Unit 1 Sports in the Ancient Greece and Rome Text A Sport culture in ancient Athens and Sparta Text B The gladiators of Rome: blood sport in the ancient empire Practice for the unit Unit 2 Sport in Medieval & Pre-modern Era Text A Sports in the Medieval Times Text B Humanism movement & sport culture Practice for the unit Unit 3 Emergence of Modern Sport in Europe Text A The factors that affect the modern sport Text B Modern sport and education Practice for the unit Unit 4 Rise & Expansion of the Modern Olympics Text A The philosophy connotation of modern Olympics Text B The expansion of Olympics: Western culture's domination Practice for the unit Unit 5 European Sport in Globalization Era Text A A football world: The history and its globalization Text B Why are the European and American sports worlds so different? Practice for the unit Unit 6 Sport from Colonization to Antebellum Text A Sports in colonial era Text B The health reform during the early republic period Practice for the unit Unit 7 The Forming of American Sport in the Gilded Age Text A Baseball v. cricket: the rise of American ideology Text B The rise & development of intercollegiate sport Practice for the unit Unit 8 Sport and Social Change in the Progressive Era Text A Sport & americanization of ethnic groups Text B Sport & colonialism Practice for the unit Unit 9 Sport as Popular Culture Text A Media & the commercialization of sport Text B Professional sport & labor relations Practice for the unit Unit 10 Major Problems of Sport and Society Text A Sport and civil rights movement Text B Sport and women's movement Practice for the unit Unit 11 New Forms of Sport in 21st Century Text A Sociology of alternative sports Text B A comparison between esports and traditional Sports Practice for the unit Keys References