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Press for Curator Museum Entrance Plot Book Cover Research Room Theme Welcome to the Segregation in Sports (1947) Museum Setting Story Room HF Room

Story Elements Insert story photo representing characters interactions Artifact 5 Character Interactions Insert story photo representing Character Traits & theme Artifact 6 Character Traits Room 2 Insert story photo representing other character’s perspective Other Character’s Artifact 7 Insert story photo representing historical fact from story Artifact Historic 8 Fact From Story Perspective Museum Entrance

Historical Fact from Story Museum Entrance Historic Fact Artifact 10 From Author’s Notes Insert picture representing historical fact from author’s note Artifact 11 Room 3 Historic Fact from Author’s Notes Insert primary source Artifact 12 Primary Source Historical Facts Room Insert picture representing historical fact from author’s note

Research Room 4 Other Historical Facts Artifact 13 Picture representing other historical fact from research Cause and Effect Our Artifact Other Historical Facts Other Historical Artifact 15 Facts Entranc e Historical Fact from story or author’s note Picture representing other historical fact from research Artifact 14 Museum Picture representing other historical fact from research Artifact 16 Insert website link: http: //www. authentichistory. com/19461960/8 -civilrights/celebrity/index. html

Artifact 1 Setting/ Point of View This story is told in a first-person point of view by Joey, a batboy for the major-league baseball team, the Dodgers, who is growing up in segregated America during 1947. At that time, segregation in sports was also active. Return to Room

Artifact 2 Story Plot When the story begins, a boy named Joey has recently become a Dodgers batboy, and is very excited. Joey is also especially curious because that was the very first season a black person, Jackie Robinson, would be playing in Major League Baseball, and it just so happened that he would be joining the Dodgers baseball team. Throughout the beginning and middle of the baseball season, Joey did not think that a white boy would serve a black man because of what his father told him, so Joey treats Jackie worse than the other players. Then, after a later game, a black boy gives Joey a bat and baseball cards to deliver to Jackie, and after the gifts are delivered, Jackie thinks that the gifts were from Joey. After Joey sees that Jackie assumes this, Joey quickly tells Jackie that the gifts were not from him, but from a boy in the crowd. Return to Room

Artifact 3 Book Citation & Author’s Style Segregation in Sports (1947) Jackie’s Bat, Marybeth Lorbiecki, Simon Schuster, 2006. (The story has real historical figures in imagined situations) Return to Room

Artifact 4 Theme Joey realizes from Jackie that you shouldn’t judge someone by their looks, but by their personality and character. This is theme of the story Return to Room

Artifact 5 Character Interactions The interactions of the characters Jackie and Joey can teach readers about history in terms of whites often did not treat blacks fairly. I know this because, for little to no reason, other than his race, Joey was doing less work for Jackie than for the other players. Another way that Jackie’s and Joey’s interactions teach readers about history is by explaining how children were influenced by parents with opinions that treating blacks unfairly was correct. Joey did not question his father’s words in the slightest, and instead continued to treat Jackie unfairly. This shows that the children at the time of the book’s setting often followed their parent’s opinions about how to treat blacks and did not commonly form their own opinion. Return to Room

Artifact 6 Character Traits & Theme Joey’s selfishness showed when Joey was wanting to fit in and obey his father, Joey decided to do less for Jackie than the other players. Joey is also naive because while treating Jackie poorly, Joey doesn’t realize that what he is doing is wrong. Joey is truthful as well because he explains the truth to Jackie about the bat and cards. Joey realizes from Jackie that you shouldn’t judge someone by their looks, but by their personality and character. This is theme of the story. At the end of the story Joey feels that he was treating Jackie unfairly, and begins to be kind to Jackie because Jackie had never done anything bad to him. Return to Room

Artifact 7 Other Character’s Perspective If the story were to be told from the perspective of Jackie, it would most likely sound sad angry because of its reflection of Jackie’s emotions during times when he was treated unfairly. He as well as many other blacks at the time, were face with unfairness like not be allowed by law to stay at the same hotels as whites, as well as not getting a locker in professional baseball, and only getting a nail in the wall and a folding chair. Return to Room

