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1、Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.American Sports LegendsA Reading AZ Level Z1 Leveled BookWord Count:2,765Writing and ArtImagine being a newspaper reporter interviewing one of the athletes from the book.Write an article about the interview including both the questions and ans
2、wers.Social StudiesChoose one of the athletes from the book.Create a timeline of that athletes life.Record at least ten events including his or her birth and death.Connectionswww.readinga-AmericanSports legendsWZZ1Written by Jeffrey B.FuerstLEVELED BOOK Z1AmericanSports legendswww.readinga-Who are s
3、ome American sports legends,and why do we remember them?Focus QuestionWritten by Jeffrey B.Fuerst24Glossarydemeanor(n.)the way or manner in which a person behaves(p.15)determination(n.)the commitment or drive to work toward a difficult goal;resolve (p.12)discriminated(v.)treated a person or group un
4、fairly because of gender,race,age,religion,or other differences(p.15)ideals(n.)guiding principles;standards of perfection(p.21)inscription(n.)words carved into stone or metal(p.9)integrate(v.)to bring different ideas or groups of people together(p.15)intimidated(adj.)made to feel frightened or overw
5、helmed(p.21)legacy(n.)something handed down from the past to the present(p.13)ordeal(n.)a hard or difficult experience(p.17)revolutionized(v.)made enormous changes(p.4)sharecropper(n.)a farmer who works on someone elses land in return for part of the profit from the crops(p.23)versatile(adj.)usable
6、in many different ways (p.4)23And,by letting his accomplishments speak for themselves,he embarrassed an evil dictator.Jesse returned from Germany to a ticker-tape parade and cheers of admiration,but little else.At that time,black athletes did not get product endorsement or appearance contracts.His f
7、ame produced little income or stability for his family.To earn a living,Jesse participated in promotional stunts.He raced racehorses and motorcycles and even played basketball with the Harlem Globetrotters for a while.At Negro League baseball games,he raced the fastest players,often giving them a te
8、n-yard lead!He went on to be a playground director for the city of Cleveland and a well-known speaker.He toured the country and the world inspiring young people to do their best.The government named him Americas Ambassador of Sports.Later in life,he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by P
9、resident Gerald R.Ford in 1976.Jesse Owens grandfather had been a slave.His father was a sharecropper who worked on other peoples farms.Jesse grew up in poverty and worked odd jobs demonstrating that it is not where you come from that determines what you achieve.That is the legacy of Jesse Owens,a m
10、an who was always a step ahead.American Sports Legends Level Z1CorrelationLEVEL Z1WXN/A60Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAAmerican Sports LegendsLevel Z1 Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Jeffrey B.FuerstAll rights reserved.www.readinga-demeanordeterminationdiscriminatedidealsinscriptionintegratei
11、ntimidatedlegacyordealrevolutionizedsharecropperversatileWords to KnowFront cover:Jackie RobinsonBack cover:Jesse Owens set the long jump record at the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936.His record held for twenty-five years.Title page:Mildred Didrikson ZahariasPhoto Credits:Front cover,back cover,title p
12、age,pages 4,5,6,8,9,13,16:Bettmann/Corbis;pages 3,17:AP Images;page 7:Underwood&Underwood/Corbis;page 10:courtesy of Library of Congress,Prints&Photographs Division,New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection LC-USZ62-113277;page 11:courtesy of Library of Congress,Prints&Phot
13、ographs Division,New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection LC-USZ62-113281;page 12:Associated Newspapers/Rex/REX USA;page 14:REUTERS;page 15:courtesy of Library of Congress,Prints&Photographs Division,National Photo Company Collection LC-USZ62-102418;page 18:The Granger Col
14、lection,NYC;page 19:Rob Schumacher/The Arizona Republic/AP Images;page 21:INTERFOTO/Alamy;page 22:Rue des Archives/The Granger Collection,NYC3Table of ContentsThe Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century:Jim Thorpe .4Jim Turns Pro .8The Other Babe:Mildred Didrikson Zaharias .10No Game She Cant Play .12B
15、aseballs Most Daring Player:Jackie Robinson .14The Fastest Man:Jesse Owens .20An Olympian for Eternity .21Glossary .24Jesse OwensAmerican Sports Legends Level Z122It is August 1936,the final day of the Olympics.Jesse Owens has already breezed to the gold medal in the 100-meter and 200-meter races.Ch
16、ancellor Hitler has left the stadium rather than shake his hand.Hitlers ideals have taken a crushing blow.Being snubbed does not bother Jesse Owens.He is focused on his next event.Although the long jump is his best event,he almost did not qualify because earlier,a German judge claimed he fouled.Now
17、Jesse and Luz Long,a German,have both jumped 25 feet,10 inches.It is the final round.With a few deep breaths and long,measured strides,Jesse sprints down the path.He springs into the air and sails into the landing pit for a record-setting leap of 26 feet,5 1/2 inches.Another gold medal!Jesse set out
