1. What the word VALUES means? Give your ideas & express your point of view.
Define values as: beliefs that are important to you and that help to guide your life.
2. See the Poster below & discuss the meaning of the quote: “Life is not a spectator sport.” Explain your ideas to the other participants.
3. Take Jackie Robinson's Nine Values quiz!
Flip each card and select the correct definition.
When you've finished all nine, submit all answers to see how you did!
4. Split into teams or groups. Choose 1-2 values to discuss:
5. We all face barriers in our lives, even Major League Baseball Players.
Read the text below to see how these ballplayers face barriers. Use Jackie Robinson’s Nine Values to explain your point of view.
6. Watch the videos about Jackie. Look for any of the values Jackie Robinson demonstrated in the video clips.
Discuss how Jackie Robinson followed any of the nine values in the following events shown in the video clips:
· His brief biography facts
· His cofounding of the Freedom National Bank after he left baseball
Video 2 "Jackie Robinson and the Freedom Bank" http://video.scholastic.com/services/player/bcpid4655770842001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAFv844g~,BASb5BU03X_NNL0cr-Edom54ZUY8LN2c&bctid=4747215483001
Short Video Description2:
As Sharon Robinson explains in this clip, her father knew that just gaining civil rights was not enough and that African-Americans needed to attain economic independence. In 1964, Robinson helped found the Freedom National Bank, a primarily black-owned and black-operated financial institution that would serve the people of Harlem who, for years, had struggled to get home mortgages and business loans. Defying the stereotype that "the Negro was a bad credit risk," the bank prospered and opened a second branch. Three years after it opened, Freedom National Bank would be the most successful black-run bank in the country.
7. Discuss the role of character, which can be defined as the features and traits of an individual that reflect the sort of person he or she is.
8. Follow up questions:
9. Share your stories & discuss if your family and friends have faced any barriers, as well as the values they have called upon to overcome these barriers. And keep in mind to conduct interviews with family and friends to discuss any barriers they have ever faced in their lives.
