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Jesse Owens
ISBN
9781481480970
Genre
Algemeen
Verschenen
17-01-2017
Bindwijze
Ebook EPUB
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Simon Spotlight
Auteur(s)
Laurie Calkhoven
Illustrator
Elizabet Vukovic

Jesse Owens

Ready-to-Read Level 3

Reeks: You Should Meet

Laurie Calkhoven
Leesfragment
€6,70
  • Sprint
  • around
  • the
  • track
  • and
  • get
  • to
  • know
  • Jesse
  • Owens
  • in
  • this
  • fascinating,
  • nonfiction
  • Level
  • 3
  • Ready-to-Read,
  • part
  • of
  • a
  • new
  • series
  • of
  • biographies
  • about
  • people
  • “you
  • should
  • meet.”Meet
  • Jesse
  • Owens,
  • an
  • African
  • American
  • runner
  • who
  • won
  • four
  • gold
  • medals
  • at
  • the
  • 1936
  • Olympics
  • in
  • Berlin!
  • What
  • made
  • his
  • achievement
  • even
  • more
  • memorable
  • was
  • that
  • Adolph
  • Hitler
  • expected
  • the
  • Olympic
  • Games
  • to
  • be
  • a
  • German
  • showcase.
  • In
  • fact,
  • he
  • criticized
  • the
  • United
  • States
  • for
  • even
  • including
  • black
  • athletes
  • on
  • its
  • Olympic
  • roster.
  • According
  • to
  • many
  • reports,
  • after
  • Owens
  • won
  • his
  • fourth
  • gold
  • medal,
  • Hitler
  • stormed
  • out
  • of
  • the
  • stadium.
  • In
  • 1936
  • Jesse
  • Owens
  • took
  • a
  • stand
  • against
  • racism
  • and
  • made
  • history.A
  • special
  • section
  • at
  • the
  • back
  • of
  • the
  • book
  • includes
  • extras
  • on
  • subjects
  • like
  • history
  • and
  • math,
  • plus
  • a
  • short
  • article
  • filled
  • with
  • interesting
  • facts
  • about
  • the
  • Olympics.
  • With
  • the
  • You
  • Should
  • Meet
  • series,
  • learning
  • about
  • historical
  • figures
  • has
  • never
  • been
  • so fascinating!
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