Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball, breaking the color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. His success challenged traditional segregation and contributed significantly to the civil rights movement. Robinson's achievement demonstrated his exceptional talent and character, which helped drive the desegregation of professional sports and was an important step towards desegregating other aspects of American society.

1. MAIN IDEA
Begin your Bell Ringer

2. BR: Copy down the words and analyze
their definition
o He stared with brooding eyes at the murderer of his
beloved nephew from across the courtroom.
o While Jack was walking back from lunch, he noticed a
beggar by the side of the road, and showed such
compassion that he gave up his leftover lunch.
o The Miami Heat dominated much of the game vs. the
Detroit Pistons with strong performances by the big 3.
o When I-95 was built, many surrounding communities
were negatively affected and left impoverished as
businesses failed and jobs left the area.

3. Bell Ringer Answers
o Brooding: preoccupied with depression,
morbid, or painful memories or thoughts
o Compassion: feeling of sympathy or sorrow
for another who is stricken with misfortune
o Dominated: one ruled or governed
o Impoverished: reduced to poverty

4. Overview of today!
o Intro:
n Review main idea and supporting details
n Notes on inferences and WIN
n Notes on Questions
o I Do: Paul Robeson Example
n WIN / answering questions
o We Do: Jackie Robinson example
n WIN on Jackie Robinson / analyze MI
o You Do: Questions on Jackie Robinson
n Answer questions

5. Intro: Review Main Idea
o Main Idea
Main Idea-A statement that tells the
author’s point about the topic.
The main idea provides the message
of a given paragraph or the argument
that is being made about
the topic.

6. Intro: Example on Main Idea
The rain forest is home to many creatures.
Monkeys, toucans and macaws live in the
rain forest. Blue Morpho butterflies and
anteaters also live in the rain forest.
o The main idea-The rain forest is home to
many creatures

7. How to find the Main Idea?
o Ask yourself the question:
What is the overall message or argument being
made by the author about the topic of this
paragraph?

8. The WIN:
o Summarize the Passage… produced by the
WIN!!!
After you've read the passage, summarize it
in one sentence that includes the gist of ever
idea from the paragraph. A good way to do
this is to pretend you have just ten words to
tell someone what the passage was about.
You'd have to think broadly, so you could
included every detail in just a short statement.

9. Example for WIN
A themed party has the same elements as other
parties-plenty of appetizers, good friends, good
food and everyone dressed up according to the
theme. Subtly, sophisticated, short and sweet;
themed parties are a great way to entertain your
friends with a minimum amount of hassle
The Main Idea: theme parties are a great way to
entertain your friends with a minimum amount of
hassle

10. Notes:
o Inferences: the process of arriving at some
conclusion through given evidence and
premises.

11. Identifying Supporting Details

12. Supporting Details:
Supporting Details-give more information
about the topic.
They help the reader understand more about the
main idea.

13. Example
The science of chemistry is central to our daily
lives. Through chemistry we have learned how to
manipulate matter into a wide variety of useful
materials, such as synthetic fibers, fuels,
medicines, fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides—
all of which have dramatically altered our
standards of living. Chances are most of all of the
material items within your household are shaped
by some human-devised chemical process.

14. Major Details
Minor Details
o General ideas that support the Main Idea
o Reason
o Further elaboration of a Main Idea
o Specific that illustrate of support the major detail of
the text
o Example
o Specific details

15. Example - MI: The science of
chemistry is central to our daily lives.
Supporting Details
Major details- Through chemistry we have learned how
to manipulate matter into a wide variety of useful
materials, such as synthetic fibers, fuels, medicines,
fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides—all of which
have dramatically altered our standards of living.
Minor details- Chances are most of all of the material
items within your household are shaped by some
human-devised chemical process

16. Questions for Main Idea
o What is the main idea of this article?
o Which sentence gives the best summary?
o Which statement best describes the lesson/moral
of this story?
o What is the essential message in the article /
story?

