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This page has recommendations on how to use the nonfiction texts on pages 7 and 8, which are designed to build background knowledge for the performance of Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman by Kathleen Krull.

Titles & Topics for the Nonfiction Texts:Wilma Rudolph: A Story of DeterminationLife after the Depression: Little to Live OnPolio: A Terrible DiseaseSegregation: Separate But Equal

Nonfiction Text Features:Feel free to do a mini-lesson on nonfiction text features. Each topic has a heading, photo with a caption, and highlight box with questions for discussion.

Options to facilitate reading:Some of the vocabulary and content may be challenging for students depending on their grade and reading level.

Students can:• Read independently• Follow along while the text is read aloud• Read the text in pairs to support developing readers• Jigsaw the texts so each group reads and discusses a topic and shares with the rest of the class

Options to facilitate discussion:Each topic has one to two questions for students to think about. The questions are designed for students to make personal connections to the real life experiences of Wilma Rudolph. They are also springboards for deeper discussions about determination, poverty, illness, and racial inequality

Students can:• Respond to the questions individually in writing• Pair-share or talk with their table groups• Engage in a whole class discussion• Jigsaw the texts so each group reads and discusses a topic and shares with the rest of the class

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What Do You Think?• What’smostimportanttoyou—tohavetalentortowork

hard?Why?• Whoarethepeopleinyourlifewhoencourageyouto

succeed?

What Do You Think?• Howdoespoverty,orbeingpoor,affectsomeone’schance

forsuccess?

LIFE AFTER THE GREAT DEPRESSION: Little to Live On

WILMA RUDOLPH: A True Story of Determination

What Do You Think?• Howwouldyougetaroundifyoucouldn’tmoveyourlegs?• Whataresomeseriousdiseasesthatexisttoday?• Aretherevaccinesforthesediseases?

What Do You Think?• Haveyoueverseensomeonebeingtreatedunfairlyforsomethinglikethecoloroftheirskin?• Lookatthepicture.What’sthedifferencebetweenthetwodrinkingfountains?What’sthe

same?

SEGREGATION: “Separate but Equal”

POLIO: A Feared Disease

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