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 National Baseball Hall of Fame
Transition Projects

BBHOF
Index of
Projects

Team
Members

Objectives

Preparing the Students

Presentation

Enrichment and Assessment Activities

Additional Resources

Relevant National Learning Standards

Printable
Document


 


 



Going, Going, Gone!
 

        Additional Resources

 A.   Literature

 1)     H.G. Wells The War of the Worlds

2)     Twelve Angry Men

3)     The Lottery, Shirley Jackson

4)     Casey at the Bat

5)     And the Crowd Goes Wild

6)     And the Fans Roared. Joe Garner. Sourceboooks, Inc

 B.   Web Links

 1)     The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at baseballhalloffame.org

2)     A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor at phc.mpr.org

3)     genericradio.com/waroftheworlds.htm

4)     http://simplyscripts.com/radio.html

 C.   Multi-Media Gallery

1)     Photographs and video of Mark McGwire and the ensuing celebration following his 62nd home run in 1998

2)     Photographs and video of Joe Carter and the ensuing celebration following his World Series-winning home run in 1993

3)     Photograph of three broadcasters recreating baseball game in early days of radio

4)     Photograph of telegraph machine

5)     Photograph of Frank Conrad at Pittsburgh radio station KDKA

6)     Photograph of radio pioneer Harold Arlin

7)     Excerpts of baseball codebook from 1930s radio broadcast

D.  For Videoconferencing

Materials to replicate the following sound effects:

Crack of bat

Thud of ball in a glove

Station identification music

Knocking mud from cleats

Crowd noise (e.g. cheering, vendors, boos, etc.)

Stadium music