The Noble Experiment

Genre: Autobiography

What is an autobiography?

Story of a person’s life

Written by that person

Elements of AutobiographyElements of Autobiography:

Author’s life

First person point of view

Author’s feelings expressed

Author’s attitude toward events of life

Non-fiction

Purpose:

As you read, record details that show this selection is an autobiography.

Think about what Robinson’s purpose is for telling his story?

Setting:1940s

Why do you think people feel prejudice?

Jackie Robinson in Kansas City

Monarchs uniform 1945

Barriers Created by Prejudice:

Segregation

schools

restaurants

hospitals

sports

Sport:Baseball

Negro League separate from white leagueMorally wrong to prohibit anyone from playingPrevents it from being a true national sportBaseball missing out on great athletes

Jackie Robinson would help change that.

Effects of prejudice on baseball:

Main Character: Jackie Robinson

1945 Kansas City Monarchs – Negro League

1947 Brooklyn Dodgers

1947 Rookie of year

1955 Dodgers win World Series

1956 retires from baseball

1962 Hall of Fame

Main Character: Branch Rickey

1910 coach at Ohio Wesleyan

1943 President of Brooklyn Dodgers

Opposed segregation

1945 convinced Board to hire African-American player

As You Read:

What does Robinson want the reader toknow about the society in which Branch Rickey was coaching?Why does Jackie Robinson choose to tell you so much about Branch Rickey’s thoughts on the qualities the first major-league black baseball player will have to have?

Effects of prejudice on baseball:

Credits:

American Memory from the Library of Congress

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