Barbed Wire Baseball (Maz)

What Yankee baseball heroes did Zeni play with in exhibition games in his home town of Fresno?

• Babe Ruth and Lou Gherig

• Jackie Robinson and Babe Ruth

• Jackie Robinson and Lou Gherig

• Babe Ruth and Alex Rodriguez

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CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

What was Zeni's nickname?

• Dean of First Base

• Dean of the Diamond

• Baseball King

• Baseball Diamond

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Why was Zeni’s family moved to a camp?

• They lived in Germany and were taken by the Nazi's for being different and forced to live in an internment camp.

• They enjoyed living in tents and make shift houses.

• When Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941, the United States was at

  war with Japan. Over 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent who lived on the West Coast were forced into internment camps. They were considered possible spies.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What did Zeni decide about living in an internment camp?

• He decided he would build a baseball field, organize teams and play

  baseball at the camp.

• He decided it was terrible and planned to run away. He packed his bag and developed a plan to leave

• He decided it was terrible and only spoke to his family. He did not want to play or meet new friends.

• He decided he would build a football field, organize teams, and play football at the camp.

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

How did the other people in the camp help Zeni bulid his baseball field? Choose all of the correct answers.

• The people helped to pull up the plants in the field.

• The commander allowed Zeni to use a bulldozer to level the field. Others helped to put the foul lines on the field and sew bases and uniforms from rice sacks.

• People helped water the ground and plant castor beans.

• People donated money to buy equipment.

• People just stood around and cheered him on.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What did playing baseball mean to Zeni?

• It was fun and he felt relaxed.

• It gave him a sense of freedom when he hit the ball over the barbed

  wire fence.

• He really didn't like it. He made the baseball field for others.

• Baseball made Zeni feel trapped.

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2