Monday, February 24, 2014

Jackie Robinson

Today's featured BrainPop of the day is about Jackie Robinson!
(it is free to watch all day long- no login and password needed)
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/jackierobinson/


Have you read Jackie and Me by Dan Gutman?

It is a baseball card adventure book filled with time travel, action, and even a lesson at the end.
The main character (Joe) has to do a project for Black History Month, so he chooses Jackie Robinson.  Joe travels back in time and becomes a bat boy for the Dodgers.   The book is accurate in its baseball statistics, but it also shows the harsh racial prejudices of that time period.

One of the small groups in read the book Jackie and Me by Dan Gutman
We pretended we were on the radio broadcasting about Jackie.
Check out some of our news reports:
http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/jackie-robinson-by-hailey/17352268/
http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/jackie-robinson-by-10/17289212/
http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/the-black-banner-breaker/17288719/
http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/jackie-robinson/17288567/
http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/jackie-robinson-interview/17287747/
http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/jackie-and-me-story-report/16974197/
http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/jackie-robinson/16811589/

Peace, 
Self-Control, 
Courage, 
Respect 
These are some of the character traits we would use to describe Jackie Robinson.


Dan Gutman's Website:

The World of Dan Gutman:
*Be sure to watch the video!






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