Extreme Sports Set 1
These sets can be given to research clubs during Session 2 of the unit. They can also be reread by clubs during Bend II, along with the additional Bend II texts. During Bend III, these sets can be given out to clubs who have not yet studied the issue. You can also note a few texts marked which you might find particularly helpful to steer students to read/ reread during Session 12 “Who Said What? Studying Perspective.”
Are extreme sports worth the risk?
Text Set Articles:
• Extreme Sports Facts (by Science Kids)
• Extreme Sports Safety (Scholastic News, May/June 2010)
• “Safety worries hit the ‘slope’ at Sochi Olympics” (By Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela staff, Feb. 10, 2014
• “New Beginnings” (Time for Kids)
• “Best of the X Games”
• “Skate Safety: A Crash Course” By Sky Siljeg
• The Toughest Sport Infographic:
• “Kids and Extreme Sports” (By: Kyanna Sutton, Family Education)
Are extreme sports worth the risk?
Text Set Articles:
• Extreme Sports Facts (by Science Kids)
• Extreme Sports Safety (Scholastic News, May/June 2010)
• “Safety worries hit the ‘slope’ at Sochi Olympics” (By Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela staff, Feb. 10, 2014
• “New Beginnings” (Time for Kids)
• “Best of the X Games”
• “Skate Safety: A Crash Course” By Sky Siljeg
• The Toughest Sport Infographic:
• “Kids and Extreme Sports” (By: Kyanna Sutton, Family Education)
Multimedia:
• “Extreme Sports” (0–2:24)
• “Base Jumper On Extreme Sports Risks and Rewards” (Video clip from CBS This Morning) —Base jumper and extreme skier, JT Holmes, discusses the risks and benefits of his career.
• “Sarah Burke’s Death: Extreme Sports Dangers” (January 1, 2012)
Books:
• DK Readers: Extreme Sports by Richard Platt (P)
• Extreme Sports by Bobbie Kalman
• Extreme Surfing (Extreme Sports-No Limits!) by JohnCrossingham and Bobbie Kalman
• Extreme Snowboarding (Extreme Sports No Limits!) by Bobbie Kalman and Kelley MacAulay Extreme Sports-No Limits! series)
• Shaun White (Amazing Athletes) by Doeden
• Amazing Athletes series (many are level P)
• See How They Go: Motorcycles by DK Publishing (low level)
• Yes, She Can!: Women’s Sports Pioneers (Good Sports) by Glenn Stout
• Cool BMX Racing Facts (Cool Sports Facts) by Sandy Donovan
• Cool Sports Facts series available for many sports in English and Spanish
• Super Surfers (X-Moves series) by Michael Sandler
• (any of the X-Moves series!)