Jackie Joyner Kersee: The Impact of My Childhood on Me and My Commitment to Service
3:25
Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: New November 2022! Track star Jackie Joyner Kersee talks about how people volunteered to help her family and being food insecure in her childhood impacted how she crafted her life.
Type of Video: Segment*
Unique Video ID: Character-139**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Use this video to have a conversation with your students about the value of philanthropy by asking them to define the term, and then do research on Jackie Joyner Kersee and other sports figures that work to help others and why they do it.
*Segment videos are short excerpts edited from interviews or interactive programs that offer flexible and differentiated ways to use the rich content included in the full-length conversation.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