18、 to do his best at the 1936 Olympics.He earned four gold medals,a first in Olympic history and a feat that would not be matched in track-and-field events for twelve years.4The Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century:Jim Thorpe(18871953)Who would you say was the greatest athlete from the last century?So
19、ccers Pel?Basketballs Michael Jordan?Hockeys Wayne Gretzky?Tenniss Billie Jean King?Good choices.These record-setting superstars revolutionized their sports and deserve to be in the running for that No.1 spot.But the athlete named the greatest of the great was Jim Thorpe,a Native American born in 18
20、87 in Indian Territory(now Prague,Oklahoma).He was a versatile athlete who played professional baseball,was the biggest football star of his day,and performed legendary feats in track and field.Lets go back to 1912,to the Summer Olympic Games in Stockholm,Sweden .Jim Thorpe21An Olympian for Eternity
21、In 1936,just before the start of World War II,Jesse traveled to Berlin,Germany,for the Summer Olympic Games.But his participation in the Olympic Games was controversial.Nazi leader Adolf Hitler ruled Germany and believed that Aryansnon-Jewish white peoplewere a“master race”superior to all others.Naz
22、is called black people“primitive,”and Hitler thought that the games would be proof of his ideals.Jesse was not intimidated by Hitlers attitude or by threats.He firmly believed that individual excellence,not race,color,or where you were from,distinguished one person from another.And he proved it on t
23、he track in Berlinfour times.Jesse Owens races several strides ahead of everyone at the 1936 Olympics.American Sports Legends Level Z15The Native American runner from the Sac and Fox tribes crouches at the starting line for the Olympic 200-meter dash.Its the third event of five in a new Olympic even
24、t,the grueling pentathlon.“On your mark,”calls the starter.“Get set.”At the blast from the starter pistol,Jim Thorpe bursts out of the blocks.He has already scored an easy victory in the long jump,but has placed a disappointing third in the javelin throw behind two Swedish athletes.I need this race,
25、he thinks as he sprints down the track.But,running his hardest,it seems he just cant pull ahead of the other runnersuntil the last moment.At the finish line,Jim Thorpe wins by a hair!Jim Thorpe throws the shot put.American Sports Legends Level Z120The Fastest Man:Jesse Owens(19131980)Born in Alabama
26、 in 1913,sprinting legend James Cleveland“Jesse”Owens burst onto the sporting scene in junior high school in Cleveland,Ohio.He set world records for his age group in the high jump and long jump.The high school track coach invited Jesse to join the team.Being very poor,Jesse had to work after school
27、and couldnt practice with the rest of the team.Instead,he got up at 5:00 a.m.to train with his coach.Jesses legend grew.At a national high school track meet,the teenage star tied the world record for the 100-yard dash at 9.4 seconds and set a new world record for the long jump at 22 feet 11 inches(7
28、 m).In 1935,at a college championship meet,Jesse set new world records for the 220-yard dash,long jump,and 220-yard low hurdles.He tied the world record of 9.4 seconds for the 100-yard dash.Never before had a track-and-field athlete accomplished so much.And he did it in about an hourwith a back inju
29、ry from falling down a flight of stairs.Yet,for all the records he set,his greatest triumphs lay ahead.6Before he appeared at the Summer Olympics of 1912,Jim Thorpe was already a well-known college football and track and field star.As an All-American halfback from Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylva
30、nia,he thrilled crowds with his blinding speed and strength.He could just as easily run over would-be tacklers as run past them.He was also his teams punter and place kicker.Thorpe starred on the schools baseball and basketball teams,too.He excelled in golf,tennis,swimming,hockey,and just about any
31、sport he tried.At the 1912 Olympics,Thorpe represented the United States in the two toughest track-and-field events:the pentathlon (five events)and the decathlon(ten events).It was the first time in modern Olympic history that these two events were added to the games.Jim Thorpe poses in a football u
32、niform.19Jackie Robinson showed that ability was what matteredon and off the field.Any player who could perform at that professional level belonged in the Major Leagues.Soon,other teams began to hire black and Latino players.Today,the national pastime of the United States is composed of players,coac
33、hes,managers,and owners of all races and nationalities.Jackie Robinson was inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.He didnt break any baseball records,but he will be remembered long after the records are forgotten because he broke baseballs color barrier.His inner strength and commitment to
