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Grade 4  
Unit 6: Sorting It Out
Teammates
by Peter Golenbock

Internet Connection Activity
Segregation and Integration    Cross Curricular
Time Line of the Civil Rights Movement
Connect to this link:
http://www.wmich.edu/politics/mlk


  1. Click Brown v. Board of Education to learn more.

  2. Click Montgomery Bus Boycott.

  3. Explore other events in the same way.

Brown vs. Board of Education
Connect to this link:
http://www.digisys.net/users/hootie/brown/view.htm


  1. Click Background. After reading, click the Back arrow.

  2. Then click and read Linda Brown. Go back.

  3. Click each section to learn more about civil rights.


Internet Connection Activity
African American Baseball Players    Find Out More
Crossing the Color Barrier
Connect to this link:
http://www.aafla.org/9arr/JackieRobinson/aafbb.htm


  1. Click Jackie Robinson.

  2. Click Back. Then click Larry Doby.

  3. Learn about other baseball players in the same way.

Hank Aaron
Connect to this link:
http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers%5Fand%5Fhonorees/hofer%5Fbios/aaron%5Fhank.htm


  1. Discover more about Baseball Hall of Fame member Hank Aaron. Read the facts given about "Hammerin’ Hank."

  2. List three accomplishments that Hank Aaron achieved as a professional baseball player.


Internet Connection Activity
Friendship    Leveled Books
Friendship Poetry
Connect to this link:
http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/pges/kid-pages/friendship/default.html


  1. Explore the website by going through the various links provided. Learn what other kids say about friendship. Click on the Poems about Friendship link. Read the poems about best friends.

  2. Use the following guide; write a poem about your best friend.
    Line 1: Best Friend’s First name
    Line 2: Four traits that describe your best friend.
    Line 3: Friend of (your name)
    Line 4: Likes to (list three things friend like to do)
    Line 5: What would like to see (three items)?
    Line 6: Resident of (city or state)
    Line 7: Last name

Virtues of Friendship
Connect to this link:
http://www.friendship.com.au/index.html


  1. Explore the Quotes and Poetry sections on the left navigation bar. Read some quotes and poems about friendship. Return to the homepage by clicking Home on the left navigation bar.

  2. At the bottom of the webpage, there is a rectangle containing words describing the values of friendship. On a piece of paper, list these values. If a word is unfamiliar to you, look it up in a dictionary to learn its meaning. Rank the values, from the most important value of friendship to the least important value. Explain why you have put the values in this order.