Historical Figure Presentation DIOCLETIAN LEWIS Basic Facts Life

Historical Figure Presentation DIOCLETIAN LEWIS

Basic Facts � Life Span: 1823 – 1886 � Studied at Harvard Medical School � Lack of funds prevented him from finishing course � Invented the bean bag and wooden dumbbells Diocletian Lewis

Promoting Physical Education and Good Health � Did more to promote Physical Education than any other single individual � Edited and published a medical magazine in New York which he supported physical exercise as a part of public education � From 1852 -1863 he was engaged in lecturing on hygiene, physiology of the human body, and the promotion of abstinence of alcohol

Contributions to our profession � Created a system (Dio Lewis System) with vigorous exercise routines �Routines accompanied by music, dance and social games to get the heart rate up �Wanted boys, fat men, and women to have a system they could use to exercise

Contributions to our profession Cont. � Opened the Normal Institute of Physical Education in Boston �In seven years, 500 pupils graduated � His influence had much to do with the establishment of the present system of physical culture in most of the institutions of leaning in the U. S.

I Agree �I agree with everything Lewis did for our profession � He created a system that can work for everyone and anyone, and his lectures of physical education and promotion of good health and hygiene is how his philosophies can be useful in teaching

References � Introduction to Physical Education Fitness and Sport/Daryl Siedentop. – 7 th ed. http: //homeoint. org/photo/l/lewisd. htm � http: //sueyounghistories. com/archives/2007 /12/11/diocletian-lewis-and-homeopathy/ � http: //www 2. potsdam. edu/hansondj/Contro versies/Biography-Diocletian. Lewis. html#. Uj 8 Wn. Iako 8 Q �

Questions for the Class 1. What did the Dio Lewis System consist of? 2. Who was the Dio Lewis system designed for? 3. Do you think the promoting Lewis did and the system he created made a great contribution to todays physical education, or do you think he made a lesser contribution?