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Hit a Home Run with Community-Based Learning this Summer through Local Baseball!

Be a part of a great American pastime this summer and head to the ballfield! Families can explore everything from art and design to American history by using baseball as a lens through which to explore local museums, online resources, and fantastic children’s literature.

Category: Hilltown Families Tags: baseball, integrated learning, Integrated Studies, Norman Rockwell, Sports History

Exploring Athletics and Sports History Through Community-Based Resources

Though western Massachusetts isn’t known as a sports mecca, it’s filled with community-based resources for exploring sports and the history behind them. As the birthplace of at least two major sports and home to teams and clubs engaging in a great many more, the area offers a variety of ways to learn about sports of all kind.

Category: Berkshire County, Hampden County, Hilltown Families, Resources Tags: History, Sports, Sports History

Open Sesame: 5 Picture Books Present Amazing Women In History

In this month’s “Open Sesame,” Cheli presents five new picture books which honor women who made a difference in art, photography, science, sports media, and education.

Category: Books, Cheli Mennella, Reading Lists Tags: Art History, audio book, Book Review, Brown vs Board of Education, Children's Literature, Civil Rights Movement, Dorothea Lange, Louise Bourgeois, Marie Tharp, Mary Garber, Oceanography, Picture Books, Roberts vs City of Boston, Sarah Roberts, Sports History

Art, History, and Baseball: Learning from a Great American Pastime

Category: Hilltown Families, Sports Tags: baseball, integrated learning, Integrated Studies, Norman Rockwell, Sports History

A Teachable Moment in Sochi

This week, the United States will signal its opposition to anti-gay laws in Russia when a number of openly gay athletes join the official U.S. delegation at the Sochi Winter Olympics. By transforming the world’s greatest athletic stage into a powerful showcase for political equality and human rights, these athletes are guaranteed to inspire hundreds of millions of people around the world – while serving as a powerful reminder of the long line of activist athletes who came before them…