If possible, baseball articles from the Union -Tribune sports page, can be incorporated to relate the historical research to current events. Entry Level Skills and Knowledge Students need at least basic mouse skills. Students will print out their assigned player's vital statistics from web page to be able to fashion outline of oral presentation at their desks. As time and computer space allow, students should be encouraged to type their oral presentation outlines . Teacher needs knowledge of the web and Internet and the ability to explain popular culture.
Teacher uses rubric developed with students for judging presentations.
And finally, the number of yes votes cast for a particular player is a measure of the persuasiveness of the student teams advocating for that particular player. This lesson will teach American popular culture to minority students so that they will have commonalities between themselves and those who will be their workplace associates when they grow up.