Teacher Reference Materials

Negro League Baseball and its Connection to Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune

Grade Level:
Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Subject:
Literacy and Language Arts,Social Studies
State Standards:
National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies; Common Core State Standards: L.6.7., RIT.6.7., SL.6.1d, SL.6.6, W.6.2a; Program of Studies-VA; Virginia State Standards

Learn about Mary McLeod Bethune and the National Council of Negro Women's collaboration with the Homestead Grays baseball team during World War II to raise the funds to build the S.S. Harriet Tubman.

Last updated: March 8, 2019