Websites to Use With Dad, Jackie and Me

1. http://www.jackierobinson.com/index.php - this is Jackie Robinson’s official website.

2. http://www.fcps.edu/cpsapps/fairfaxnetwork/videostore/level2.cfm?ProductID=114 - interview and video clip with the author Myron Uhlburg. He discusses his father and newspapers.

3. http://colinbootman.com/ - this is the illustrator’s website

4. http://www.magpi.net/uhlberg.html#dadjackie – this site has photos from a presentation by Myron Uhlberg. It includes information on the book and a brief biography.

5. http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/events/jrd/index.jsp - this site has many interesting facts about Jackie Robinson.

6. http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/la/history/jackie_robinson_timeline/timeline_index.jsp - this is a page from the site about that has a detailed timeline of Jackie Robinson’s life and videos to accompany many of the Jackie’s greatest moments.

7. http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4797 – this is a timeline of Jackie Robinson’s life from Scholastic.

8. http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/concepts.htm - this website is based on a hundred sign concepts that are frequently used between parents and their young children. There are sample phrases for children to try.

9. http://www.blackbaseball.com The Black Baseball Leagues - Grades 3-12 - This is a comprehensive site offering detailed information on the black leagues and the players who made them great. It could be used as way to introduce black achievements in a different context.

10. http://commtechlab.msu.edu/SITES/ASLWEB/browser.htm - video clips of demonstrations of a variety of words being signed. A written description is included with each word and video clip.

11. http://www.reading.org/downloads/annual_handouts/williford_barsness.doc - this website shows how teaching sign language to hearing children improves speech, vocabulary, reading, spelling, and thinking skills. Participants will practice 4 ways to incorporate signing into literacy activities.