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Athletes
SUMMARY This book traces the history of
African Americans in sports in the United
States Before 1945, African Americans
were not allowed to play in most professional
sports This book looks at individual athletes
who were able to break through the race
bar-rier and set an example for others who follow
Some of the athletes profiled include Satchel
Paige, Willie O’Ree, Jackie Robinson, Jesse
Owens, Hank Aaron, and Tiger Woods
LESSON VOCABULARY
adversity amateur
discrimination inferior
integrated prejudiced
INTRODUCE THE BOOK
INTRODUCE THE TITLE AND AUTHOR Discuss with
students the title and the author of African
American Athletes Based on the title and the
cover photographs, ask students what they
imagine this book will be about
BUILD BACKGROUND Have students name
some famous African American athletes Ask
them if they knew there were times when
African Americans were not allowed to play
professional sports Ask students what it
would be like to be prevented from doing what
they wanted to do because of the color of
their skin
PREVIEW/USE TEXT FEATURES Have students
look at the section headings and the
photographs and discuss how these text
elements help organize the book Ask
students how the section headings may help
them understand what this book may be
about
READ THE BOOK
SET PURPOSE Have students set a purpose for
reading African American Athletes Students’
interest in sports can help guide this purpose
As students read, suggest they take notes that might provide answers to any questions they could have about the subject
STRATEGY SUPPORT: ASK QUESTIONS Revisit how asking questions before and during reading can help keep the reader engaged with the information in the text Then discuss how asking questions after reading can also help them check comprehension and solidify what
they’ve learned For example: What did I learn
about African American athletes that I didn’t know before?
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
PAGE 4 Satchel Paige had names for some of
his pitches Name a few (bee ball, trouble ball,
Long Tom)
PAGE 6 Who was the first African American to
play professional basketball? (Earl Lloyd)
PAGE 7 Pro football was integrated from 1920
until 1933 What happened from 1934 to
1946? (African Americans were barred from
football.)
PAGE 8 What was unique about Willie O’Ree?
(He was the first African American to play ice hockey, and he was blind in one eye.)
PAGE 12 How did Jackie Robinson respond to
threats and taunts after he started playing for
the Brooklyn Dodgers? (He didn’t get angry or
answer back.)
PAGE 19 Who has made more money playing
golf than anyone in history? (Tiger Woods)
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SEQUENCE ASK QUESTIONS
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To reinforce the contextual meaning of the
word discrimination on page 3, discuss
with students how the phrase “or unfair treatment” suggests the meaning of
discrimination Ask students to skim through
the text, locate other vocabulary words, and identify the context clues that suggest meaning
Ask students to skim the story and write down any unfamiliar words Suggest they look the words up in the dictionary and write the meanings in their notebooks
TARGET SKILL AND STRATEGY
SEQUENCE Remind students that the
sequence in a story or article is the order
in which the events occur To better understand what this means, ask students
to write a short paragraph about how they clean their room or how they make breakfast, keeping the actions in sequence
Have students read their reports to the class
ASK QUESTIONS Remind students that asking their own questions before, during, and after they read will help them actively engage with the material It will also help them reflect on what they read, identify the author’s purpose, and separate statements
of fact from statements of opinion Offer as
examples such questions as How did the
author organize the information? What is the author trying to say here? Could I turn this information into a story or movie?
ADDITIONAL SKILL INSTRUCTION
FACT AND OPINION Remind students that a
statement of fact is a statement that can
be proven true or false, and a statement of
opinion is someone’s judgment A statement
of opinion cannot be proved true or false
To give students practice, give them several sentences, some of which are fact and some opinion, and have students mark them
as such
REVISIT THE BOOK
READER RESPONSE
1 Football, 1946; baseball, 1947; basketball,
1950; hockey, 1958
2 Responses will vary.
3 Possible response: Professional hockey was
not integrated until the late 1950s
4 Possible response: The photograph shows
that baseball had been integrated
EXTEND UNDERSTANDING Discuss with students
how sections in the book can help organize
complicated material Go over the sections
with students and discuss what material is
in each and why Ask students how they can
tell what each section is going to be about
Guide them to see that the next section is a
progression
RESPONSE OPTIONS
WRITING Ask students to write a brief
paragraph expressing their feelings about
discrimination and prejudice
SOCIAL STUDIES
CONNECTION
Have students take one
of the sports figures in
this book and do further
research on him or her Students
can use the Internet and the library to find
information How did the athlete deal with
discrimination that he or she may have faced
along the way?
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Skill Work
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Sequence
• Understanding the sequence of events is important to having a correct understanding
of the text
Directions Answer the following questions.
1 Besides Satchel Paige, who was another great African American baseball player who
preceded Jackie Robinson? What position did he play?
2 African Americans were not allowed to play basketball until 1950 Who was the first player
to break the race barrier?
3 Hockey was one of the last of the major sports to be integrated In what year did Willie O’Ree
start playing professional hockey?
4 Which baseball player broke through racial barriers and became the first African American
to play for a major baseball team? How long would it take for most teams to have African
Americans playing for them?
5 What happened to Jesse Owens after winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin?
Did he have a successful career as an athlete?
Directions Match each year to the man who started playing his sport then.
1950 Jackie Robinson, baseball
1958 Jesse Owens, track and field
1947 Earl Lloyd, basketball
1948 Willie O’Ree, hockey
1936 Satchel Paige, baseball
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Vocabulary
Directions Draw a line from each word to its definition.
Check the Words You Know
adversity discrimination integrated prohibited
amateur inferior prejudiced taunts
1 adversity jeers; mocking or insulting remarks
2 amateur below most others; low in quality
3 taunts condition of misfortune or distress
4 discrimination forbidden by law from doing something
5 inferior when a public place or group has been opened to all races
6 integrated someone who plays something for pleasure, instead of for money
or as a profession
7 prejudiced having an unreasonable dislike for someone or something
8 prohibited act of showing an unfair difference in treatment
Directions Select four vocabulary words and use each in a sentence.
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