About this book
1. Near the end of the story, Joe shows Jackie and Rachel a newspaper article which reveals that Jackie will win the Rookie of the Year Award at the end of the 1947 season. Imagine you can travel through time and read a newspaper article about you written in the future. What have you done to be in the newspaper? What would the article say? Write the first paragraph of the article as you think it might appear in the newspaper. Be sure to date the article to show when in time it is written. The newspaper article appears on page 111.
2. Draw a map of New York City showing the places Joe visits during his trip to 1947. Be sure to include Times Square, where Joe first arrives, Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, and Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. You might want to add places where other events occurred like the stickball game or the Mr. Herskowitz's grocery store.
3. Write the word EBBETS FIELD across the top of a blank sheet of paper. Then, see how many new words you can create by rearranging the letters you have written. Each new word should have at least three letters. Extra points for longer words or words that are also baseball terms!
- Subjects:Achievement and Success, Baseball, Challenges and Overcoming Obstacles, Social Studies, Changes and New Experiences, African American History, American History, Main Idea and Details, Literature, Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences, Plot, Character, Setting, Reading Response, Vocabulary, Autobiographical Writing, Creative Writing, Expository Writing, Literary Response, Narrative Writing, Writing Prompts, Arts and Creativity, Civics and Government, Civil Rights Movement, African American, Maps and Globes, Historic Figures, Social Studies through Literature, Tolerance and Acceptance, Black History Month, Prejudice and Tolerance Experiences, Understanding Self and Others
- Skills:Drawing Conclusions, Main Idea and Details, Plot, Character and Setting, Maps, Social Studies, Vocabulary, Expository Writing, Narrative Writing
