergence of Modern Sport is examined in Component 2, Psychological and social principles of physical education.
It covers popular recreation in pre-industrial Britain, the Industrial Revolution and recreation, rational recreation, Arnold and athleticism and factory teams, the sporting press and the first governing bodies.
Sample questions from The Emergence of Modern Sport
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Popular recreation in pre-industrial Britain
Why were pre-industrial games often local?
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Transport was poor, so people rarely travelled far from home. Each village developed its own version of a game. -
Popular recreation in pre-industrial Britain
Why were animal blood sports popular in pre-industrial Britain?
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Cock fighting and bull baiting offered excitement and a chance to gamble. Life was harsh, and cruelty to animals was widely accepted. -
The Industrial Revolution and recreation
How did the Factory Acts affect recreation?
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The Factory Acts reduced working hours for many workers. The Saturday half-day gave workers time to play and watch sport. -
The Industrial Revolution and recreation
How did new wealth from industry affect sport?
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Industrialists had money to fund clubs, grounds and facilities. A growing middle class had money and time for sport. -
Rational recreation, Arnold and athleticism
What is meant by the cult of athleticism?
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The cult of athleticism was the Victorian public schools' devotion to games. Athleticism combined physical endeavour with moral integrity. -
Rational recreation, Arnold and athleticism
What is meant by the Oxbridge melting pot?
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Former public school boys took their own schools' versions of games to Oxford and Cambridge. The different versions mixed at university and were combined into standardised games with agreed rules. -
Factory teams, the sporting press and the first governing bodies
How did the growth of the sporting press help sport develop?
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Newspapers spread results, fixtures and reports to a wide audience. Coverage created national interest in teams and players. -
Factory teams, the sporting press and the first governing bodies
When were the Football Association and the Rugby Football Union founded?
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The Football Association was founded in 1863. The Rugby Football Union was founded in 1871.
The 4 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Popular recreation in pre-industrial Britain | Popular recreation and mob games, their occasional, local and unwritten character, aristocratic and peasant pastimes, field sports, class, blood sports, gambling, the church and the threat to law and order. | 12 |
| The Industrial Revolution and recreation | Industrialisation and urbanisation, lost space and time, the Factory Acts, the decline of mob games, the railways, education, new wealth, the middle class, and employers providing sport for workers. | 12 |
| Rational recreation, Arnold and athleticism | Rational recreation against popular recreation, Thomas Arnold at Rugby School, Muscular Christianity and its writers, the cult of athleticism, the values of games, codification, old boys and amateurism. | 20 |
| Factory teams, the sporting press and the first governing bodies | Factory teams and the professional clubs that grew from them, professionalism, the sporting press, national governing bodies, the Football Association and Rugby Football Union, and the athletics and lawn tennis bodies of the 1880s. | 12 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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