Subject Areas: American History, English-Language Arts, & Mathematics
Grade Level: Grade 7 to 12
Unit Title: Segregation in America
Lesson Title: Baseball & the Negro League
Teaching Standards:
- California Education History-Social Science Standard, Grade 8
- 8.11.3: Understand the effects of the Freedmen’s Bureau and the restrictions placed on the rights and opportunities of freedmen, including racial segregation and "Jim Crow" laws.
- Measurement & Geometry, Grade 7 - 1.0 Students choose appropriate units of measure and use ratios to convert within and between measurement systems to solve problems:
- 1.1 Compare weights, capacities, geometric measures, times, and temperatures within and between measurement systems (e.g., miles per hour and feet per second, cubic inches to cubic centimeters).
- 1.2 Construct and read drawings and models made to scale.
- National Language Arts Standards, Grades 9 to 12
- Standard 7 - Students gather, evaluate, and synthesize data from a variety of sources.
- Standard 8 -Students use a variety of technological and information resources to create and communicate knowledge.
Performance Objectives:
Upon completion of this lesson, the student will be able to...
- Utilize research skills to gather information about segregation in
America - Create a timeline illustrating major milestones and events related to segregation in
America - Use what they have learned from researching to participate in a class discussion about segregation, Satchel Paige, baseball (past and present), and current social injustice.
Materials:
- Books:
- Sturm, J., & Tommaso, R. (2007). Satchel Paige: Striking out Jim Crow.
New York ,NY - Overhead projector
- Satchel Paige biography handout
- Such as the one provided by Teacher Created Resources, Inc. Retrieved July 29, 2011 from: http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/TCR/1576901009_138.pdf
- Butcher Paper
- Yard Stick
- Drawing Supplies
References:
The components included in this lesson plan were modified from the lesson plan provided by the Center for Cartoon Studies and created by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer (Retrieved July 29, 2011 from: http://a.dolimg.com/explore/PMPages/DCOM/books/catalog/Printable/Satchel-Paige.pdf) as well as the free lesson plan provided by Teacher Created Resources, Inc. (Retrieved July 29, 2011 from: http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/TCR/1576901009_138.pdf).
Preparation
- Students will read Strum and Tommaso’s Satchel Paige: Striking out Jim Crow prior to class.
- Have student’s locate one resource about Satchel Paige, segregation, the Negro League, or baseball history as it relates to minority player accomplishments.
Presentation
- As a class, lead a discussion about the book in order to start students thinking using the discussion questions provided by Zimmer or located in the back of the book.
- Have students quickly share the information resource that they located.
- Present information about segregation, Satchel Paige and other baseball players, the Negro League, and major league baseball.
Application:
- Students will create a timeline depicting major events in baseball from the 1860s to 2000.
- Index cards containing basic information about certain events in the history of baseball and segregation will be passed out to each student randomly.
- Each student will draw a picture depicting their event.
- As a group, students will need to determine an appropriate ratio of measurement (inches/feet/centimeters) to time (years/months/days) in order to create a linear timeline that will fit on the group’s piece of butcher paper and includes each of the student’s individual events.
Evaluation:
- Evaluate how well each group was able to create a timeline to scale.
- Groups should provide the ratio of distance to time used.
- Each student’s event (drawing and index card information) should be included on the timeline.
- Evaluate how well each student was able to depict the index card event in their drawing.
Closure & Assigned Student Work:
- Group timelines will be taped up onto the classroom walls.
- Students will write 2 to 3 paragraphs comparing and contrasting baseball during segregation times to baseball today.
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