How has baseball changed since Jackie Robinsons day?
Geography Have students locate the major league team closest to their community, using the map on pages 18 and 19. Vocabulary segregation * integrated * racist * mentor * scholar * sportswriter * spectators Math • Students can work in cooperative groups to solve the problems in “By the Numbers” on pages 28 and 29. • Invite student groups to create new word problems based on the information in “By the Numbers”. • Encourage students to explain their thinking out loud as they solve the “Jumbled Jerseys” Brainteaser on page 31. Writing Read the newspaper article from the Pittsburgh Courier with students, helping them understand the meaning of phrases such as “made the turnstile click” and “a spring training tilt.” Discuss the reasons for writing newspaper articles. Then invite students to write their own newspaper articles.
