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    Jesse Owens Oneonone Activities Reading

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    Jesse Owens was born in 1913 in Alabama and moved with his family to Ohio as a child. He was a talented runner who set several world records in high school and college. In 1936, Owens won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, defeating Adolf Hitler's claims of Aryan supremacy. Despite his success, Owens faced racism and challenges finding work after facing segregation laws in the United States. He worked as a public speaker later in life and died of lung cancer in 1980.

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    Jesse Owens Oneonone Activities Reading

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    Jesse Owens was born in 1913 in Alabama and moved with his family to Ohio as a child. He was a talented runner who set several world records in high school and college. In 1936, Owens won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, defeating Adolf Hitler's claims of Aryan supremacy. Despite his success, Owens faced racism and challenges finding work after facing segregation laws in the United States. He worked as a public speaker later in life and died of lung cancer in 1980.

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    Jesse Owens was born in 1913 in Alabama and moved with his family to Ohio as a child. He was a talented runner who set several world records in high school and college. In 1936, Owens won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, defeating Adolf Hitler's claims of Aryan supremacy. Despite his success, Owens faced racism and challenges finding work after facing segregation laws in the United States. He worked as a public speaker later in life and died of lung cancer in 1980.

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    Jesse Owens

    James Cleveland Owens was born on September 12th, 1913, in Oakville, Alabama. He was the
    youngest of ten children, Life in the South was very difficult for black people, and Jesse´s
    family war very poor. When he was nine years old, his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio.
    They hoped that life would be better in the North. When his teacher asked for his name at is
    new school, she didn´t understand him because of his southern accent: at the time everyone
    called him J.C., but she thought he said “Jesse”. From then on everyone called him Jesse
    Owens. As a boy, Jesse had different jobs in his free time to help his family. He also loved to
    run. One of the coaches at his school, Charles Riley, wanted to help Jesse to become a better
    runner. He trained with Jesse before school because Jesse had to go to his job after school.
    Charles helped Jesse in many was and was a very important person in Jesse´s life. Jesse
    started to set world records in 1928, when he was only 15 years old. By the time Jesse had
    finished high school, the whole country knew his name.

    In 1933 Jesse started at Ohio State University. He went to class, worked at different jobs, and
    he kept tunning. In 1935, Jesse set three world records in 45 minutes. Jesse was a successful
    sportsman, but because of segregation, he had to live with many challenges. He was not
    allowed to live on the university campus or to travel with his team. He had to eat at “black-
    only” restaurants and stay I “black-only” hotels.

    In 1936 Jesse came to Berlin to run the Summer Olympics. Adolf Hitler wanted to use the
    Olympics to show the world that white Germans were better than other people. But Jesse
    Owens won four gold medals: in the 100-meter sprint, the long jump, the 200-meter sprint and
    the 400-meter relay race. Jesse was the most successful at the Summer Olympics. He was also
    the first American to win four gold medals in the history of track and field at the Olympics. It
    was an amazing Olympics for Jesse and for the US. In Germany, Jesse had been allowed to
    stay in the same hotels as white people. Back home people celebrated Jesse and said that he
    was a hero, but there was still segregation. Jesse wasn´t allowed to ride the front of the bus.
    President F.D. Roosevelt never called him or invited him to the White House. And perhaps
    the biggest problem was that Jesse needed to find a job, but nobody wanted to give him one.

    After the Olympics, Jesse had a hard time finding a good job for many years. Later, he
    became a very popular speaker. Jesse died of lung cancer in 1980, at the age of 66. He had
    smoked a lot for about 35 years. After he died, many streets and parks were named after him.
    He is one of the greatest sportsmen of the 20th century.
    1. Read the article and find out, what Jesse Owens was famous for.

    2. Explain why Jesse didn´t have an easy life even though he was a world-famous athlete.

    3. Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F). Check the text for the correct line
    number.

    T F Line
    Jesse Owens had nine older brothers and sisters.
    His new teacher thought his name was J.C.
    By the time he was 15 years old, Jesse had won three gold medals.
    In the U.S. Jesse had to stay at hotels that were for black people only.
    President Roosevelt never invited Jesse after the Olympics.
    Jesse died of lung cancer at the age of 80.

    4. One part of these sentences is wrong. Correct the mistakes.

    a) Jesse´s family moved to California because life in the South was very difficult.

    b) He was losing lots of races, but because of segregation, life was hard.

    c) Jesse didn´t stay in hotels with white people when he was in Berlin.

    d) A lot of shops and restaurants have been named after him.

    5. Now it´s your turn! Talk with a partner about your favourite sport (what, where, when,
    who etc.).

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