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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Using Quotes and Comparing and Contrasting Structure: The Invention of Basketball

For Teachers 5th Standards
Learners complete the third instructional activity in a row where they determine the gist of text and use quotes as textual evidence. They use details from Dr. James Naismith, Inventor of Basketball to explain how the development of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Playing Vocabulary Basketball

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners view a slide show featuring famous athletes and educational institutions that have played a part in the history of basketball. They participate in a game in which a basketball is tossed from person to person as facts and...
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PPT
Curated OER

Basketball - Hoops - Team Sports 2

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Hoopsters! Looking for something to use to teach your hoopsters a bit about the game of basketball? Use this very comprehensive PowerPoint to teach everything from the history of the sport, to skill techniques, to game plays. Included...
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Worksheet
E Reading Worksheets

Main Idea 2

For Students 4th - 8th
Learners read short paragraphs, summarize the passage in one sentence, and then develop an appropriate title that indicates the main idea of the selection. Part of a series of exercises designed to build literary skills.
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Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: Basketball's Beginnings

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about basketball's beginnings. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

November 6th Writing Prompt

For Students 5th - 8th
In this daily writing prompts worksheet, students learn that November 6th is Basketball Day. Students respond to a question pertaining to sports.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Basketball Rules!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the purpose for rules and laws by examining how basketball rules have changed.
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Handout
University of California

Well Known Canadians: James Naismith (1861 1939)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents a brief summary of the life and career of James Naismith, the inventor of the game of basketball.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Well Known Canadians: James Naismith (1861 1939)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents a brief summary of the life and career of James Naismith, the inventor of the game of basketball.
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Graphic
Curated OER

James Naismith

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of James Naismith.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: The Lithuanian Immigrant Who Launched the First Women's College Basketball Game

For Students 9th - 10th
On March 22, 1893, 15 months after Canadian-born James Naismith invented basketball, Senda Berenson pitted Smith College freshmen and sophomore teams against each other.