Have a hot dog at he home park and some cotton
candy at the coliseum as you take your
students on this interactive road trip that
teaches geography concepts of direction,
scale, landforms, regions and population. From
the Green Monster at Fenway to a "Mile High"
in Denver, students in grades four through
eight will journey to famous baseball stadiums
in this barnstorming study of how
technological advances, transportation and
westward migration have shaped American
history in every decade since the 1890's.
Objectives
– in
completing this lesson, students will:
A.
Examine historical photos, diagrams, maps
and primary source documents.
B.
Analyze how the effects of westward
migration, innovations in transportation and
the Industrial Revolution have impacted
American culture as reflected in the location
and construction of baseball stadiums.
C.
Understand, through reasoning and critical
thinking, how population shifts, economic
variables and geographic factors often
determine the location of major league
baseball teams.