17. Questions for Supporting Detail
o Which sentence best characterizes _________
attitude toward __________?
o How does __________ support the idea that
_______?
o From reading the article, the reader can infer
that ______?
o In the quotation above, ______ is indicating that
…

18. I Do – how to win the MI
o In late 1915, Paul Robeson became the third African-American
student ever enrolled at Rutgers, and the only one at the time.
He tried out for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team and
his resolve to make the squad was tested as his teammates
engaged in unwarranted and excessive play, arguably
precipitated by racism. The coach, Foster Sanford, decided he
had overcome the provocation and announced that he had made
the team. Even after joining the debate team and joining other
groups such as Rutgers Glee Club, Robeson was tested again
when he was benched when a Southern team refused to take the
field because the Scarlet Knights had fielded a “negro.”
However, even with all of this suffering, Robeson was able to
graduate as an All-American selection, Phi Beta Kappa Honors
student, a Cap and Skull member, and the valedictorian of his
class.

19. I Do: #WinningPaulRobeson
o W:
n Paul Robeson, African American male who
o I:
n Paul Robeson became the third African-American student
ever enrolled at Rutgers
n He tried out for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team
and made the team even enduring racial harassment
n Southern team refused to take the field because the Scarlet
Knights had fielded a “negro.”
n Robeson was able to graduate as an All-American selection,
Phi Beta Kappa Honors student, a Cap and Skull member, and
the valedictorian of his class.
o N: To inform us about how Paul Robeson’s strong spirit and
relentless attitude led to his success

20. Questions to answer!
o What is the main idea of this article?
o What is the essential message in the article?
o Which sentence best characterizes a strong
attitude toward hope for Paul?
o How does the example of the Southern
team not taking the field support the idea
that Paul is hopeful and hardworking?

21. We Do / You Do
o We Do: after reading our passage, in your
notebooks, create our Main Idea Graphic
Organizer
o You Do:
o Questions
o For the multiple choice, be sure to explain all
of your answers!

22. We Do / You Do: Black History
Month: Jackie Robinson
o Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 –
October 24, 1972) was an American baseball player who
became the first African-American to play in Major League
Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the
baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at
first base on April 15, 1947. As the first major league team to
play a black man since the 1880s, the Dodgers ended racial
segregation that had relegated black players to the Negro
leagues for six decades. The example of Robinson's character
and unquestionable talent challenged the traditional basis of
segregation, which then marked many other aspects of
American life, and contributed significantly to the Civil
Rights Movement.

24. Question 1:
o 1. To whom is Jackie Robinson writing?
o A Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus
o B the Summit Meeting of Negro Leaders
o C the people of the United States
o D U.S. President Eisenhower

25. Question 2:
o 2. What does Jackie Robinson try to persuade the
reader of his letter of?
o A The president needs to support African-American
civil rights through his words and actions.
o B The president needs to send U.S. troops to schools
across the South to enforce the desegregation of
schools.
o C Pro-segregation leaders like Governor Faubus will
continue to resist the integration of schools.
o D President Eisenhower’s speech at the Summit
Meeting of Negro Leaders offended many people.

26. Question 3:
o 3. The effort to desegregate schools in the South was
met with resistance. What evidence from the passage
supports this conclusion?
o A President Eisenhower reluctantly sent U.S. troops to
enforce school integration in Arkansas.
o B At the Summit Meeting of Negro Leaders, President
Eisenhower told the assembled African Americans
that they must have patience.
o C Governor Faubus ordered the Arkansas National
Guard to prevent African Americans from entering a
school.
o D Jackie Robinson wrote a letter to President
Eisenhower about his civil rights comments.

27. Question 4:
o 5. What is the main message of Jackie Robinson’s
letter?
o A African Americans should have the right to attend
integrated schools.
o B President Eisenhower took the wrong action when
dealing with Governor Faubus.
o C African Americans cannot be patient and wait for
their civil rights.
o D African Americans have been the most patient of
people.

28. Long Response:
o Explain how Jackie Robinson supports his
argument that African Americans can no
longer “wait for the hearts of men to change”
in order to receive their civil rights.
o Use complete sentences
o Show evidence from the text…and then
explain/interpret in your own words.