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Common Core State Standard
SL.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: An essay of a current news event is provided for discussion to encourage participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the article. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event within the news, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support. FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 29, 2006 Baseball copes with Barry Bonds and the stigma of steroids![]() ![]() Newspaper sports page cover the baseball steroid scandal from a number of different angles. So far there are at least three major dimensions to the story -- legal, medical and moral (cheating). Have students read the details and discuss whether to use an asterisk to mark the records of the players found to have used steroids. Are all home runs the same? Or does it matter how a player trains before he steps up to the plate? Discuss fair play and character. Examine the health issues associated with taking steroids.
![]() Beyond steroids, drug use is widespread in American society. Illegal drugs -- and the abuse of legal compounds -- show up in news stories on crime, medicine, family life, public policy and other topics. Have students look for stories on how drugs affect society. Are any new laws or public policy shifts needed?
![]() Besides baseball's internal investigation into steroid use, the matter has come up before Congress and is being pursued by prosecutors. Have students look up the issues raised by lawmakers and law enforcement officials. Are their concerns justified, given that baseball is mostly entertainment? Is there a legitimate public policy issue here? Or are officials over-reacting to a few high-profile players in a high-profile sport?
Chasing down and topping a fabled sports milestone should be a time of thrills and anticipation. But baseball star Barry Bonds found the going tough this spring as he closed in on Babe Ruth (714) and Hank Aaron (755) on the career home run list. Critics accuse Bonds of using steroids, substances that enhance performance. Newspaper sports pages crackle with the controversy, with fans lined up for and against Bonds. The San Francisco slugger is not the only baseball star suspected of using steroids. But he's got the most attention as he closed in on Ruth and Aaron's high-profile home run records. Some pundits want Bonds' baseball achievements to include an asterisk to indicate he cheated -- as opposed to swat king Aaron, who got the record with determination and training. However, Bonds denies knowingly using steroids. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the slugger told investigators that a trainer gave him creams for ailments. But Bonds believed them to be legal substances, flaxseed oil and a balm for arthritis, he said.
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