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Shooting Hoops

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Book meta-data
  • Reading Box: Ruby (Levels 27-28)
  • Year: Four
  • Fiction/Nonfiction: Non-fiction
  • Theme/Topic: History, Leisure and recreation, Sports
  • Genre: Report
  • Strategy/Skills: Visualising, Comparing and contrasting, Using graphic sources
  • Page Count: 32
  • Reading Level: 28
  • Item Code: 200736
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  • Curriculum Codes: ACELY1692, ACELA1512, ACELY1698, ACELY1702, ACELY1703
Reader Description

Find out how basketball has grown from a high school sport to a multi-billion dollar industry.

After you have completed the Reader

Reread the information on page 8 about women in sports. Imagine you lived in the nineteenth century. Write a letter to a basketball coach arguing that women should be allowed to compete in basketball games. Give three reasons why.

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