Jackie Robinson Printable Reading Comprehension
Grade Level: 6 | Lexile: 1100 | Word Count: 684
 

Use this Activity:

Discuss -
  1. What challenges did Jackie Robinson face both in the military and in his early baseball career?
  2. How did Jackie Robinson's athletic talent and determination help him break racial barriers in sports?
  3. Why was Jackie Robinson’s number 42 retired by Major League Baseball, and what does that honor represent?
  4. In what ways did Jackie Robinson's actions impact the future of African-American athletes?
Reading Groups - This passage and question set serves as an excellent tool for enrichment-based reading groups in language arts or social studies.
Morning Work - The activity takes most students about 25 minutes to complete, making it an ideal solution for morning work. It can be part of a series of sports-themed comprehension activities offered to students as morning work.
Debate - Was Jackie Robinson's impact on American society greater as an athlete or as a civil rights pioneer?
Homework - This activity is a great way to assign homework in social studies or language arts.
Whiteboard - Have students come to the whiteboard to annotate important information or to click the correct answers.