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 * Literature of Sport Mr. Greenhill **

**Group Project Relating to ** **//The Ol' Man//, 2017** Here's another chance to take control of your education in this course, to experience more autonomy, by doing a group project on //The Ol' Man//. As was the case with //Playing for Keeps//, you will be able to work on this during class time. You will have a chance to be part of a small group project with a few of your classmates. Your group will choose a topic for the project and a method of doing the project. As with the previous project, the emphasis is on finding flow by choosing both a topic and a method that you love. If you want to use the Modified Design Thinking approach, just search on //Playing for Keeps// and look at the details there from the first group project. guidance. Overall, the instructions again are rather open-ended so that you have control (some autonomy) instead of just being told what to do.


 * __To choose a topic, consider the following __****: **
 * Your topic and project should address the “Driving Question,  “What do YOU think people should know about or learn from this book?” If you prefer, we could arrive at a Driving Question together as a class, instead of having the teacher dictate the Driving Question. The process of arriving at a Driving Question this way is a stronger challenge to your maturity and your sincerity as a scholar and a person. Such a question would grow out of group brainstorming about important aspects of the book. **

What in the text really grabs you so that you might say to yourself, "I can't wait to sit down and discuss this with my group and do a project about it!"? What do you connect to in the text? Is there something you love? Hate? Does something inspire you? Is there something you can very strongly relate to personally? Is there something that baffles you? Something that offends you? Something that fascinates you? Something that disturbs you? Something that amazes you or impresses you? Is there something that you think is tremendously important? Is there something in the text that is an example of a larger issue—e.g. moral, social, political, legal, educational—that you are interested in taking a closer look at? There are many possibilities. It’s your call.

=__ Project sharing day: TBD. We'll decide together. __=

=**__Writing: __**= You will also have a chance to write an __**individual**__ essay related to //The Ol' Man//. It could be about the same topic your project was about or you may choose an entirely different topic to write about. **You may write either a personal or analytical essay.**

Try this:


 * 1) __Choose a Topic__**

As with the projects, in //The Ol' Man//, what grabs you? What interests you most? YOU choose a topic to write about. It doesn’t have to be the same topic your project is about, but it may. Make sure it is something you want to write about so that you have a chance to experience flow on this essay. :)


 * 2) __ Make Your Point __**

Once you have chosen your topic, __decide what **//point//** you'd like to make about it__. This is true whether your essay is personal or analytical. It is important that you make a point rather than just describing something. It should be a point you sincerely want to make. Write an essay that has logical structure (introduction, development, conclusion). :)

** __Length__: 2-2.5 pages **
=**__Due Dates: __**= = Choose a writing topic (remember, it doesn't have to be the same as your group's project topic) - due Wednesday, 10/25.= = Brainstorming, Outline, and first two rough paragraphs **- due Monday, 10/30.**=

Final draft **- Lifeline days TBA**
This link is an article in the Honolulu Advertiser about Seabiscuit and `Iolani [|Bit of Seabiscuit history gets a toehold at Iolani] Here's one on the same subject from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, **[|Iolani’s lucky charm]**
 * Here's one from the Advertiser about the One Team philosophy. [|"`Iolani preaches team concept"]**

This link takes you to a //Sports Illustrated// article on Mun Kin Wong. []

This link takes you to a //Sports Illustrated// article on **Merv Lopes and his Chaminade team's upset of #1 Virginia.[|Chaminade upset]** This next link is a very short //Honolulu Star-Bulletin// article on the 2002 20th anniversary of the upset. []

= Father Bray/Alexander Cartwright Gravesites Field Trip: __**Read these links**__ about **Alexander Cartwright**, considered the **father of baseball** - [|Alexander Cartwright bio] Honolulu Advertiser article about the special plaque at Cartwright's grave [|"Plaque for Cartwright unveiled in Nu'uanu]= code ALEXANDER JOY CARTWRIGHT ( 1820-1892 )
 * Also read the following,** from // files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/newspapers/importan29nnw.txt //:

Cartwright, the acknowledged " father of baseball," was the cashier of the Union Bank of New York City, when he laid out the first baseball diamond as it is now known and planned the rules of the game. He also organized the Knickerbocker Baseball Club, ancestor of the big teams of today. In 1842, he married Eliza Ann Gerritse Van Wie of Albany and they had three sons and two daughter.

Cartwright joined the California gold rush but soon embarked on a round the world cruise. He landed in Honolulu in August, 1849, and was offered a position in the city. Two years later, he went into business for himself and founded a prosperous firm. He sent for his family and lived in Hawai'i for forty-five years. becoming a close friend of the royal family, especially Kamehameha IV. He joined in the founding of Queen's Hospital, the American Seaman's Institute, and the Honolulu Library and Reading Room. He was also founder of the Honolulu Fire Department in 1851. At his death the firm was carried on by his two sons, Bruce and Alexander Joy Cartwright. Bruce was a leader in any business ventures, such as the First National Bank, the Henry Waterhouse Trust Co, and the Honolulu Rapid Transit Co.

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