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Bases Divided: Segregation And Discrimination in Baseball

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students view video and conduct research on how baseball has reflected the social context of American history. They work in groups to investigate outstanding minority baseball players, including racial minorities and women, and develop...
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Shadow Ball

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students view a film about baseball and calculate the time required for a variety of operations that take place in baseball. They use the calculations to stage a credible game of Shadow Ball and reflect on the challenges for arranging...
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Stadium Consultants

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners conduct research to determine the operating costs and considerations for a Major League Baseball stadium. They act as consultants and formulate recommendations for ticket prices, player salaries, rainy day play and stadium...
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The Best of the Best

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students participate in a discussion about the definition of the word 'hero'. They research baseball players and managers and then engage in a formal debate about the merits of their subjects.
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Mapping Baseball

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners research how climate, distance, population shifts and immigration have influenced American baseball. They also consider how players from other countries have made their mark on American baseball.
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Who's On First

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students combine reading and physical education to reinforce what they've learned about positions on a baseball or softball field. They read and conduct a skit about baseball.
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In the Global Ballpark

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine reasons for and against American baseball teams playing in international exhibition games by debating pros and cons of the issue from the perspectives of designated personas.
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Baseball Stats

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore data sets and statistics in baseball. They use baseball data available on the Internet to develop an understanding of different ways in which data can be analyzed. They access the Baseball Archive Website to do more...
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Let's Play Mathematical Baseball

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the concept of spelling geometric terms and words with number prefixes. In this spelling geometric terms and words with number prefixes lesson, students play a game of baseball. Students spell words correctly to advance...
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Contraction Baseball

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this grammar worksheet, students use cards to say and spell contractions and move around a baseball mound if they are correct. Each team goes up to bat 3 times.
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The Legacy of Pete Gray

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners study Pete Gray and his baseball legacy.  In this critical thinking lesson students participate in a group discussion and calculate percentages. 
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Show Me the Money: Labor/Management Issues in Professional Baseball

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners study the baseball players in the past and present and see how the union played a part in lives.  In this labor instructional activity high schoolers analyze documents and identify the effects of the different markets on...
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Baseball, Race and Ethnicity: Rounding the Bases

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Learners consider Race and Ethnicity in baseball. In this American history instructional activity, students examine primary source images of American baseball. They then develop an original argument, pose historical questions and conduct...
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Customized Handwriting: Ball

For Students 1st
In this customized handwriting:  ball activity, 1st graders change style, font and text, then print the activity to practice printing and color the picture.
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Baseball's Steroid Test Program: Fair or Foul?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils examine the issue of performance enhancing drugs. In this health journalism instructional activity, students read the USA Today article titled "Baseball's Steroid Test Program: Fair or Foul?", respond to discussion questions...
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Baseball: Print and Color

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition instructional activity, students trace the word "baseball,"write the word independently, and color the picture of the baseball player.
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Ball and Bat: Print and Color

For Students Pre-K - 1st
For this word recognition worksheet, learners trace the words "ball and bat," write the words independently, and color the picture of the bat and ball.
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Japanese American Baseball in the Camps

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study Japanese American internment camps. In this American history lesson, students compare and contrast the camp internees' experiences with with team sports-related challenges students have encountered. Students discuss team...
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Rhyme Around Baseball

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners use word family endings to create rhyming words for that word family. In this rhyming lesson plan, students divide into teams and play a game of word baseball where they create rhyming words for a specific word family.
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Baseball Activity: Bouncing Balls

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the concept of motion. In this hands-on physics lesson, students examine how the construction of baseballs and the temperature they are stored at affect their bounce.
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Take Me Out to the Ballgame

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students study the American sport and history of baseball. In this baseball lesson, students complete three levels of units to learn about baseball.
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Baseball: Non-Progressive Verbs

For Students 5th - 6th
In this verbs worksheet, students complete a 15 question multiple choice on-line interactive activity. Students read each sentence and choose the correct non-progressive verb. All sentences are about baseball.
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Baseball Crossword

For Students 4th - 8th
In this baseball crossword puzzle instructional activity, students use the 19 clues to identify the correct baseball terms that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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Holding Out for a Hero: Roberto Clemente

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students brainstorm lists of heroes, heroic qualities, and ways to pay tribute to heroes. In this Holding Out for a Hero lesson, students record Clemente's heroic attributes as athlete ad humanitarian. After visiting the Beyond Baseball...