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History.com: The Epic Battle to Beat Babe Ruth's Home Run Record

For Students 9th - 10th
In an epic drama spiced with improbable plot twists, New York Yankees stars Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris dueled in 1961 to break Babe Ruth's Major League Baseball season record for home runs. Their pursuit of the magical mark of 60, set...
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History.com: How Jim Thorpe Became America's First Multi Sport Star

For Students 9th - 10th
Decades before Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders starred in baseball and football, Jim Thorpe was America's original multi-sport athlete. A two-time college football All-American and charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Thorpe...
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History.com: World Series History

For Students 9th - 10th
The World Series -- or Fall Classic -- annually pits the pennant winners of the American and National leagues in a best-of-seven series for the Major League Baseball championship.
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History.com: The Most Dramatic Home Run in World Series History

For Students 9th - 10th
In the bottom of the ninth in Game 7 of the wild 1960 World Series, Bill Mazeroski of the underdog Pittsburgh Pirates toppled the mighty New York Yankees. The Pirates were huge underdogs against the dynastic New York Yankees, who had...
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History.com: The Crime of Passion That Led to Babe Ruth's Epic World Series Home Run

For Students 9th - 10th
A remarkable chain of events links an attempted murder to the Bambino's called shot blast against the Chicago Cubs in 1932. Babe Ruth's called shot in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series remains one of the most famous home runs in baseball...
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History.com: The 18 Year Old Woman Who Struck Out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig

For Students 9th - 10th
On April 2, 1931, minor leaguer Jackie Mitchell fanned the Yankees' sluggers in an exhibition, a feat widely celebrated. But was it a stunt or legit? No promotion generated as much publicity as on April 2, 1931, when he pitched...
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History.com: 8 Moments When Radio Helped Bring Americans Together

For Students 9th - 10th
These are just a few of the historic radio broadcasts that seemed to have the whole nation listening. This article discusses eight of the most seminal moments in radio -- from KDKA's 's live nighttime Fireside Chats, the 'Fight of the...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Drawing the Color Line, 1860s 1890s

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress offers a timeline of the history of baseball from the 1860s through the 1890s. See how teams were developed and trace the eventual segregation of African-Americans to all black teams by the end of the 19th century.
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Nlbpa: Negro Leagues Baseball History

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the history of early Negro baseball beginnings in the late 19th century before reading about the advent of the Negro National League in the 1920s. Baseball was the American pastime for everyone in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Michael Bein's Home Plate: Graphical History of Baseball

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents a graphical review of the history of baseball including batting, pitching, and fielding statistics.
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Negro League Baseball

For Students 9th - 10th
Bringing the story of Negro League Baseball from the early 20th Century to new generations, this site provides all there is to know about this historic organization.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Sports and Leisure

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the options for leisure time in the Gilded Age for the typical American. Baseball, vaudeville, and bicycling all came into their own in the 1890s.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Pterosaurs O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about ancient flying reptiles called pterosaurs. See if you can answer a few questions when you're done reading.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Coelacanth O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about the Coelacanth and it contains information about the habitat, evolutionary importance, and other ecological information. See if you can...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Issac Newton O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about Sir Isaac Newton. See if you can answer a few questions when you're done reading.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Field Journal O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about collecting data in a field journal. There's a great example of how a field journal was used to discover an extinct species! See if you can...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Hellbender O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about a salamander called the hellbender and it contains information about the habitat, diet, and other ecological information. See if you can...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Humpback Whale O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about the Humpback Whale and it contains information about the habitat, diet, and other ecological information. See if you can answer a few...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Kagu O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one about the Australian kagu contains information about habitat, diet, and other ecological information. See if you can answer a few questions when...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Solar Power O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This card contains essential facts about solar power.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Sea Snow O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about sea snow and it contains information about what it is and where it is found.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Ruffed Lemur O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about the ruffed lemur and it contains information about the habitat, diet, and other ecological information. Make sure to read about the release...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Sumatran Tiger O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 5th
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about the Sumatran tiger and it contains information about the habitat, diet, and other ecological information.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Striped Bass O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about the striped bass and it contains information about the habitat, diet, and other ecological information.

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