Special Projects -- The Sacrifice Serial Story

Chapter Eight. The Best Gift of All

Things to think about and do

Classroom Extensions:

1. Bob Feller enlisted in the Navy after something happened at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. What happened at Pearl Harbor? Why did many people enlist in the military after Pearl Harbor?

2. Did Bob Feller really serve on the USS Alabama? Did Bob Feller play for the Cleveland Indians after the war? Confirm these facts by checking more than one source.

Newspaper Activities:

1. Look through The News-Journal for words such as sacrifice that have more than one meaning. Have a race with friends or classmates to see who can find the most words in a given time. Compare your lists and then, use the words to make a word search or crossword puzzle for others. (LA.D.1.2)

2. Find a famous person, written about in The News-Journal, whom you think would make a good subject for a serial story. Send your suggestions to nie@nieworld and look for a list of suggestions online at The Sacrifice section of www.nieworld.com. (LA.E.2.2)

Online Sites

The USS ALABAMA
The USS ALABAMA is your ship and the officers and crew are simply the caretakers.

Major League Baseball: Kids´ Dugout
Get the inside scoop.

Remembering Pearl Harbor
Photos, footage, firsthand accounts, and narration bring the attack on Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii, to life -- moment by moment, target by target.

Kids Domain: Baseball Fun
Take me out the the ball game...

Hot Issues and Cool Ideas

History, Heroes and Hot Dogs: Jackie Robinson Ballpark
Baseball has been called the Great American Pastime. It´s a combination of sports, history, science, math and much more. Attending a baseball game can be a lot of fun. Besides watching baseball games, many kids (and adults, too) follow the progress of their favorite players or teams.

Baseball Strike: Fair or Foul?
Although being a professional player may seem glamorous, in reality it´s a lot of hard work. A majority of sports superstars are hardworking and extremely focused. Hero worship aside, many feel that baseball players are just doing a job, like millions and millions of other workers.

This is an eight-part serial story. Author Kay Hively and Illustrator Billie Goforth-Stewart both live in Neosho, Mo. Co-author Russ Hively lives in Newtonia, Mo. Produced in partnership with The News-Journal´s Newspapers in Education program and the Missouri Press Foundation.

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