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History for Kids: Jim Thorpe HandoutHistory for Kids: Jim Thorpe Handout
Publisher
Stephen Byrne
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Grade
1st - 6th
Subjects
Physical Education
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Resource Type
Handouts & References
Audiences
For Administrator Use
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Lexile Measures
970L
Handout

History for Kids: Jim Thorpe

Curated by ACT

History for Kids presents an overview of the life story of Jim Thorpe, a Native American from Oklahoma who was a superb athlete competing in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics before moving on to play professional baseball and football.

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Concepts

sports

Additional Tags

jim thorpe, native american athletes, famous native americans, native american famous people

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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