Artifact 8 Historical Fact from the Story In the story it states that Jackie Robinsons teammates did not want to play baseball with Jackie until he began to do very well in baseball. This historical fact from the story is true. The facts to prove that this information is correct are: • • • o o Teammates passed a petition to have him removed from the roster. “Intently life with the Dodgers was for Jackie a series of humiliations. The players from the south, players who had been taught to avoid black people since childhood moved to another table whenever he sat down next to him… Opposing players were cruel to him calling him nasty names… tried to hurt him with their spiked shoes. Pitchers aimed at his head…” He received threats on his life both from individuals, and organizations like the Ku Klux Klan. Encyclopedia. com/Jackie. Robinson Teammates, Peter Golenbock From Google Images Return to Room

Artifact 9 Historical Fact from the Story In the story it states Jackie Robinson was not allowed to stay at the same hotel as his teammates. This historic fact from the story is true. The facts that prove this fact from the story is true are: • “[Jackie Robinson] criticized hotels that refused to let him stay with his teammates. ” • “Many restaurants refused to serve them. Many hotels did not rent rooms to African Americans, the ball players slept in cars. ” � Pbs. org/Jackie. Robinson � Teacherweb. com/Jackie. Robinsonthemanwhochangedbaseball. p ptx � Discovery Encyclopedia, C 3, World Book � Jackie Robinson, Irwin B Bergiman From Bing Images Return to Room

Artifact 10 Historic Fact from Author’s Note In the author’s notes it states that Jackie received hate mail. This historic fact from the story is true. The facts to prove that this fact from the story is true are: • • o o “Threatening letters of anonymous origin have been received by Jackie Robinson, first baseman of the Dodgers. ” “[Jackie Robinson’s’ dignified courage in the face of racism, from jeers and insults… to hate mail. ” New York Times. com History. com/Jackierobinson From Bing Images Return to Room

Artifact 11 Historical Fact from Author’s Note In the author’s notes, it states that Jackie’s teammates did not want to play baseball with Jackie during spring training. This historic fact from the author’s notes is true. Facts to prove this fact is true are: • • o “Even some of [Jackie Robinson’s] new teammates objected to having an African American on their team. ” “Robinson was treated like an outcast, and forced to tolerate racial slurs, lobbed from the stands and the dugouts, from fans and his own teammates. ” Biography. com/people/Jackie-robinson From Google Images Return to Room

Artifact 12 Primary Source This Primary source picture relates to the time period because the quote tells how Jackie felt during segregated times. People didn’t respect him because of his color so he asked them to at least respect him as a human being. From Google Images Return to Room

Artifact 13 Cause/Effect of Segregation in Baseball The cause of segregation in baseball is: • People were racist, and wanted to keep segregation. So they established negro leagues. – Sportsonflick. org/racial-segragation-american-sports/ The effects of segregation in baseball is: • [Branch Rickie] signed Negro League star Jackie Robinson to a minor league contract in 1945, and paved the way for Robinson major league debut on April 15, 1947. – Baseballhall. org/haf/rickie-branch • Branch Rickie made it easier for white people to hire black people in positions in baseball they had not been hired in before… Robinson also made it easier for blacks. He stoked the fire for full equality. – Mlb. com/news/articles/1898206// From Google Images Return to Room

Artifact 14 Other Historical Facts • “President Truman issued an executive order ending segregation of the armed forces [on July 26, 1948]. ” Although it wasn’t popular, when the Korean War started it was a necessity. o Authentichistory. com/1946 -1960 From Google Images Return to Room

Artifact 15 Other Historical Facts • Though many blacks migrated north between 1910 and 1940, the majority remained in the south and under the Jim Crow Laws of segregation. o Authentichistory. com/1946 -1960 Image acquired at: Place URL here Return to Room

Artifact 16 Other Historical Facts • The Jim Crow Laws, created by the southern states, legalized segregation between blacks and whites. They were statues that were created in the late 1870 s and early 1880 s. and lasted into the 1960 s. • American. historama. org/1866 -1881 reconstructionera/Jim-Crow-Laws. htm From Google Images Return to Room

Artifact 17 Our Artifact The artifact that represents the story and time period is the nail in the wall, holding baseball supplies because it shows how blacks were treated unfairly until a locker was built for them in the baseball locker rooms. Some, like Jackie, only getting a nail in the wall for keeping their supplies. Image acquired at: Place URL here Return to Room

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