Rain, Ladders and Rule Changes: teacher key

Basketball, grade 8 edition, written for 8th grade. Follow basketball from a ladder at the peach baskets to a downpour at the 1936 Olympic final, and see how the college rules and the leagues grew.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What did the attendant on the ladder do?
   • Hung the hoops
   • Retrieved the ball after a made basket (answer)
   • Kept the score
2. How were the women's court rules by Senda Berenson set up?
   • Three equal sections (answer)
   • Two halves
   • Four corners
3. What was the score of the 1936 Olympic final?
   • 19-8 (answer)
   • 46-33
   • 68-66
4. Who won the first NCAA men's tournament final in 1939?
   • Ohio State
   • The Oregon Ducks (answer)
   • The Knickerbockers
5. Which event came first?
   • The first NCAA tournament
   • The BAA's first game
   • The 1936 Olympic final (answer)

Words

• attendant: a helper
• retrieved: got back
• downpour: heavy rain
• dribbler: ball bouncer
• tournament: a contest