Grade Range: 3-12Resource Type(s): Reference MaterialsDate Posted: 8/8/2008
This online exhibition highlights artifacts from the Smithsonian's sports collection, and will introduce students to the pioneering men and women who dominated their sports; championed their country, race, or sex; and helped others to achieve. Both on and off the playing field, these undaunted individuals broke records for themselves and broke barriers for us all. Sports: Breaking Records, Breaking Barriers portrays athletes from more than a dozen sports.
Museum education, Self-paced learning modules, Thematic approach
St. Louis Cardinal Stan “The Man” Musial (b. 1920) used this Louisville Slugger to co...
Women's History, game, American history, Women's History Month, woman, prejudice, Women, US history, culture, inventor, competition, hero, popular culture, innovator, innovation, history, United States history, invention, Lincoln, Abraham, march