Baseball as a Metaphor for Life: A Reflection Through Film

Baseball as the Game of Life

This engaging, film-based lesson uses iconic baseball movies—Field of Dreams, Bad News Bears, A League of Their Own, and Bull Durham—to explore how America’s pastime mirrors the journey of life. It blends sports, storytelling, and real-world themes like resilience, growth, identity, and redemption. No baseball knowledge required—just a willingness to think, reflect, and play ball.

• This lesson is part of the sports lesson series.
• Lessons are for S2C / Spelling to Communicate practices.
• Suitable for spellers of all ages and fluencies.
• To reduce ink usage, feel free to edit questions and/or pictures as you see fit.