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Jackie Robinson
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| At the Constructivist Design Conference during the summer of 2004, a group of students and their facilitator met to write lesson plans in the constructivist 2-step format using a website (designed by students at a previous conference) called "Pete Seeger: One Man's Journey Through the Decades." They also designed and created a website using an original audiotaped interview with Jackie Robinson conducted by Don Mesibov in January 1962 just after Robinson was chosen for inclusion in the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, NY. |
| Wade Jones, Nate Gifford,
Brianne Wicks, Marshall Boprey, Megan MacDonald, Carol Amberg, Chris Griffin |
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| Transcript |
| Letter from Rachel Robinson |
| Lesson Plans and Rubrics for Innings and Beginnnings |
| ELA Lesson, Grades 7-12 | ELA Graphic Organizer |
| ELA Rubric | Social Studies Lesson 7-12 |
| Social Studies Graphic Organizer | Social Studies Rubric |