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1、Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.www.readinga-AmericanSports legendsAmerican Sports LegendsA Reading AZ Level Z Leveled Book Word Count:2,363LEVELED BOOK ZWZZ1Written by Jeffrey B.FuerstWriting and ArtImagine being a newspaper reporter interviewing one of the athletes from th
2、e book.Write an article about the interview including both the questions and answers.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.ConnectionsAmerican Sports LegendsLevel Z Leveled Book L
3、earning AZWritten by Jeffrey B.FuerstAll rights reserved.www.readinga-Photo Credits:Front cover,back cover,title page,pages 4,5,6,8,9,13,16:Bettmann/Corbis;pages 3,17:AP Images;page 7:Underwood&Underwood/Bettmann/Corbis;page 10:courtesy of Library of Congress(LOC)/New York World Telegram and the Sun
4、 Newspaper Collection LC-USZ62-113277;page 11:courtesy of LOC/New York World Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Collection LC-USZ62-113281;page 14:REUTERS;page 15:courtesy of LOC/National Photo Company Collection LC-USZ62-102418;page 18:The Granger Collection,NYC;page 19:Rob Schumacher/The Arizona Repub
5、lic/AP Images;page 21:INTERFOTO/Alamy;page 22:Rue des Archives/The Granger Collection,NYCCorrelationLEVEL ZUVN/A50Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAAmericanSports legendscommitmentcontroversialdeterminationdiscriminatedintegrateintimidatedlegacymodestordealracismrevolutionizedsharecropperWords to Kn
6、owFront 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 Zahariaswww.readinga-Who are some American sports legends,and why do we remember them?Focus QuestionWritten by Jeffrey B
7、.FuerstAmerican Sports Legends Level Z 2324Jesse set out to do his best at the 1936 Olympics.He earned four gold medals,a first in Olympic history.And,by letting his accomplishments speak for themselves,he embarrassed an evil dictator.Jesse returned from Germany to a ticker-tape parade and cheers of
8、 admiration,but little else.At that time,black athletes did not get product endorsement or appearance contracts.His fame produced little income or stability for his family.To earn a living,Jesse participated in promotional stunts.He raced racehorses and motorcycles.At Negro League baseball games,he
9、raced the fastest players,often giving them a ten-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 wa
10、s awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.Jesse Owens grandfather had been a slave.His father was a sharecropper who worked on other peoples farms.Jesse demonstrated that it is not where you come from that determines what you achieve.That is the legacy of Jesse Owens,a man who was always a step ah
11、ead.Glossarycommitment(n.)dedication;determination(p.19)controversial(adj.)causing much disagreement (p.21)determination(n.)the commitment or drive to work toward a difficult goal;resolve (p.12)discriminated(v.)treated a person or group unfairly because of gender,race,age,religion,or other differenc
12、es (p.15)integrate(v.)to bring different ideas or groups of people together(p.15)intimidated(adj.)made to feel frightened or overwhelmed(p.21)legacy(n.)something handed down from the past to the present(p.13)modest(adj.)humble;not likely to brag or seek attention(p.10)ordeal(n.)a hard or difficult e
13、xperience (p.17)racism(n.)the belief that one race is better than another;unequal treatment based on such a belief(p.15)revolutionized(v.)made enormous changes(p.4)sharecropper(n.)a farmer who works someone elses land in return for part of the profit from the crops(p.23)American Sports LegendsLevel
14、Z Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Jeffrey B.FuerstAll rights reserved.www.readinga-Photo Credits:Front cover,back cover,title page,pages 4,5,6,8,9,13,16:Bettmann/Corbis;pages 3,17:AP Images;page 7:Underwood&Underwood/Bettmann/Corbis;page 10:courtesy of Library of Congress(LOC)/New York World Tele
15、gram and the Sun Newspaper Collection LC-USZ62-113277;page 11:courtesy of LOC/New York World Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Collection LC-USZ62-113281;page 14:REUTERS;page 15:courtesy of LOC/National Photo Company Collection LC-USZ62-102418;page 18:The Granger Collection,NYC;page 19:Rob Schumacher/T
16、he Arizona Republic/AP Images;page 21:INTERFOTO/Alamy;page 22:Rue des Archives/The Granger Collection,NYCCorrelationLEVEL ZUVN/A50Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAAmericanSports legendscommitmentcontroversialdeterminationdiscriminatedintegrateintimidatedlegacymodestordealracismrevolutionizedsharecr
17、opperWords 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 Zahariaswww.readinga-Who are some American sports legends,and why do we remember them?Focus QuestionWrit
18、ten by Jeffrey B.FuerstAmerican Sports Legends Level Z 2324Jesse set out to do his best at the 1936 Olympics.He earned four gold medals,a first in Olympic history.And,by letting his accomplishments speak for themselves,he embarrassed an evil dictator.Jesse returned from Germany to a ticker-tape para
19、de and cheers of admiration,but little else.At that time,black athletes did not get product endorsement or appearance contracts.His fame produced little income or stability for his family.To earn a living,Jesse participated in promotional stunts.He raced racehorses and motorcycles.At Negro League ba
20、seball games,he raced the fastest players,often giving them a ten-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.Lat
21、er in life,he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.Jesse Owens grandfather had been a slave.His father was a sharecropper who worked on other peoples farms.Jesse demonstrated that it is not where you come from that determines what you achieve.That is the legacy of Jesse Owens,a man who was
22、always a step ahead.Glossarycommitment(n.)dedication;determination(p.19)controversial(adj.)causing much disagreement (p.21)determination(n.)the commitment or drive to work toward a difficult goal;resolve (p.12)discriminated(v.)treated a person or group unfairly because of gender,race,age,religion,or
23、 other differences (p.15)integrate(v.)to bring different ideas or groups of people together(p.15)intimidated(adj.)made to feel frightened or overwhelmed(p.21)legacy(n.)something handed down from the past to the present(p.13)modest(adj.)humble;not likely to brag or seek attention(p.10)ordeal(n.)a har
