Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Using Quotes and Comparing and Contrasting Structure: The Invention of Basketball

For Teachers 5th Standards
Learners complete the third instructional activity in a row where they determine the gist of text and use quotes as textual evidence. They use details from Dr. James Naismith, Inventor of Basketball to explain how the development of...
PPT
Curated OER

Basketball - Hoops - Team Sports 2

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Hoopsters! Looking for something to use to teach your hoopsters a bit about the game of basketball? Use this very comprehensive PowerPoint to teach everything from the history of the sport, to skill techniques, to game plays. Included...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Playing Vocabulary Basketball

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners view a slide show featuring famous athletes and educational institutions that have played a part in the history of basketball. They participate in a game in which a basketball is tossed from person to person as facts and...
Worksheet
E Reading Worksheets

Main Idea 2

For Students 4th - 8th
Learners read short paragraphs, summarize the passage in one sentence, and then develop an appropriate title that indicates the main idea of the selection. Part of a series of exercises designed to build literary skills.
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: Basketball's Beginnings

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about basketball's beginnings. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Basketball Rules!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine the purpose for rules and laws by examining how basketball rules have changed.
Handout
University of California

Well Known Canadians: James Naismith (1861 1939)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents a brief summary of the life and career of James Naismith, the inventor of the game of basketball.
Graphic
Curated OER

Well Known Canadians: James Naismith (1861 1939)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents a brief summary of the life and career of James Naismith, the inventor of the game of basketball.
Graphic
Curated OER

James Naismith

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of James Naismith.
Article
A&E Television

History.com: The Lithuanian Immigrant Who Launched the First Women's College Basketball Game

For Students 9th - 10th
On March 22, 1893, 15 months after Canadian-born James Naismith invented basketball, Senda Berenson pitted Smith College freshmen and sophomore teams against each other.