Objectives
– in completing this
lesson, students will:
A.
Examine historical data from various
sources, including museum and library
collections, artifacts, primary sources, oral
testimonies and Web sites.
B.
Analyze documentation to determine which
attributes of Jackie Robinson’s character
contributed to his success as a baseball player
who broke the color barrier and, later, as a
political activist.
C.
Understand, through dialogue and discussion,
how the evolution of baseball coincided with
significant cultural developments, such as: the
abolition of slavery, Jim Crow laws,
segregation, the Negro leagues, integration; and
historical figures of those eras.
