Fences by August Wilson - Negro Baseball League

Task

The play Fences makes many references to specific players in the Negro Baseball League and the league overall. You wil create a baseball card for ONE player in the Negro Baseball League. It will contain:

  • A real photograph of the actual player
  • Name, Date of Birth, Hometown, Negro League Team(s)
  • Position played
  • Relevant stats
  • Five significant facts about the player

Players:

  • Satchel Paige 
  • Josh Gibson 
  • "Cool Papa" Bell 
  • Hank Aaron 
  • Buck O'Neil 
  • Jud Wilson 
  • Cumberland Posey
  • Rube Foster
  • Jackie Robinson

After completing the card you will write a paragraph that answers one of the following questions.

  • Why is this player an important part of African American history: What did he contribute to African Americans of the time and of today?
  • How might professional sports in 2018 be different if it were not for your chosen player?
  • What choices, similar to or different from, woiuld you have made had you been in his position during his time in the Negro Baseball League.

Process

Step 1:  You will research a Negro League Player

Step 2: You will create a baseball card for your player. 

Step 3: Create your baseball card using Google Docs.

  • Front of the card should include a picture of the player and his name.
  • Back of the card should include all researched information:
  • In Google Docs go to File and then page setup, in page setup select Landscape and change the margins to .5. Go to Format and down to Column Options, select the picture of TWO columns. The first column will be the front of your card, the second column will be the back.

Step 4. Write a reflective paragraph using the questions in the TASK pane.

 

Some helpful websites:

http://www.blackbaseball.com

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8732301/negro-league-players-worthy-espn-hall-100

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/firsts/first8.shtml

http://www.negroleaguebaseball.com/players/players_index.html    

http://www.nlbpa.com

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/mlb_negro_leagues.jsp

http:///www.negroleaguebaseball.com

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0410.html#article

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/robinson/davis.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/robinson/branch.html

 

 

 

 

 

Evaluation

 

Beginning

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Developing

2

Accomplished

3

Exemplary

4

Score

Research a player

 

 

Identify a player within the selected team and identify research sources

Take the research sources and compile necessary and significant data

From the data collected, write the description for the player

Using the data compiled during research, write content in same voice and tone as other baseball cards.

  

Save a picture from the web onto a local drive

 

 

Identify a picture of the player within the selected team and identify research source (i.e. web, picture gallery, etc.)

Save the picture to a local drive or location

Find the picture on the local drive and insert it into the document

Adjust the size and the properties of the picture

  

 

Use Google Docs to create the baseball card

 

Open Google Docs a new page to create baseball card

Enter in the content by typing the language and saving the document

Insert a picture saved on the local drive

Format the entire baseball card including both the content and the picture

  

 

Reflect on chosen player

Reflect at a basic level

Reflect showing thought and emotion behind the reflection

Reflect showing sincere thought and emotion to explain opinions well

Reflect showing stellar thought and emotion to explain opinions completely and fully