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==Learning Activity 3-D-2: Local Documents, Data, and Cartoons==

[] This official website of the Pottsville Maroons provides an overview of the team, their story, and the controversy that hit the team in 1925. This site also provides a link to the book written about the Maroons called “The Breaker Boys” written by David Fleming which provides extensive research on the subject. Researchers will find a well put together website with good information. [] This website provides a brief history of the Pottsville Maroons and their entire five year history. The Maroons are well known for the 1925 Championship that was won and taken away from them. This site provides a more comprehensive look at the entire team’s existence. There are also numerous primary sources from newspaper clippings, to the team photo, and individual player photos. [] This is a great link to the local Pottsville newspaper that provides an article about the Pottsville Maroons. David Fleming, author of “The Breaker Boys”, is a guest writer to the newspaper and provides a detailed look and update about the Maroons. This is a great source for researchers to get a real close local look at the team in Schuylkill County. [] This website also provides a brief overview of the Pottsville Maroons infamous 1925 season. It also provides a few pictures from actual artifacts from the Maroons. One artifact is from 1967 where surviving members of the 1925 Maroons carved out their own championship trophy out of coal. It is now located in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Researchers can get a brief overview of the Pottsville Maroon story and some pictures from the team. [] This website provides a complete list of the Maroon roster as well as the team schedule and results from the infamous 1925 season. This primary source provides actual statistics from the time period. It is interesting to see what kind of season the Maroons had and what the individual players did during the season. Researchers can get a good idea of how the Pottsville Maroons performed during the 1925 season.

Learning Activity 4-D-1: Local Photos and Posters
[] This picture is the front page of the newspaper, Public Ledger, from December of 1925 reporting the game between the Pottsville Maroons and the Notre Dame all-stars.

[] This poster/painting is from the Pottsville Maroons NFL Championship. The picture is most likely from the 1925 NFL Championship that was taken away. The poster says Pottsville Maroons NFL 1925 World Champions.

[] This picture is a Uniform Player’s Contract from Tony Latone’s contract in the 1930s. He made $125 for day games.

[] This picture is of George Kenneally’s 1926 player contract. He made $100 per game.

[] This website shows you the 1924 Pottsville Maroon team picture.

[] This picture is an advertisement for a game between the Pottsville Maroons and the Bethlehem Bears in December of 1926.

This picture is of the marker given by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in 1999. ==Learning Activity 5-D-1: Local Audio and Music==

[] This website directs you to Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra one of the most popular bands of the time period. One of their most famous songs is the “Charleston”. The year 1925 is the main year from which my local history project will take place. This music shows what the culture of music was like during this time.

[] One of the most famous musical pieces of all time from the year 1927 is George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. This is another orchestra, big band, type song from the 1920s.

[] Another grouping of music from 1925-1934 by Nick Lucas shows what the culture was like in this time period. This is some of the most popular music in the country at the time.

[] Another famous artist from the 1920s is Louis Armstrong. This particular song is from the year 1925 when my project takes place.

[] Here is more music from the 1920s showing how important jazz was during this time period. This is from the Edwin J. McEnelly collection from the years 1925-1929. ==Learning Activity 6-D-1: Local Video and Maps==

[] This video was done by video journalist Michael Fernandez and outlines what the controversy was all about and includes interviews from Nick Barbetta (92 years old) who, as the video explains, spent the last 82 years of his life trying to get the championship back to Pottsville and the current Pottsville high school football coach. It shows the town of Pottsville and some artifacts from the Maroons. [] This video is from a debate about the Pottsville Maroons controversy. It is a regular video, not professionally done, but it shows David Fleming, author of �The Breaker Boys�, in his closing statements at the debate. He talks about the Pottsville Maroons and championship they deserve and how they will continue to fight even if it takes more time. [] This video is from a youtube show called �The Hank Cisco Show� that discusses the play created about the Pottsville Maroons. He interviews the playwright, Ray Saraceni ,of the show that�s called �Maroons: The Anthracite Gridiron�. He goes into a little more detail and historical information about the Pottsville Maroons. [] This video is of Chicago Bears running back Red Grange who played from 1925-1934. It is from nfl.com and discusses the top 10 NFL running back and he is number 6. This video shows actual footage of football being played during this time period and an interview of Red Grange in 1925. It will give students a good luck at what professional football looked like in the past. Also, in the previous video, Red Grange is mentioned in the debate. This will give background knowledge of who Grange is. [] This video discusses the history of pro football in 2 minutes. It discusses its beginning in 1892 and shows the �birth certificate� of football. This was a ledger that showed the payments from the game and is one of if not the oldest artifacts in the pro football hall of fame. It discusses a game that was played in Pennsylvania and discusses another controversy about one of the teams paying an All-American to play in the game. It gives students an insight as to how football has grown from this time period.

==Learning Activity 8-B-1: Local History Project==

__Introduction__ This project will be a compilation and a finale to the Pennsylvania History subject during the halfway point of the school year before we shift to Civics. My students will do an in-depth research project of the 1925 Pottsville Maroons football team compiling primary sources while learning the story. During the first few slides I will give my students a brief history about the football team and afterwards explain what they will include in their project while giving them examples of what they can include. The project will get my students looking into the past while learning about a famous local story from the county from which we live in. Students can present their story as a written presentation with visual aides or PowerPoint presentation. I wanted to incorporate elements of the final project for this class in the this project for my PA History class. __Conclusion__ To conclude the presentation my students will have done research on an interesting local history topic that is very important to our area. In the 1920s, the town of Pottsville had a professional football team in which the town cherished and loved. Even today the town remembers the Pottsville Maroons and the story of the 1925 NFL championship that they won and lost.

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