3.+Rationale

A look at how the sport of basketball has evolved in terms of refinement, skill, and popularity since its invention in 1891. This is particularly true with regard to the growth of the National Basketball Association (NBA) into a flourishing entertainment business and a promoter of multiculturalism in our society. 

The American sport of basketball has come a long way since it was invented by James Naismith in 1891. Originally, the game was played with a soccer ball and peach baskets instead of a backboard and rim. There were no holes in the baskets and a ladder was used to retrieve the ball if it did stay in the basket! There were as much as fifty players on opposing teams and players who committed fouls were sent to a hockey-like penalty box. Today the game has changed dramatically and basketball has become one of the top three sports in North America.

Bits of information coming from several sources were placed together and after several modifications and revisions, developed the concept map. What is discovered in making the project is the fact that basketball can do a lot of things. It is found out that it is connected elsewhere, from ourselves and to other people from all sorts of life and place of origin. It in energizing for the facts that bing found on playing basketball. As basketball an international sport, it develops some sort of oneness among nations. People of different races embrace the sport where they play with passion for it. From the players physical condition to the development of world friendship is some thing basketball gives.

This concept map also consists of features that are instrumental to e-learning community. Such features include forums, blogs, and the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) among others. These features are vital to the development and oneness among its members wherein they can freely exchange ideas about the game of basketball. They can share what is basketball and how it is played in their community. 