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Friday Night LightsText Overview

We will read H.G. Bissinger’s Friday Night Lights and a set of related texts. The location of these texts is indicated in the Unit Text List.

Core

  • Tradebook
    • Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger, Da Capo Press, 1990
  • Unit Reader
    • “Baseball for Life,” Sara Corbett, The New York Times Company, 2006
    • “The Case against High-School Sports,” Amanda Ripley, The Atlantic Media Co., 2013
    • “The White Flight from Football,” Alana Semuels, The Atlantic Media Co., 2019
    • “Unchecked, Unchallenged and Unabashed: Is Racism in High School Sports Being Tolerated?,” Ivey DeJesus, PA Media Group LLC, 2014
    • “Women and Men in Sports: Separate is Not Equal,” Laura Pappano and Eileen McDonagh, The Christian Science Monitor, 2008
  • Digital Access
    • “Who Says Girls Can’t Play Football? Certainly Not 13-Year-Old Auburn Roberson,” Melissa Isaacson, ESPN, November 9, 2016

Optional

  • Multimedia
    • Hoop Dreams, Director, Steve James, Kartemquin Films
  • Digital Access
    • “Team Sports Provide a Hopeful Example of Racial Harmony in U.S.,” Leigh Steinberg, Forbes

Text Icons

The following text icons are used in the Text pages:

Unit Reader Unit Reader Texts

Digital Access Digital Access Texts

Tradebook Tradebook Texts

Multimedia Multimedia Texts

To find digital access texts on the Internet, complete the following steps:

  1. Locate the reference information for the text (text title, author, date of publication, and publisher) found on the Text page for a unit, section, or lesson.

  2. Highlight and copy the reference information.

  3. Paste the information into a search engine.

  4. The text will appear as one of the first search results.

  5. Verify the result by comparing the reference information on the website to the information on the Text page.