The Noble Experiment
Maria D. Lynn
7th Grade Language Arts
D.R. Hill Middle School
Curriculum Standards
R1 Integrate various cues to
comprehend what student reads
R1.3 Make connections between text
read independently and prior
knowledge, other texts, & the world
R1.11 Follow multistep directions
Genre:
Autobiography
What is an autobiography?
Story of a person’s life
Written by that person
Noble Experiment
Jackie Robinson tells Alfred Duckett
about the “Noble Experiment”
Purpose:
Read to find out what the “Noble
Experiment” was.
Elements of Autobiography:
Author’s life
First person point of view
Author’s feelings expressed
Author’s attitude toward events of life
Non-fiction
Purpose:
As you read, record details that show
this selection is an autobiography.
Think about what Robinson’s
purpose is for telling his story?
Setting:
1940s
Jackie Robinson in
Kansas City
Monarchs uniform
1945
Why do you think people feel prejudice?
Barriers Created by Prejudice:
Segregation
schools
restaurants
hospitals
sports
Sport:
Baseball
Effects of prejudice on baseball:
Negro League separate from white league
Morally wrong to prohibit anyone from playing
Prevents it from being a true national sport
Baseball missing out on great athletes
Jackie Robinson would help change that.
Main Character:
Jackie Robinson
1945 Kansas City
Monarchs – Negro
League
1947 Brooklyn Dodgers
1947 Rookie of year
1955 Dodgers win
World Series
1956 retires from
baseball
1962 Hall of Fame
Main Character:
Branch Rickey
1910 coach at Ohio
Wesleyan
1943 President of
Brooklyn Dodgers
Opposed segregation
1945 convinced Board
to hire AfricanAmerican player
Credits:
American Memory from the Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem
ClipArt Gallery
http://www.clipartgallery.com/sports/
baseball/baseball.html
FindSounds
http://www.findsounds.com/ISAPI/search.dll
More Credits:
Language of Literature TE, McDougal Littell,
pp. 287-298.
WebDesignIdentities
http://www.web-designidentities.com/Graphics/baseball.htm