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Cardboard History

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A PBS clip focused on collecting sports memorabilia launches this research project lesson. Class members then read Dan Gutman’s Honus and Me in which Wagner’s baseball card is used to time travel. The lesson ends with researchers presenting their own trading cards and stories about historical figures. Richly detailed, this History Detectives lesson includes multiple links and resource lists.

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baseball cards, honus wagner, research projects, sports memorabilia, ccss.ela-literacy.ri.11-12.7, social studies
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Grade
3rd - 11th
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English Language Arts
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5 days
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