Major Forces Promoting Organized Recreation Services
When was the National Park Service established to promote outdoor recreation?
1916
The role of government started to emerge in seven different ways. Name three.
Programs aimed aimed at improving physical fitness, emphasis on environmental concerns, activities and services designed to meet specific age group needs, recreation for persons with disabilities, increasing programing in the arts, services for people living in poverty, programs concerned with the needs of racial and ethnic minorites
Before 1933 what did the CCC help establish in states that did not have them before?
Park programs
When was assistance given to programs given to children, youth, and adults with developmental disabilities?
Mid-1960s
When were expectations of the growth of leisure in the United States high?
Immediately after World War 2
Which comminutes were impacted by WW1 that changed the name of “recreation”?
Army, Navy Stations, and Training Camps
As a result of such population shifts and changes in lifestyle, many recreational trends began to be limited and hindered by the government? True or False?
False: (correct answer); As a result of such population shifts and changes in lifestyle, a number of trends in recreation program functions and the role to be played by government emerged.
What year did the important report Leisure: A National Issue publish?
1939
What are some examples of governmental and nonprofit organizations and sports programs for children and youth?
Little League, Biddy Basketball, and American Legion Football
Visits to natural forests and parks increased by ___%
474% for Forests, 302% for parks
What was the name of the association that developed informational and promotional services to assist all ages in using leisure time constructively?
Playground Association
Which Vice President convened the President’s conference on the fitness of American Youth?
Vice president Richard Nixon (United States Naval Academy in Maryland 1956)
According to several studies, which age group had a serious lack of structured recreation programs?
Young people (African American youth, Girls, and rural youth)
Following WW2, what did the United States embark on the expansion on?
Arts; such as Cultural Centers, Museums, and Art Centers
Visits to natural forest and parks increased between ____ and ____
1947 and 1963
True or False? Has there ever been a more dramatic decrease in work week hours since the drop between 1901-1921?
False (58.4 to 48.4 hours)
What happened in response to President Dwight Eisenhower when the president council served as catalyst on youth fitness.
Schools strengthened their programs of physical fitness and many public recreation departments expanded their leisure activities.
The organizations and associations had to change their programs to operate around the clock to accommodate the different schedule of the war plants they were operating at? True or False?
True
a) The mid 1960 started the rise of the specialized field of what?
b) What did this field put an emphasis on?
a) Recreation therapy Service
b) Developing social and recreational programs for aging persons in both institutional and community settings
_________________________, Recreation and leisure witnessed an immense growth in participation
Over the last 60 years
What and when three cities were the first to establish a playground program?
Rochester, New York (1907); Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1911); Los Angeles, California (1914)
President Dwight Eisenhower and Congress formed the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission. What did they investigate? and what was the result?
The critical need to preserve and rehabilitate the nation's land, water and wildlife resources. It resulted in a landmark, heavily documented report that helped promote environmental efforts by all municipalities.
Name three of the six agencies that helped form and consisted of the United Service Organizations (USO)
Jewish Welfare Board, the Salvation Army, Catholic Community Services, the YMCA, the YWCA, and the National Travelers Aid
What were the three important changes outside of demographic trends that were happening post war that affect recreation?
Rise in birth rate, lengthening of the population life span, increase pressure on with children especially those with single parent households and women entrance into the workforce.
In 2009, how bad were the declines in far-reaching impact on personal income, government budgets, layoffs, and unemployment?
They reached levels not seen since the great depression: loss of homes, and closing of business nationwide and a general sense of hopelessness was among many