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Slide1 : The Noble Experiment Maria D. Lynn
7th Grade Language Arts
D.R. Hill Middle School
Curriculum Standards : Curriculum Standards R1 Integrate various cues to comprehend what student reads
R1.3 Make connections between text read independently and prior knowledge, other texts, & the world
R1.11 Follow multistep directions
Genre: Autobiography : Genre: Autobiography What is an autobiography?
Story of a person’s life
Written by that person
Noble Experiment : Noble Experiment Jackie Robinson tells Alfred Duckett about the “Noble Experiment” Purpose: Read to find out what the “Noble Experiment” was.
Elements of Autobiography: : Elements of Autobiography: Author’s life
First person point of view
Author’s feelings expressed
Author’s attitude toward events of life
Non-fiction
Purpose: : Purpose: As you read, record details that show this selection is an autobiography.
Think about what Robinson’s purpose is for telling his story?
Setting: 1940s : Setting: 1940s Why do you think people feel prejudice? Jackie Robinson in Kansas City Monarchs uniform 1945
Barriers Created by Prejudice: : Barriers Created by Prejudice: Segregation
schools
restaurants
hospitals
sports
Sport: Baseball : Sport: Baseball Negro League separate from white league
Morally wrong to prohibit anyone from playing
Prevents it from being a true national sport
Baseball missing out on great athletes Jackie Robinson would help change that. Effects of prejudice on baseball:
Main Character: Jackie Robinson : Main Character: Jackie Robinson 1945 Kansas City Monarchs – Negro League
1947 Brooklyn Dodgers
1947 Rookie of year
1955 Dodgers win World Series
1956 retires from baseball
1962 Hall of Fame
Main Character: Branch Rickey : Main Character: Branch Rickey 1910 coach at Ohio Wesleyan
1943 President of Brooklyn Dodgers
Opposed segregation
1945 convinced Board to hire African-American player
Credits: : Credits: American Memory from the Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem
ClipArt Gallery
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More Credits: : More Credits: Language of Literature TE, McDougal Littell, pp. 287-298.
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