World Series October 10, 2011 Click Icon for Teacher Information SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITY ©1997-2011 N2Y, Inc. ©SymbolStix, LLC used with permission.

World SeriesOctober 10, 2011

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SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITY

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Supplemental Activity includes eight pages of information and six question and answer activities. Also included are links for video viewing. The Supplemental Activity is intended to enhance News-2-You and Unique (ULS) content.

Newspaper Overview

Topic: World Series

• Each year, every Major League Baseball (MLB) team wants to win the World Series.

• Since 1903, the World Series has determined baseball’s champion.

• The National League champion plays the American League champion in the World Series.

• A baseball stadium has a dugout for each of the team’s players and coaches.

ULS Overview

Topic: People In Society

• MLB has rules that all of its teams, coaches and players must follow.

• The 30 MLB teams come from cities across the United States, and one city in Canada.

• In America, we have freedom to go to things we enjoy, like sporting events.

• Freedoms include responsibility. Wherever we go, we should be courteous and follow the rules.





Every Major League Baseball team wants to win the World Series.

Let’s look at the World Series and some of its biggest winners.

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Some teams have a history of winning this championship many times.





• Earlier, the team with the most wins in each league was league champion.

• Fans and players wanted to know which champion was the best. The World Series gave them the answer.

• Only America had baseball teams then, so the World Series winner really was the best in the world.

• Today other countries play baseball too, like Canada, Japan and Mexico.

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The World Series began in 1903.

Do other sports have championships too?

The 1903 World Series





Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and CC Sabathia

The New York Yankees have won the World Series the most times: 27!

Are you a Yankee fan? Why or why not?

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• The Yankees team started in 1901 and is in the American League.

• The team plays in the New Yankee Stadium, in the New York City borough called the Bronx.

• One of their nicknames is the “Bronx Bombers.”

• Yankee stars of today include Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and CC Sabathia.




Busch Stadium and the St. Louis Skyline

Which Major League Baseball team is closest to where you live?

The St. Louis Cardinals are another World Series champion.

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• The Cardinals have won the World Series ten times.

• They are a National League team that was started in 1882 as the St. Louis Brown Stockings.

• St. Louis player, Albert Pujols, won the League’s Most Valuable Player Award three times.

• The Cardinals play in Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri.




What began in 1903?

World Series Super BowlIndy 500





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What began in 1903?

World Series Super Bowl



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What began in 1903?

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World Series!



What began in 1903?

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Who is a star from the New York Yankees?

Dwayne Johnson Jeff Gordon Derek Jeter





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Jeff Gordon Derek Jeter




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Dwayne Johnson Derek Jeter




Derek Jeter!



Derek Jeter




Michigan MissouriLouisiana

What state are the St. Louis Cardinals from?





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Michigan Missouri




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MissouriLouisiana




Missouri!



Missouri




Can you find Oakland on a California map?

The Oakland Athletics (The A’s) won the World Series nine times.

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The Oakland Athletics After Winning the 1989 World Series


• The A’s are an American League team that plays in Oakland, California.

• The A’s started in 1901, but have only been in Oakland since 1968.

• In 2002, the team won 20 games in a row, a Major League record.

• The A’s first World Series win was in 1910 and their last was in 1989.




What are some things you see in a baseball stadium?

A Boston team won the first-ever World Series in 1903.*

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The Early Boston Red Sox


• The Boston Red Sox have a total of seven World Series wins.

• The team won their last World Series championship in 2007.

• Boston’s team was one of the American League’s eight original teams.

• They have played in historic Fenway Park in Boston for nearly 100 years.

* The team was called the Boston Americans from 1901-1907.




Has your favorite team ever won a championship?

Why does every team dream of being a World Series champion?

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The San Francisco Giants were excited after they won last

year’s World Series.


• The team will get a big trophy, called the Commissioner’s Trophy.

• The next season, the team can proudly fly a championship flag.

• Each player and coach gets a special World Series ring made just for them.

• Mostly, teams feel proud to go down in baseball history as the very best team of that year.




What league are the Oakland A’s in?

National League Indy Racing League American League





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Indy Racing League American League



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National League American League



American League!




American League



What city are the Red Sox from?

Boston Los Angeles New York City





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Boston New York City



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Boston Los Angeles



Boston!




Boston



How do winning teams feel?

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Click on the video camera to learn more about last year’s World Series:

Click on the video camera to learn more about the New York Yankees:

Visit the following links for expanded video content.

Note: Ads on some of these videos may not be appropriate for students. We try to avoid them; however, we can’t control materials that are added after our review. Preview all videos before in-class presentation. Show videos full-screen when possible.



http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=12949009

http://video.answers.com/the-history-of-the-new-york-yankees-460725654



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