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Common Core State Standard
L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, 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.
L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, 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.
04/18/2022
New tech to stop sign-stealing in baseball
Major League Baseball is allowing new technology to thwart the age-old cheating practice of stealing the hand signals catchers use to tell pitchers what to throw and then warning batters what pitch is coming. With the technology now being used by most big-league teams, a catcher wears a wristband device with buttons, including nine pitch options. That transmits a verbal message to the pitcher who has a hat receiver.■Class discussion: Will these new devices make baseball better? Will someone eventually hack this new system? How common is cheating in sports? Have you ever cheated during a competition? Have you ever caught someone else cheating? What should happen to an athlete or a coach caught cheating? Should they be suspended for a few competitions or be banned forever? Can the drive to win at all costs endanger athletes by encouraging risky behavior like taking banned drugs??