Sport in Pre-Industrial and Industrial Britain | OCR A-Level Physical Education (H555)
Sport in Pre-Industrial and Industrial Britain
- 63 questions
- 4 subtopics
- Component 03: Socio-cultural issues in physical activity and sport
- Component 03
Sport in Pre-Industrial and Industrial Britain is examined in Component 03, Socio-cultural issues in physical activity and sport.
It covers popular recreation in pre-industrial Britain, Urbanisation, rational recreation and the railways, amateurism and professionalism in Victorian sport and public schools and the cult of athleticism.
Sample questions from Sport in Pre-Industrial and Industrial Britain
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Popular recreation in pre-industrial Britain
How did patronage link the classes in pre-industrial sport?
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Wealthy patrons organised and funded events such as horse races and prize fights. Lower-class performers competed for the money and prizes the patrons put up. -
Popular recreation in pre-industrial Britain
How did the availability of time shape popular recreation?
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The lower classes worked long hours set by the farming year. Games were played on holy days and festivals such as Shrove Tuesday, so they were occasional. -
Urbanisation, rational recreation and the railways
Explain how the railways changed sport.
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Railways let teams and spectators travel quickly and cheaply across the country. National fixtures, leagues and competitions became possible. -
Urbanisation, rational recreation and the railways
How did the changing status of women affect sport after 1850?
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Middle-class women gained more freedom and began to play respectable sports. Croquet, lawn tennis and cycling suited the ideas of the time about how women should behave. -
Amateurism and professionalism in Victorian sport
How did the Amateur Athletic Association change athletics in 1880?
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The Amateur Athletic Association, founded in 1880, opened amateur athletics to all classes. The association dropped the rule that had barred manual workers. -
Amateurism and professionalism in Victorian sport
What was the Gentlemen v Players match?
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The Gentlemen v Players match was a regular fixture between amateur and professional cricketers. The fixture put the game's class divide on public display. -
Public schools and the cult of athleticism
How did public school sport promote ethics?
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Games were used to teach fair play, loyalty, courage and teamwork. Boys learned to lead, to obey and to accept defeat with dignity. -
Public schools and the cult of athleticism
How did old boys spread games around Britain?
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Former pupils became teachers, clergy, factory owners and army officers. Each role let them set up teams and spread the games ethic.
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, mob football, social class, real tennis and patronage, pedestrianism, early cricket, gender, law and order, literacy, time, money and transport, and blood sports and the law. | 16 |
| Urbanisation, rational recreation and the railways | The industrial revolution, rational recreation, working conditions and wages, the railways and the Football League of 1888, excursion trains, the 1870 Education Act and drill, law and order, women and lawn tennis, and church and employer clubs. | 16 |
| Amateurism and professionalism in Victorian sport | Amateurs, professionals and the amateur ideal, the manual labour exclusion clause, the Amateur Athletic Association of 1880, the rugby split of 1895 and the Northern Union, football professionalism, Gentlemen v Players, WG Grace and lawn tennis. | 15 |
| Public schools and the cult of athleticism | The Victorian public schools, Dr Thomas Arnold and reform, codification, muscular Christianity, the games ethic and the cult of athleticism, old boys, Oxford and Cambridge, the British Empire and the governing bodies. | 16 |
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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