Jackie Robinson

Jack Roosevelt Robinson was an American baseball player. He changed the way the game was played.
Jackie Robinson was a black man. He wanted to play professional baseball. In America in 1945, black people
could not play baseball with white players. Black Americans had their own all-black baseball teams called the
Negro Leagues.
In 1945, Jackie Robinson became a member of the Negro Leagues. The manager of the Dodgers saw Jackie
Robinson and thought he was a good baseball player. He asked Jackie Robinson to play baseball for the
Dodgers. The Dodgers was an all-white team.
Playing for an all-white team was not easy for Jackie. Team members and fans became angry because a black
man was playing for the Dodgers. Other baseball teams said they would not play against the Dodgers if there
was a black man on the team. People even sent Robinson letters saying they would kill him if he played.
But, Jackie Robinson was strong. He played hard the first year and was given the Rookie of the Year Award.
Soon, other black baseball players joined all white baseball teams all over America.

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READING COMPREHENSION

ESL Lesson Plans - Mini-Bios - Jackie Robinson

Answer the following questions using complete sentences.

1. Was Jack Roosevelt Robinson a Canadian baseball player?
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2. Did he change the way soccer was played?
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3. Was Jackie Robinson a white man?
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4. What did Jackie Robinson want to play?
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5. In 1945 could black people play baseball with white players?
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6. Who had their own baseball teams?
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7. What were the all-black baseball teams called?
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8. Who saw Jackie Robinson play?
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9. Did the manager of the Dodgers think Jackie Robinson was a bad player?
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10. What team did the manager ask Jackie Robinson to play for?
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11. Who became angry at Jackie Robinson?
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12. Why did Dodgers team members become angry?
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13. What did the letters say that people sent to Jackie Robinson?
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14. What award was Jackie Robinson given the first year?
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15. Did black players join other baseball teams in America?
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VOCABULARY REVIEW
ESL Lesson Plans - Mini-Bios - Jackie Robinson

Unscramble the words below from the story. Then write one original sentence for each word.
1. lalbseab
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2. rofelaspison
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3. nfas
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4. wrada
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5. pyrasel
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6. etma
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7. gsrotn
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8. tetselr
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9. rsembme
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Now find the words from above in the Word Search below.

LETTERSASHDYP
ACAEIADIAEHAR
IDIARWOGMAMPO
BASEBALLODNRF
DSICDRERXAABE
EMFICDFANSOSS
GEEVDOCKGHHIS
EMCINDERUEDCI
FBSCRGTTPRYAO
TEAMIPOIARTDN
ORTFBEERAYEOA
ESZBRESTRONGL
TEOPLAYERSZOT
XMPSTEWMQIRVO

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ANSWER KEY - SCRAMBLE AND WORD SEARCH

1. baseball
2. professional
3. fans
4. award
5. players
6. team
7. strong
8. letters
9. members

LETTERSASHDYP
ACAEIADIAEHAR
IDIARWOGMAMPO
BASEBALLODNRF
DSICDRERXAABE
EMFICDFANSOSS
GEEVDOCKGHHIS
EMCINDERUEDCI
FBSCRGTTPRYAO
TEAMIPOIARTDN
ORTFBEERAYEOA
ESZBRESTRONGL
TEOPLAYERSZOT
XMPSTEWMQIRVO

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