Teammates
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780152006037 (0152006036)
Publish date: March 15th 1990
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Cultural,
African American,
American History,
Picture Books,
Sports And Games,
Sports,
Baseball
Teammates tells the story of when Jackie Robinson became the first black Major League baseball player, and how Pee Wee Reese took a stand and proudly called Jackie his teammate. This book is best suited for 3rd-5th grades. The book would lend itself perfectly to lessons on nonfiction, as well as t...
I read this with my 4th grade class to discuss theme, which I felt very appropriate. First I had to explain the setting to be during the civil rights movement when blacks and whites were separated. They helped by adding to the discussion and sharing their own thoughts on this. Then I asked them if t...
Teammates would be great to read in a first grade classroom. The story teaches us that sometimes you may be right but no one will agree with you, but you should defend what is right. It also teaches a history lesson about segregation and bigotry of baseball's past.
8 years ago
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