34、equality made it possible for all players to participate equally in professional American sports.The Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team in 2001 shows how baseball has become fully integrated.American Sports Legends Level Z17Over the span of a few daysone day for the pentathlon and another two for th
35、e decathlonJim Thorpe achieved the unimaginable.He won four of the five events in the pentathlon,set a world record for the decathlon,and won the gold medal in both eventsamazing!No one in Olympic history had done this before Jim,and no one has done it since.When King Gustav V of Sweden called Jim t
36、o the awards stand to present the medals,he said,“You,sir,are the greatest athlete in the world.”Always a man of few words,Jim replied,“Thanks,King.”Jim Thorpe in the long jumpDo You Know?The difficult Olympic athletics pentathlon and decathlon required a variety of skills.The combination of events
37、tested an athletes all-around ability.Pentathlon events:long jump,javelin,discus,200-meter run,1,500-meter runDecathlon events:100-meter run,long jump,high jump,shot put,400-meter run,110-meter hurdles,discus,javelin,pole vault,1,500-meter runAmerican Sports Legends Level Z118It is the first game of
38、 the 1955 World Series,a match between the rival New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers.The Dodgers have been in seven World Seriesand to date have lost every one.“Wait til next year!”had become the fans annual cry.Jackie Robinson leads off third base.Hes thirty-six years old now and near the end of
39、his career.But he is still a dangerous base runner,and his fans love to watch him.He takes an extra step toward home plate,then another.He dives back to third,safe.Jackie dusts himself off.He stares down the pitcher and resumes his big lead.He darts right,then left,then.off he goes!The pitch flies t
40、o the plate,but not in timeJackie is safe at home!The fans go wild!Jackies bold steal of home,the nineteenth of his career,pumps up his teammates,and they go on to win the World Series.In Brooklyn,“next year”has finally arrived!Jackie steals home.8Jim Turns ProAfter the Olympics,Jim was famous the w
41、orld over.He received a letter of congratulations from President William H.Taft at the White House.Professional sports teams offered him rich contracts,which he turned down to return to Carlisle and play one more season of college football under the leadership of his longtime coach,Glen“Pop”Warner.H
42、e scored twenty-five touchdowns and made a total of 198 points.He married his college sweetheart,too.What a year!Then,in 1913,he became a professional baseball player with the famous New York Giants.He was great at swinging a bat,and his superior strength and speed also made him great at covering th
43、e outfield.He played six seasons with the Giants and then spent some time in his last season of professional baseball playing for the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Braves.17After a year in the minor leagues,in which he led the league in batting and his team to a championship,Jackie,now twenty-eight
44、,left the Kansas City Monarchs to join the Brooklyn Dodgers.Robinsons rookie season was an ordeal.Opposing players yelled insults at him.Pitchers purposely threw at him.Fans booed.His family was threatened.Even some of Jackies teammates treated him badly.Jackie took it all with quiet dignityand dete
45、rmination.He never lost his temper and never fought back with his fists.Instead,he let his skills on the diamond speak for him.In his rookie year,he hit twelve home runs,led the National League in stolen bases,and won the Rookie of the Year Award.In 1949,he won the National League batting title(his
46、average was .342)and also the highest honor,the Most Valuable Player Award.By 1950,he was the highest-paid Brooklyn Dodger and the teams leader.Jackie Robinson and Dodger teammates on his first official day in the Major Leagues,April 15,1947American Sports Legends Level Z19Although Jim was good at b
47、aseball,he preferred to play football.In 1915,when professional football was just getting started,Jim joined the Canton(Ohio)Bulldogs.He led his team to three championships:in 1916,1917,and 1919while also playing baseball during the summer months.Jim kept playing football until 1928 with teams inclu
48、ding the Cleveland Tigers,the Oorang Indians,and the New York Giants.In 1920,Jim became the first president of the American Football Association,which later became the National Football League.One of his goals was to make the game more popularespecially for children.To excite the fans at halftime,Ji
49、m would stand at the fifty-yard line and drop-kick a ball over the goalposts;then he would face the other direction and do it again!He could punt the ball up to seventy-five yards.Today,a statue of Jim Thorpe greets visitors to the Football Hall of Fame.An inscription below the statue lists Jims foo
50、tball accomplishments.It is a tribute to the founding father of professional football and its first true star,the greatest athlete of the 20th century.Jim Thorpe in 1932,dressed in traditional ceremonial regaliaAmerican Sports Legends Level Z116Jackie Robinson could hit,run,and field as well as anyo