24、d or difficult experience (p.17)racism(n.)the belief that one race is better than another;unequal treatment based on such a belief(p.15)revolutionized(v.)made enormous changes(p.4)sharecropper(n.)a farmer who works someone elses land in return for part of the profit from the crops(p.23)American Spor
25、ts Legends Level Z 2122An Olympian for EternityIn 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 G ames was controversial.Nazi leader Adolf Hitler ruled Germany.Nazis believed that Aryansnon-Jewish white p
26、eoplewere a“master race”superior to all others.They called black people“primitive.”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 the track in Be
27、rlin.It 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.Chancellor Hitler has left the stadium rather than shake his hand.Being snubbed does not bother Jesse Owens.He is focused on the long jump.Although it is his be
28、st event,he almost did not qualify because earlier,a German judge claimed he fouled.Now 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 strides,Jesse sprints down the path.He springs into the air and sails into the landing pit for
29、 a record-setting leap of 26 feet,5 1/2 inches.Another gold medal!Jesse Owens races several strides ahead of everyone at the 1936 Olympics.American Sports Legends Level Z 34Table of ContentsThe Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century:Jim Thorpe .4Jim Turns Pro .8The Other Babe:Mildred Didrikson Zaharia
30、s .10No Game She Cant Play.12Baseballs Most Daring Player:Jackie Robinson .14The Fastest Man:Jesse Owens.20An Olympian for Eternity .21Glossary .24The Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century:Jim Thorpe(18871953)Who would you say was the greatest athlete from the last century?Soccers Pel?Basketballs Mic
31、hael Jordan?Hockeys Wayne Gretzky?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 Oklahoma in 1887.He played professional baseball,was
32、 the biggest football star of his day,and performed legendary feats in track and field.Lets go back to 1912,to Stockholm,Sweden,during the Summer Olympic Games .Jesse OwensJim ThorpeAmerican Sports Legends Level Z 34Table of ContentsThe Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century:Jim Thorpe .4Jim Turns Pro
33、 .8The Other Babe:Mildred Didrikson Zaharias .10No Game She Cant Play.12Baseballs Most Daring Player:Jackie Robinson .14The Fastest Man:Jesse Owens.20An Olympian for Eternity .21Glossary .24The Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century:Jim Thorpe(18871953)Who would you say was the greatest athlete from t
34、he last century?Soccers Pel?Basketballs Michael Jordan?Hockeys Wayne Gretzky?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 Oklahoma
35、in 1887.He 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 Stockholm,Sweden,during the Summer Olympic Games .Jesse OwensJim ThorpeAmerican Sports Legends Level Z 2122An Olympian for EternityIn 1936,just be
36、fore the start of World War II,Jesse traveled to Berlin,Germany,for the Summer Olympic Games.But his participation in the Olympic G ames was controversial.Nazi leader Adolf Hitler ruled Germany.Nazis believed that Aryansnon-Jewish white peoplewere a“master race”superior to all others.They called bla
37、ck people“primitive.”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 the track in Berlin.It is August 1936,the final day of the Olympics.Jesse Owe
38、ns has already breezed to the gold medal in the 100-meter and 200-meter races.Chancellor Hitler has left the stadium rather than shake his hand.Being snubbed does not bother Jesse Owens.He is focused on the long jump.Although it is his best event,he almost did not qualify because earlier,a German ju
39、dge claimed he fouled.Now 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 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 me
40、dal!Jesse Owens races several strides ahead of everyone at the 1936 Olympics.American Sports Legends Level Z 1920Jackie Robinson showed that ability was what mattered.Any player who could perform at that professional level belonged in the Major Leagues.Soon,other teams began to hire black and Latino
41、 players.Today,the national pastime of the United States is composed of players and management of all races and nationalities.Jackie Robinson 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 an
42、d commitment to equality made it possible for all players to participate equally in professional American sports.The Fastest Man:Jesse Owens(19131980)Sprinting legend 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
43、jump and long jump.The high school track coach invited Jesse to join the team.But Jesse was very poor.He had to work after school and couldnt practice.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
44、for the 100-yard dash and set a new world record for the long jump.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 acco
45、mplished so much.And he did it in about an hourwith a back injury.Yet,for all the records he set,his greatest triumphs lay ahead.The Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team in 2001 shows how baseball has become fully integrated.Do You Know?Jesse chose to go to Ohio State University even though it was one
46、 of the few colleges that did not offer him a scholarship.He worked as an elevator operator,waiter,and gas station attendant to support himself and his young wife,Ruth.American Sports Legends Level Z 56Before he appeared at the Summer Olympics of 1912,Jim Thorpe was already a well-known college foot
47、ball star.As an All-American halfback from Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania,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 baske
48、tball teams,too.He excelled in golf,tennis,swimming,and just about any 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).The Native American runner from the Sac and Fox tribes c
49、rouches at the starting line for the Olympic 200-meter dash.Its the third event of five in the grueling pentathlon.“On your mark,”calls the starter.“Get set.”Jim Thorpe bursts out of the blocks.He had already scored an easy victory in the long jump,but had placed a disappointing third in the javelin
50、 throw.I need this race,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.Jim Thorpe poses in a football uniform.American Sports Legends