Paper 3 - Sport And Society

Question 1

Who were upper and lower classes in pre industrial Britain

Answer 1

Upper = aristocracy, land owners

Lower = peasants, manual workers

Question 2

Give 3 example of recreation in pre industrial Britain

Answer 2

Mob football
Cock fighting
Dog fighting

Question 3

What is pedestrianism

Answer 3

Competitive walking
Upper class gambled on the lower classes to win

Question 4

Name upper class sports in pre industrial Britain

Answer 4

Real tennis
Fox hunting

Question 5

Name an event for women in pre industrial Britain (upper and lower)

Answer 5

Upper = archery
Lower = smock race

Question 6

What factors should be discussed regarding participation of sport in pre industrial Britain

Answer 6

Availability of time / transport / money

Gender

Law and order

Education

Social class

Question 7

What happened around 1850 which changed Britain

Answer 7

The industrial revolution

Question 8

What new social class developed post 1850

Answer 8

The middle class - had money but not as much as upper class

Question 9

What happened to law and order post 1850

Answer 9

Met police formed by sir Robert peel
Became more strict, no more blood sports took place

Question 10

What was the elementary education act

Answer 10

School for everyone

Question 11

What did factory owners realise in post 1850

Answer 11

Sport makes their workers healthy and loyal, so they promoted it

Question 12

What time off did workers get in post 1850

Answer 12

Saturday was half days

Question 13

What was participation for gender like in post 1850

Answer 13

Women were put through education means that there was more contact with sport

Question 14

Education and literacy in post 1850

Answer 14

1870 - modern edu system
1891 - education became free, allowing lower class to become educated, understand complex rules
Pe was mandatory so there was an increase in participation

Question 15

Availability of time in post 1850

Answer 15

Half days on Saturday and for some on Wednesday so workers could keep healthy ultimately working longer
Sports clubs started to develop

Question 16

Availability of money in post 1850

Answer 16

Middle class - fairly wealthy so could send children to public schools

Lower class - still had limited money so could not afford equipment for sport

Question 17

Availability of transport in post 1850

Answer 17

Invention of railway system - allowed teams and spectators to travel around the country to play and watch sports
Allowed national leagues to form

Question 18

Define athleticism

Answer 18

A combination of physical endeavour, sportmanship, fair play

Trying hard and being truthful

Question 19

What was fagging

Answer 19

Prefects using the younger boys in schools for servants

Lots of bullying and brutality

Question 20

What did Thomas Arnold do

Answer 20

Introduced the idea of fair play and sport which became the cult of athleticism

Question 21

What did public schools do to help develop,ent of sport

Answer 21

1. The idea of athleticism
2. Leadership and captains
3. Promoted sport throughout the country
4. Governing bodies and football association formed