Baseball+Saved+Us+Reinforcing+Activity

__**Materials: **__
 * Copy of the book, __Baseball Saved Us__
 * Paper
 * Pencils

__**Procedure: **__ To begin the lesson, ask the students what they know about secondary sources, as well as any examples they can give from their personal experiences. After the discussion on secondary sources, read the book __Baseball Saved Us__, aloud to the students.

Split the students into pairs and have them answer the following questions:
 * Does this book provide a legitimate secondary source?
 * If so, what was the major historical narrative that was being discussed? In addition, ask students what they know about this historical event. The teacher will also provide some background knowledge on the event or topic to help enhance understanding.
 * Have your peers ever discriminated you? In other words, have you ever been made fun or excluded by your peers?
 * How do you think “Shorty” felt when he was discriminated against and how did he react?
 * Have there been any other similar situations throughout world history?

Then have the students work individually on a journal considering how it would have felt to be in such an internment camp. Encourage them to connect their thoughts to historical events that both led up to these camps, as well as the events that happened after these internment camps. Remind them to base their responses off of the questions they had answered with their partner.

__Closure of the lesson__: The teacher will give students an exit slip, in which they will write a sentence or two of what they have learned from the day’s lesson, and what they are still confused about. The teacher will use this information to plan further instruction.

__**Additional Ohio Academic Social Studies Standards: **__ Grade: 5 Theme: Regions and People of the Western Hemisphere <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Topic: Historical Thinking and Skills <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Content Statement: Multiple-tier timelines can be used to show relationships among events and places.