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

 * **Source Name** || **Location of Source** || **Type/Description of Information** ||
 * "My Hometown" || @http://tristatehomepage.com/tv-programming/my-hometown || Television Episode of //My Hometown //concerning the 20th anniversary of the filming of the movie ||
 * "League of Their Own" || @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_League_of_Their_Own || Wikipedia Article with basic background of making of the film (good basic reference) ||
 * "League of Their Own" || @http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104694/locations || IMDB Filming Locations ||
 * Huntingburg League Stadium || @http://www.huntingburg-in.gov/Recreation/LeagueStadium.aspx || Website for the Huntingburg stadium used in the film ||
 * //Evansville Courier Press // || [] || Newspaper article about locals who worked on the film as extras ||
 * "Own League" || @http://www.evansvilleotters.com/bosse/ownleague/ || Otters Website covering the history of Bosse Field ||
 * "Helen St. Aubin" || @http://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/11/obituaries/helen-st-aubin-69-athlete-who-inspired-film.html || Obituary/article covering female baseball player who inspired the making of the film ||
 * "Friends of Beyer Continue to Rebuild Rockford Peaches Field" || [] || Article concerning rebuilding of original Rockford Peaches stadium ||
 * "Local Folks Recall When Hollywood Came to Henderson" || [] || Article concerning local perspectives in Henderson when filmmakers came to town ||
 * "After 20 Years, Movie Stars Still in a League of Their Own" || [] || Newspaper article about 20 years since film was made in Evansville ||
 * "It's Filmed There" || [|http://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2010/04/league-of-their-own.htm] || Website concerning film locations ||
 * "A Film of Our Own" || [] || Magazine article concerning 20th anniversary of film ||
 * "A League of Their Own" || [] || Website concerning box office domestic total gross, runtime, production budget, rating ||
 * "Official Page of the AAGBL" || [] || Official website for the AAGBL, the women's league which inspired the film ||
 * "About Pepper" || [] || Biography of Pepper Paire Davis ||

Learning Activity 4-D-1: Local Photos and Posters
Add the sources you found in Learning Activity 4-D-1 here.

Madonna signs autographs at Bosse Field.

Filmed at Bosse Field.

Ribeyre Gymnasium in New Harmony, Indiana

Mansion (boarding house) in Henderson, Kentucky

St. Philip Field, Creamery Road (near Mt. Vernon, Indiana)



5-D-1: Local Audio and Music
These sources could be used for presentation backgrounds. Also students could do the research to find out the history of all the songs on the soundtrack. They could also add songs that from the era that they think are representative of the AAGPBL.
 * **Source Name** || **Location of Source** || **Type/Description of Information** ||
 * "A League of Their Own Dixieland Band" || [] || This is a actually a video source, but this band played during filming and on breaks.They play some of the same music during the video. ||
 * "The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League" || media type="file" key="11 The All American Girls Profession.m4a" width="300" height="50" || The theme song made famous in the 1992 film // [|A League of Their Own] // was the official song of the All-American Girls Baseball League, co-written by [|Pepper Paire] and [|Nalda Bird] (although in the movie, the word "Irishmen" was changed to "Irish ones") . (Wikipedia) ||
 * "It's Only a Paper Moon" || media type="file" key="03 It's Only A Paper Moon [Album Ver.m4a" width="300" height="50" || " ** It's Only a Paper Moon ** " is a [|popular song] written by [|Harold Arlen] and published in 1933, with lyrics by [|E. Y. Harburg] and [|Billy Rose] . [|[1]] It was written originally for an unsuccessful [|Broadway] play called // The Great Magoo //, set in Coney Island. It was subsequently used in the movie // Take a Chance // , in 1933, and Paul Whiteman recorded a successful version, sung by Peggy Healey. But its lasting fame stems from recordings of the song by popular artists during the last years of World War Two, when versions by Ella Fitzgerald and the Nat King Cole Trio became hugely popular. It has endured as a vehicle for improvisation by many jazz musicians. (Wikipedia) ||
 * "In a Sentimental Mood" || media type="file" key="04 In A Sentimental Mood [Album Vers.m4a" width="300" height="50" || " ** In a Sentimental Mood ** " is a [|jazz] [|composition] by [|Duke Ellington] which is also performed as a [|song] . Ellington composed the piece in 1935 and recorded it with his orchestra the same year. Lyrics were later written for the tune by [|Irving Mills] and [|Manny Kurtz] . According to Ellington, the song was born in Durham, North Carolina. (Wikipedia) ||
 * "On the Sunny Side of the Street" || media type="file" key="07 On The Sunny Side Of The Street.m4a" width="300" height="50" || "** On the Sunny Side of the Street" ** ( [|1930] ) is a song with music composed by [|Jimmy McHugh] and lyrics by [|Dorothy Fields], which was introduced in the Broadway musical // [|Lew Leslie] 's International Revue // , starring [|Harry Richman] and [|Gertrude Lawrence] . Having become a [|jazz standard] , it was played (usually as an instrumental) by such greats as [|Ted Lewis] , [|Dave Brubeck] , [|Earl Hines] , [|Louis Armstrong] , [|Benny Goodman] , [|Lionel Hampton] , [|Errol Garner] , [|Dizzy Gillespie] , [|Art Tatum] and [|Count Basie] . [|Fats Waller and His Rhythm] performed the song live with Louis Armstrong and [|Jack Teagarden] in a radio broadcast from [|Martin Block] ’s Make Believe Ballroom in October 1938. The version is included on the 1981 [|Smithsonian Folkways] album // Striding in Dixieland // . (Wikipedia)  ||

Learning Activity 6-D-1: Local Video and Maps

 * **Source Name** || **Location of Source** || **Type/Description of Information** ||
 * "My Hometown" || <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://tristatehomepage.com/tv-programming/my-hometown || <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Television Episode of //<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">My Hometown //<span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">concerning the 20th anniversary of the filming of the movie ||
 * Behind the Scenes Footage || media type="youtube" key="LpDZiycrUlo" height="315" width="420" || Archival footage of Columbia press kit via local Evansville NBC affiliate WFIE ||
 * Documentary || media type="youtube" key="VKgwNhGZSf8" height="315" width="420" || Documentary short of behind the scenes; interviews ||
 * "League of Their Own" || media type="youtube" key="WcN392H2jx0" height="315" width="560" || Official movie trailer ||
 * "A League of Their Own" Filming Locations || [] || Map with pins for a few filming locations ||

Local History Final Project Wiki and Video presentation
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Additional Notes and Resources
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[|25 Fun Facts About "A League of Their Own"]