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Do you know how to play stickball?

Learn the rules for stickball, and read about the other people, places, and events in Scott Foresman ESL 1. These links bring you to sites with more detailed information on the history and culture covered in the text. You can use these extra facts and stories to give your students a better understanding about the context of each chapter.

page 24: Non-metric measurement: inch
Learn how to convert American standards of measurement to their equivalents in the metric system:

• NOVA Online Conversion Chart
  
• Converting Between Systems
  

page 97: stickball
Learn the rules of stickball:

• Stickball: Rules of the Game
  
• New York Emperors Stickball League Rules
  

pages 188-189: Chinese New Year

• Get some arts and crafts ideas for Chinese New Year, including directions for building a small New Year's dragon.
  
• Read some general information about Chinese New Year.
  

page 202: The Good Morning Weather Report

• Print a map of the United States that shows the location of Chicago, San Francisco, Miami, and Dallas.
  
• Select the state map for Illinois, California, Florida, or Texas, to show the location of the cities in their states.
  

page 220: Halloween
Read about the history and customs of Halloween, including holiday recipes and a transcript of Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven.