Today’s Walking Classroom podcast focuses on the Negro Baseball League. The Negro Baseball League began in America in the early 1900s because Major League Baseball was segregated and only white people were allowed to play. Many players from the Negro Baseball League were incredibly talented and the games were very fun to watch, but the players were paid much less money than the Major League players. Jackie Robinson was the first African American player to play for the formerly all-white Major League.
Character Value: Perseverance
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Common Core
L–Language | SL–Speaking and Listening | RI–Reading: Informational | RL–Reading: Literature | W–Writing | RH–6-8 Literacy in History/Social Studies | RST–6-8 Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects Elementary School:RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, SL.3.1, SL.3.4
RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, SL.4.1, SL.4.4
RI.5.1, RI.5.2, RI.5.3, SL.5.1, SL.5.4
Middle School:
RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.3, SL.6.1, SL.6.4
RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, SL.7.1, SL.7.4
RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.3, SL.8.1, SL.8.4
RH.6-8.4
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Quiz: (Make sure you're already logged into your Gmail account, then click to copy this Google form to your Google Drive. Quiz keys are here.)
Negro Baseball League Google Quiz
Slide Deck:
Negro Baseball League Slide Deck
Features kids defining perseverance.
Presents virtual tour of the Negro League Baseball Museum and interview with the President of the museum about its beginnings.
Shares cartoon biography about Jackie Robinson.
Explore this virtual primary resource set from the Digital Public Library of America and answer discussion questions.
Debate the positive and negative outcomes of the development of the Negro Baseball League (Part 2C) with this activity from The Yogi Berra Museum.
Read a letter written by Jackie Robinson to President Eisenhower, fill out a crossword, and answer comprehension questions in this Junior Scholastic skills sheet.
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