(Recorded Course) The History of Football with Chuck Chalberg, PhD

Whether you love football, history, or both, go beyond the stats and get to know the game and the great players firsthand with this high-interest American history course.

How to get the most out of The History of Football with Chuck Chalberg, PhD:

  • First, read the course materials below before the first class meeting.

  • Then have a notebook ready and available for class notes each live session.

  • Read assignments before class meetings

  • Watch that week’s recording if you need to revisit information from our live session.

  • Do the assignments, quizzes, and any extra work assigned for that week.

  • Once the course is completed to the parent's and professor’s satisfaction, there is a Certificate of Completion at the end to be filled in for your records.

Special Notes: This course includes a writing component.

Total classes: 6

Duration: 55 minutes

Prerequisite: None

Suggested grade level: 10th to 12th grade

Suggested credit: ½ semester Sports History or American History. For a full semester, you can take Dr. Chalberg’s History of Baseball course (available in recording through Unlimited Access)

Instructor: Chuck Chalberg, PhD

Instructor Email: chuck.chalberg@gmail.com

Course description: This course will cover the history of American football from the late 19th century to the modern era.

Course outline:

Week One: The origins of football

Week Two: Walter Camp and the development of college football

Week Three: The creation of the NCAA and its impact

Week Four: The origins and development of professional football

Week Five: The college and pro games in the early age of television

Week Six: From the Super Bowl to the Bowl Championship series.

Course materials: There is no text to purchase. Students will be directed to assigned readings available on the internet.

Homework: There will be weekly objective quizzes based on the material presented during the weekly talks. In addition, students will submit two pieces of writing, each in the 500-word range, based on the readings and documents that will be available online. These readings and documents will all be relatively brief. The expectation would be that students should plan on devoting roughly one-and-a-half to two hours a week to this reading and up to three hours per week for the two weeks when a paper will be due.