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Take Me Out of the Ballgame Lesson PlanTake Me Out of the Ballgame Lesson Plan
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Take Me Out of the Ballgame

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Students examine their own views on cheating. They explore the history of cheating in baseball by reading and discussing the article "Cheating Matters (Sometimes)." They create proposals for an exhibit that documents and explains the current baseball drug-use scandal. They write letters to the baseball commissioner voicing their views on the scandal.

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6th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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