Joe Nuxhall - A Short Documentary

Описание: This movie is a short biography of the "Old Left-hander" and his contribution to the Cincinnati Reds beginning in 1944. It is meant to be used with students to examine how children aided in the home effort in World War II and, if used with the activity below, to look at how technology has changed over time (Standard SS-05-5.2.3 - Students will compare change over time in communication, technology, transportation and education).

• Engage: Students will view the digital documentary on Joe Nuxhall. A class discussion will take place exploring Joe Nuxhall's careers in baseball. The discussion will start with him entering the league and end with his broadcast career. A connection will be made about how communication changed from the beginning of Joe's career in baseball to the end of his career from a communication perspective (15 minutes).

• Activity: First, students will listen to an audio recording of Chris Burke playing in a baseball game (Can play movie with projector turned off). Students will consider the following questions: (20 minutes)

1. What is happening in the audio?
2. What does the player's uniform look like?
3. What does the player look like?
4. How is the audience responding to the player's action?
5. Video: (this question will be use for the video recording)
a. Why do you think there are advertisements around the stadium?
i. How is this different from when Joe Nuxhall first started broadcasting on the radio.

Second, students will watch a video of the same game from question #1 and answer the same questions including the additional video question.

Third, students will generate ideas about how sports' broadcasting has changed over time during a class discussion (from the beginning of Joe's career to present).


• Closure: Students will journal about why they think sports' broadcasting has changed over time using four to five sentences. The students will pair-share for a brief amount of time. Several students will be asked to share their thoughts. (20 minutes)

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