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Take Me Out to the Ballgame. A research Activity Click on the pictures to help you with your research. Let’s Play Ball!. Activity #1 Where Did Baseball Originate?. Abner Doubleday was the first to be officially recognized as the creator of baseball… or was he?
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Take Me Out to the Ballgame A research Activity Click on the pictures to help you with your research. Let’s Play Ball!
Activity #1 Where Did Baseball Originate? • Abner Doubleday was the first to be officially recognized as the creator of baseball… or was he? • How and when does it say that baseball was invented? • In 1991, the Baseball Hall of Fame heard about a printed reference to organized baseball in America. What was the name of the paper and the date of publication? • Where was baseball played in the 1820’s?
Activity #2Breaking The Barriers • Compose a brief biography about Jackie Robinson • Name, family background, team number • Significance of his role in baseball • Any additional information that you think might be interesting to the class
Activity #3Stadium Stats • Explore 5 different ballparks and tell us about them. • Name & Location • Home Team • Seating capacities • Interesting trivia
Activity #4It’s A Family Affair • Create a chart to identify families that played baseball together. • Indicate relationships (i.e. son, father, grandfather) • Year(s) they played • Team(s) they played for
Activity #5A Player By Any Other Name • Most players have a nickname. Create a list of the 10 most unusual nicknames. • Why are they so unusual? • Are they all related to baseball? • What is your nickname and how did you get it?
Activity #6The National Baseball Hall of Fame • What can you tell us about it? • Where is it located? • What can you see there? • How are players selected? • Why are Shoeless Joe Jackson & Pete Rose not members of the Baseball Hall of Fame?
Websites • 1. Baseball originate http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jp/bball • 1. Documentation www.historybuff.com/library/refearlybase.html • 2. Barriers http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jp/bball/jackie_1 • 3. Stadium www.ballparks.com • 4. Family affair www.baseball-almanac.com/fammenu.shtml • 5. Nick names http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060622&content_id=1518171&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb • 6. National Baseball Hall of Fame http://web.baseballhalloffame.org/museum/ • 6. Joe Jackson http://www.blackbetsy.com/hallstat.htm • 6. Pete Rose http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=2560