Diversity in Basketball

Task 1: Research the following website (and others you may find with similar information) and answer the following questions:

1. Who was the first to be accredited for inventing basketball?

2. What was used for baskets when the game was first invented?

3. Where is the birthplace of basketball?

https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-basketball

https://jr.nba.com/james-naismith-invention-basketball/

https://springfield.edu/where-basketball-was-invented-the-birthplace-of-basketball

Task 2: Research the following website (and others you may find with similar information) and answer the following questions:

1. What year were African Americans allowed to start participating in basketball?

2. Who and when was the first black person to play in the NBA?

3. Where was the first black person to play basketball from?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_NBA

http://www.nba.com/history/top-moments/1950-nba-pioneers

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earl-lloyd-becomes-first-black-player-in-the-nba

Task 3: Research the following website (and others you may find with similar information) and answer the following questions:

1. What year were women allowed to participate in basketball

2. Who was the first black woman to play college basketball?

3. How did women impact the game of basketball?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_basketball

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_basketball

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusia_Harris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_basketball

Task 4: Research the following website (and others you may find with similar information) and answer the following questions:

1. When was wheelchair basketball started?

2. Who was the most famous wheelchair basketball athlete of all time?

3. What impact did wheelchair basketball have on the world?

https://www.paralympic.org/news/sport-week-history-wheelchair-basketball

https://theundefeated.com/features/meet-the-steph-curry-of-wheelchair-basketball/

https://tokyo2020.org/en/paralympics/sports/wheelchair-basketball/

Task 5: Create a timeline that covers the history of track and field.

Your timeline should include the following: Start with the first civilizations accredited with participating in basketball. Include major events in basketball pertaining to the addition of African American male and female athletes. Include major events pertaining to the addition of female athletes. Finally, include major events pertaining to adapted wheelchair athletes. Your timeline should have a minimum of 10 key points in history. For each key point, you should give an explanation of the event and a brief summary as to why that event is important in the sport of track and field.

Minimum 10 events.

1 detail of each event per event.

1 summary of importance per event.