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Young boy holding a bat, ball, glove, and a carton of milk: A young boy can be seen in this black and white photograph sitting on some granite steps outside of a building. He is holding a carton of milk in his right hand. He is grinning so wide that his eyes are squinting. A “milk moustache” can be seen...; Format: image/article

Baseball fun: Percentages, decimals, and fractions: Students will learn the concepts behind fractions, decimals, and percents by using sports statistics found on baseball cards.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Mathematics); By Adrian Bustle.

Portrait of laughing young Vietnamese woman wearing a Sharks baseball cap: This portrait of a laughing young Vietnamese woman shows her wearing a tan Sharks baseball cap. Her long black hair is tied back and she wears a pink blouse and a gold chain around her neck.; Format: image/photograph

Athletics: In North Carolina in the New South, page 4.9; As the urban middle and working classes grew in the late nineteenth century, so did their desire for leisure activities. The result was a growth in sports and athletics. Includes early motion pictures of school athletics.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

Trashketball review for ratios, fractions, decimals and percents.: This lesson will help the students with changing from ratios to fractions, fractions to decimals, and decimals to percents.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics); By David Crumm.

Homerun hoopla: This lesson is designed for students to gather and analyze data about baseball figures. The student will use the Internet or other resources to collect statistical data on the top five home run hitters for the current season as well as their career home run totals. The students will graph the data and determine if it is linear or non-linear.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics); By Anne Walters.

Jackie Robinson taught us more than baseball: After determining student knowledge about Jackie Robinson, the teacher/counselor reads "Teammates" by Peter Golenbock to fifth graders. The teacher/counselor then divides students into four groups to work cooperatively on questions. Groups select leaders and recorders and each group leader presents answers to the whole class. The teacher/counselor ends the activity with a question that individual students will respond to in writing.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 English Language Arts, Guidance, and Social Studies); By Jan Huggins.

Balinese school children stand together in their red and white uniforms: Balinese school children stand together in a dense crowd wearing their red and white uniforms. Throughout Indonesia, elementary students are required to wear white shirts and red shorts or skirts. A red, or red and white, baseball cap completes the outfit.; Format: image/photograph

Person County Museum of History: A unique collection of buildings and fascinating exhibits of memorabilia and artifacts tell the story of Person County.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Writing conventions: Examples of common errors in sentence formation, usage, and mechanics.; By Bobby Hobgood.

Verb tense time warps: When students have inconsistent verb tense, they have a "time warp" in their stories. In this lesson, students learn that verbs tell not only what action takes place, but also when the action takes place. They will learn to identify past, present and future verb tenses and to check sentences and paragraphs for inconsistent verb tense.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Fisherman in small sailboat near Kuta Beach: A Balinese man wearing a white baseball cap brings his small wooden fishing boat towards shore at Kuta. The boat, which has a single red, green, blue, and yellow striped triangular sail, is of a traditional design. An outrigger, basically a long beam of wood...; Format: image/photograph

Two men standing along road with rows of cock baskets: Two men, both wearing Balinese sarongs, hats, and rubber thongs, stand along a road with rows of cock baskets. The men's sarongs are both rolled up to knee height, typical for informal work activities. The man on the left is bare-chested and wears a dark baseball...; Format: image/photograph

Gaston County Museum of Art and History: Gaston County local history is brought to life at this museum in Dallas, NC. Learn about the North Carolina textile mill industry and see special exhibits.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Three smiling men wave and gesture in a Chinatown market at Ho Chi Minh City: Three smiling men wearing brimmed caps wave and gesture to the photographer at a market in Ho Chi Minh City's Chinatown. The man in front, who wears a Calvin Klein logo baseball cap, makes a "thumbs up" gesture, generally signifying a positive or "good" response...; Format: image/photograph

A friend, starting with you!: This lesson helps students learn about themselves and how good a friend they are to others. It helps children identify their own special talents and characteristics while showing the importance of good self-esteem in making new friends.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Guidance); By Sara Smith.

Government "kooshball" debate: Students will be presented with a situation where they will have to list pros and cons of an Islamic government and a democratic government. The students will be assigned one side of the argument and will write statements that support their side to be used in a debate. This lesson should follow a study of Islamic government and culture.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies); By Terry Philbeck.

The old bank building at Rhyolite Ghost Town near Death Valley, CA: The skeleton of the old bank building at Rhyolite Ghost Town near Death Valley, California. In the early 1900s, Rhyolite was a booming mine town. The nearby Montgomery Shoshone Mine spurred a wave of development and interest in the town. Bob Montgomery claimed...; Format: image/photograph

Slow motion replay: Students will learn to use slow motion replay of a moment in a narrative to make it easier for the reader to feel that he or she is actually experiencing the event.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Working with matrices: In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.8; In this lesson, students use matrices to organize sets of data.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Mathematics); By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.

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