SPORTINTHEUSA.pptVIP

SPORT IN THE USA WE HAVE SEEN HOW SPORT HAS DEVELOPED IN THE UK THROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HOW IT IS ORGANISED WE NEED TO KNOW CHARACTERISTICS OF USA SPORT DESCRIBE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE USA – YOUNG CAPITALIST NATION; RELATIVELY LARGE POPULATION. EXPLAIN THE NATURE OF SPORT IN THE USA ( WIN ETHIC;COMMERCIALISM; VEHICLE FOR ACHIEVING THE AMERICAN DREAM ANALYSE THE GAME OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL (ORIGINS, NATURE OF GAME INCLUDING VIOLENCE, COMMERCIALISM. USA OVER THE NEXT 4 WEEKS WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE PLACE OF SPORT IN THE USA AND AUSTRALIA BULLET POINT CHARACTERISTIS OF THE USA AND INCLUDE: YOUNG NATION POPULATION ENVIRONMENT CAPITALISM WIN ETHIC US sport means business! USA: THE MOST POWERFUL NATION ON EARTH YOUNG NATION ATTRACTED BY THE DREAM OF FREEDOM AND FORTUNE IN THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY IT WAS SEEN AS A CHANCE TO MAKE SOMETHING OF THEIR LIVES COMMERCIALISM WHAT IS THE ROLE OF COMMERCIALISM? WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE AMERICAN DREAM? – P243 INCLUDE: AMERICA IS A DECENTRALISED SOCIETY WITH SEPARATE STATE INFLUENCE. USA SPORT REFLECT THIS, WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR DOMINATING. USA IS A YOUNG CULTURE WHICH HAS USED SPORT FOR NATION BULIDING AND TO REFLECT THEIR CULTURAL VALUES. WINNING IS EVERYTHING! OLYMPIC SUCCESS IS VERY IMPORTANT – IT IS A CHANCE FOR THE USA TO GAIN INTERNATIONAL PRESTIGE THROUGH SPORT. THE BIG FOUR SPORTS , FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, BASKETBALL AND ICE HOCKEY ARE CONFINED TO THE USA AND THE HOLD THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THESE SPORTS. POPULATION IS 293 MILLION – IS A WIDELY MULTI-CULTURAL SOCIETY AND CLAIMS A POLICY OF PLURALISM, WHICH PROFESSES THAT EACH CULTURE CAN CO-EXIST HARMONIOUSLY; AND THAT EACH CULTURE RETAINS ITS OWN TRADITIONS AND VALUES WITHIN THE MAJOR CULTURE. WHITE ANGLO-SAXON PROTESTANTS REMAIN THE DOMINANT CULTURE. THE USA COMPRISES 50 SEPARATE STATES – THE UK IS APPROX. 2 THIRDS THE SIZE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA! LARGE UNPOPULATED AREA STIMULATE THE PASSION FOR THE GREAT OUTDOORS. VAST NETWORK OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS AND DIREC