Cross-Curricular Connections

Americans have been playing baseball for more than one hundred and fifty years. Click on the link below to see a timeline of important events in the history of baseball and to learn about a PBS documentary about the sport.

http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/baseball/timeline/

Satchel Paige was a champion athlete. In order to be a good athlete, he had to take care of his body by exercising and eating well. What can you do to take care of your body? Click on the link below to complete an exercise about the benefits of consuming enough water.

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078774055/student_view0/chapter5/student_web_activities_-_lesson_3.html