Extreme Sports Set 2
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:
• “Famous snowboarder pulls out of slopestyle at Sochi Olympics” (By Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela staff, Feb. 10, 2014
• *Safer Slopes (from Super Science Magazine, Nov/Dec. 2013) NEED LIBRARY CARD
• “Best of the X Games”
• “Skate Safety: A Crash Course” By Sky Siljeg
• “X Games Too Extreme? New Questions After Snowmobile Accident” (By Brian Tood and Dugald McConnell, January 31, 2013)
• “Extreme Sports Growing In Popularity” (By Lola Jones, May 20, 2008)
• “Kids and Extreme Sports” (By: Kyanna Sutton, Family Education)
• “Why Do People Enjoy Extreme Sports?”
• “The World’s First Wingsuit Champion is Crowned”
• “Wingsuit Daredevil Jeb Corliss Completes Another Heart-Stopping ‘Flight’” http://www.dogonews.com/2013/9/30/wingsuit-daredevil-jeb-corliss-completes-another-heartstopping-flight NOT AVAILABLE
• The Toughest Sport Infographic:
• “Given the risks involved, where’s the appeal in extreme sports?” (By Allan Maki and Paul Waldie, The Globe and Mail, January 20, 2012)
• “With the thrills come extreme risks”
• “Are Extreme Sports Worth the Risk?” (Storyworks Magazine November/December 2014). NEED SIGN IN
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:
• Extreme Sports by Bobbie Kalman
• any of the other extreme sports books by Bobbie Kalman such as Extreme Skydiving
• Lives of the Athletes: Thrills, Spills (And What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull and Kathryn Hewitt
• Skateboarding by Clive Gifford
• Defying Gravity! Rock Climbing by Christine Dugan
• Extraordinary Women Athletes by Judy L. Hasday
• Tony Hawk: Professional Skateboarder by Tony Hawk
• To the Extreme by DK Readers
Are extreme sports worth the risk?
Text Set Articles:
• “Famous snowboarder pulls out of slopestyle at Sochi Olympics” (By Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela staff, Feb. 10, 2014
• *Safer Slopes (from Super Science Magazine, Nov/Dec. 2013) NEED LIBRARY CARD
• “Best of the X Games”
• “Skate Safety: A Crash Course” By Sky Siljeg
• “X Games Too Extreme? New Questions After Snowmobile Accident” (By Brian Tood and Dugald McConnell, January 31, 2013)
• “Extreme Sports Growing In Popularity” (By Lola Jones, May 20, 2008)
• “Kids and Extreme Sports” (By: Kyanna Sutton, Family Education)
• “Why Do People Enjoy Extreme Sports?”
• “The World’s First Wingsuit Champion is Crowned”
• “Wingsuit Daredevil Jeb Corliss Completes Another Heart-Stopping ‘Flight’” http://www.dogonews.com/2013/9/30/wingsuit-daredevil-jeb-corliss-completes-another-heartstopping-flight NOT AVAILABLE
• The Toughest Sport Infographic:
• “Given the risks involved, where’s the appeal in extreme sports?” (By Allan Maki and Paul Waldie, The Globe and Mail, January 20, 2012)
• “With the thrills come extreme risks”
• “Are Extreme Sports Worth the Risk?” (Storyworks Magazine November/December 2014). NEED SIGN IN
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:
• Extreme Sports by Bobbie Kalman
• any of the other extreme sports books by Bobbie Kalman such as Extreme Skydiving
• Lives of the Athletes: Thrills, Spills (And What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull and Kathryn Hewitt
• Skateboarding by Clive Gifford
• Defying Gravity! Rock Climbing by Christine Dugan
• Extraordinary Women Athletes by Judy L. Hasday
• Tony Hawk: Professional Skateboarder by Tony Hawk
• To the Extreme by DK Readers