SuitabookThe Sports Timeline Wallbook
Christopher Lloyd
- Reading
- Start with a sport or period that interests the reader, then follow its timeline links. Read an article or caption closely, use the quiz afterwards, and return to unfamiliar details with the magnifier.
- Themes
- Sport across time: The book traces sport from the ancient Olympics to the present day and groups material by date and sport type. Its main approach is to explain sporting history through a visual chronological structure.
- Achievement and competition: Articles highlight Olympic champions, world record holders and named sporting achievements such as Jesse Owens’ race wins. Achievement is a clear subject, but the book’s evaluative treatment of winning, records and competition cannot be determined.
- Varied ways of exploring information: The wallbook combines pictures and captions with nearly forty newspaper-style articles, letters to the editor, a quiz and a magnifier. The design presents information through several complementary forms, supporting browsing as well as more focused investigation.
- Worth knowing
- The treatment includes fighting, racing and ball games, as well as Olympic competition, record-holding and climbing history. These subjects may invite discussion of achievement, competition and how different sports are grouped.