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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students discover both the modern and ancient Olympics. They compare Olympic competitions to their favorite activities and explain why the Olympics are still popular today and draw pictures of themselves participating in the Olympics. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students recognize the meanings and symbolism of the Olympic Flag and Torch and apply this to their own feelings of the classroom by creating their own symbol/flag to represent these feelings. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students compare the Ancient Olympic Games and the Modern Olympic Games to recognize how people use ideas from the past to enrich the present. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students consider the importance of rules and sportsmanship and then create new rules for a creative Olympic event. Full Review »
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- 5th - 10th
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Students explore the ancient roots of the Modern Olympiad; increase recognition of the historical context of each episode of the Olympic Games and how cultural attitudes affected the organization of the Games. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students research the history of Olympic games in order to better explain the modern day games. They write an essay based on the research. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students compare and contrast the ancient and modern Olympic games. They investigate how ideas from the past can enrich the present. They write essays and construct timelines tracing Olympic events from the past to the present. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students compare and contrast today's Olympic Games to those held in ancient Greece. They read newspapers, conduct Internet research, watch TV coverage of current Olympic Games and organize their findings on a Venn diagram. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students using a Venn diagram, compare and contrast the modern and ancient Olympic games. They write essays and construct timelines about the games. Students, using various items, create tools for a new Olympic game and write the rules and how the tool is used. the lesson also includes several extension activities. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students examine the concept of competition as it applies to the Olympic games. They determine the differences between the modern and ancient Olympic games by looking at and comparing images of both. They draw pictures of themselves competing in the Ancient Olympics. Full Review »
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