Tennis history is an opportunity ‘learn how to learn’ geography and history more generally. Lay out a tennis history timeline on the court, match up events in tennis history to world events, learn about players and records to put current players in context.
Subjects, Topics | Activities |
Events, Countries, Chronology | Play games as four teams representing four countries of the slams, use a few native language words as part of the games |
Build a tennis history timeline across the court (event markers with flash cards) | |
Match up historical world events with tennis history | |
Records | Build local player (this class) win/loss records as context for considering best pro records all time |