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THE JACKIE ROBINSON STORY
SUBJECTS --- Biography; Sports/Baseball; U.S./ 1945 - 1991;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING --- Male Role Model;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS --- Trustworthiness; Respect.

Age: 8+; Not Rated; Drama; 1950; 76 minutes; B & W.

Jackie Robinson was the first black man to play major league baseball. But was baseball the first time that Jackie Robinson stood up for his rights as an American citizen?

The TeachWithMovies.com Learning Guide to "The Jackie Robinson Story" will help teachers and parents use the film to introduce children to the integration of major league baseball, and also to provide them with a more complete picture of the life of this remarkable man. This film is especially useful to supplement courses in modern U.S. history for students with a strong interest in sports.


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To give you a sense of how our Learning Guides can be used by teachers as lesson plans and by parents to supplement school curriculum or for homeschooling, we have set out below a discussion question from the Learning Guide to "The Jackie Robinson Story".

Do you think that Jackie Robinson was a male role model? What did Jackie Robinson do other than simply break baseball's color bar that justifies holding him up as a male role model?

The Learning Guide to "The Jackie Robinson Story" also contains sections on the Benefits of the movie, Possible Problems, Helpful Background, Discussion Questions, Links to the Internet, and Bridges to Reading. The Discussion Questions are divided into three categories: Subject Matter, Social-Emotional Learning, and Moral-Ethical Emphasis.

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