Summary

Viewers may remember the unlikely but true story of the Jamaican bobsled team that made it to the Olympics. It was a feat popularized in the 1993 film, "Cool Runnings." Now, Jamaica's bobsled team is back at it again.

Five Facts

Discussion questions using the Journalist’s Five Ws plus an H:

• Who are some of the individuals or groups of people mentioned in the news summary?


• What stories are covered?


• Where do some of the stories take place?


• When did those stories occur?


• Why did the event(s) take place?


• How do you think the NewsHour’s producers decided which stories made it into the news summary?

Focus Questions

Why is it considered such a feat that the Jamaican bobsled team qualified for the Winter Olympics? Media literacy : What factors do you think prompt movie producers to make a film out of an historic event?

For More

Watch this trailer of the movie Cool Runnings based on the first Jamaican bobsled team who made it to the Olympics in 1988.

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