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Baseball Grows Up
Enrichment and
Assessment Activities
A.
Using the Fox Sports video of Tim
McCarver (active link) as an example, have
students construct a baseball glove using a
milk carton. Practice playing catch with the
simulated glove. Ask students to use their
imaginations to create other pieces of
baseball equipment using unlikely materials.
B.
Ask
students to write about what changes and
continued improvements they foresee for
baseball equipment in the 21st
century. They should provide reasons and a
rationale for their predictions. Have them
draw pictures of what the new equipment might
look like.
C.
Students could write a creative story or a
factual report about the feasibility of
playing baseball on the moon. How would the
game be different, and why? How would
equipment be different?
D.
Predict whether a baseball would travel a
further or lesser distance if it were
perfectly round without any visible
stitching. Support and explain the hypothesis
with scientific reasoning.
E.
Create a timeline illustrating the evolution
of baseball equipment, denoting significant
changes and improvements (e.g. mandatory
batting helmets and lacing between the fingers
of a fielder’s glove). Incorporate photos
from baseballhalloffame.org.
F.
Organize students into literature circles to
read the book “Hitting Glory: A Baseball Bat
Adventure,” by Robert Skead. After each
chapter, groups should discuss what they
learned and felt, the concept of fact versus
fiction, as well as key vocabulary terms, and
figurative or descriptive language. Students
should record individual perceptions in a
daily journal.
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