Articles for tag: Branch Rickey, Differentiated Instruction, Jackie Robinson

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Teachers Lesson Plan for Jackie Robinson

Objective – The students will be able to: Identify pronouns in a sentence (Grammar) Compare & Contrast baseball of the past to baseball of today. (ELA) Organize the Sequence of Events. (ELA) Match the Cause to the correct Effect. (ELA) Summarize what they learned about Jackie Robinson. (ELA) Work in pairs. Motivational Activity – The ...

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Why Jackie Robinson is the Greatest Athlete Ever

Why would the average American think that Jackie Robinson is the greatest athlete ever ? Is it his life time batting average that makes Jackie Robinson the greatest athlete ever? Is it possibly his blazing speed that explains why Jackie Robinson is the greatest athlete ever? Or might it be his durability that gives witness ...

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Jackie Robinson’s Debut: He Didn’t Have to Hit to Help the Dodgers

April 15, 1947 Acting manager Clyde Sukeforth will lead the Brooklyn Dodgers against Johnny Sain and the Boston Braves as the Dodgers open the season without suspended manager Leo Durocher. A crowd of about 34,000 is expected to see the first of 22 games between the two teams predicted to give the defending World Champion ...

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Jackie’s Bat: Jackie Robinson

According to the panel that spoke after the Austin premiere of the film, “42,” Spike Lee and Robert Redford previously had the rights to the movie about baseball legend Jackie Robinson. Neither of their projects resulted in the recent film. When I attended the film premiere and panel discussion, I wondered about the quick-read yet ...