Global
Updates From World View
April
2004
The Olympics
Take
this short quiz
to see how much you know about the most important sporting event of the
last
100 years!
1. When was the first
modern Olympic Games?
a) 1892
c)
1896
b)
1894
d)
1902
2. Which statement below states the main purpose
of the Olympic Games?
a)
To
link sport
with culture and education
b)
To
promote the
practice of sport and the joy found in exertion
c)
To
help build a
better world through sport practiced in a spirit of fair play and
friendship
d)
All
of the above
3. What year were women able to first compete in
an Olympic event?
a) 1896
c)
1904
b) 1900
d)
1908
And what two sports were they able to compete in?
4. Name three sports where men and women compete
on mixed or coed teams?
______________ _________________
______________
5. Which country’s athletes always enter the
stadium first during the Opening Ceremony? ________________ Which country’s
athletes
enter last?____________
6. Which continent has yet to host an Olympic
Game? ___________
7. What year did gold, silver, and bronze medals
start to be awarded?
a) 1896
c)
1904
b) 1900
d)
1908
8. Are the medals the same for the Summer
Olympics as for the Winter Olympics? ______________
9. How many gold, silver, and bronze medals will
be produced for the 2004 Summer Olympics?
a) 900, 900, 850
(gold, silver, bronze)
b) 1130, 1130, 1150
c) 1350, 1200, 1050
d) 1500, 1500, 1500
10. Where is the flame lit for each Olympic
torch?
a)
b) At a historically significant site of the host city
c) Parthenon,
d)
11. What do the 5 rings on the Olympic flag
symbolize, and what colors are the rings?
12. Which is the correct motto of the
Olympics?
a) a
bene placito
- at one's pleasure
b) carpe
diem - sieze the day
c) cogito
ergo sum - I think therefore I am
d) citius altius
fortius – faster,
higher, stronger
13. Approximately how many athletes will compete
in Athens 2004?
a) 5,000
c)
10,500
b)
8,500
d)
13,000
ANSWERS
1.
c) the first modern
Olympic Games were in
2.
d) all of the above
3.
b)1900, women made
their Olympic debut in tennis and golf
4.
Just to name a few: equestrian, sailing,
badminton
5.
Athletes representing
6.
7.
c) The tradition of awarding gold, silver, and
bronze medals to the top three athletes of each event began in 1904.
8.
No, the medals may be different. In
fact, the summer medals are now always
gold, silver, or bronze, but the winter medals may consist of other
elements
chosen by the host country. For example,
the medals of the Albertville Games (France) included a crystal disc
and the medals
of the Nagano Games (
9.
b) 1130 gold medals,
1130 silver medals, and 1150 bronze medals are expected to be made for
10. a) The Olympic
Flame is lit in a ceremony in front of the
11. The Five
rings on the Olympic Flag
represent the five continents. The rings
are always interlaced with three on top and two underneath. The colors of the rings are: blue, black,
red, yellow, and green.
12. d) Citius Altius Fortius
(Faster Higher Stronger)
13.
c) 10,500 athletes
from across the globe will compete this summer in
ABOUT THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT
According to
the official
website for the Olympics, the Olympic Movement groups together all
those who
agree to be guided by the Olympic Charter and who recognize the
authority of
the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Included are the
International Federations (IF) of sports on the program
of the Olympic Games; the National Olympic Committees (NOCs),
the Organizing Committees of the Olympic Games (OCOGs),
as well as athletes, judges and referees. The goal of the Olympic
Movement is to contribute to building a peaceful
and better world by educating youth through sport practiced without
discrimination or any kind, in a spirit of friendship, solidarity and
fair
play. Olympism is a state of mind based
on equality of sports which are international and democratic.
Additional
information on the Olympic Movement including highlights, sports
involved,
athletes, and medal counts from past winter and summer games, is
available at http://www.olympic.org
Olympic Summer Games have been
held in the
following cities:
Olympic
Summer Games have been held in the following cities:
Educational
resources on the Olympics
can be obtained from the Olympic Studies Centre
(OSC)
Educational Service division. An
information kit is available containing fact sheets on Olympic themes
such as
the Olympic flame and torch relay, other Olympic symbols and history,
and the
games themselves. These fact sheets can
be found at: http://www.olympic.org/uk/passion/studies/index_uk.asp
ATHENS GREECE is the site of the Summer
2004 Olympics. The events will run
August 13-29, followed by the Paralympic Games,
September 17-28. Visit the official site
of the 2004 games by visiting http://www.athens2004.com
The site
contains a comprehensive
summary of events surrounding the Summer 2004
Games. It is updated continually with
sporting news.
Lesson Plans for the Olympics
A to Z Teacher Stuff –
Olympics http://atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Olympics/
BBC www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/teachers/lesson.shtml
Crayola
Sport Shadow Box www.crayola.com/educators/lessons/display.cfm?id=366
Sports Writer www.crayola.com/educators/lessons/display.cfm?id=186
EdGate
www.edgate.com/wintergames/design/lesson_plans/
EDSITEMent http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=230
Education World www.education-world.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2148.shtml
LessonPlansPage.com www.lessonplanspage.com/Olympics.htm
NY Times
The Sporting Life www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20040309tuesday.html?searchpv=learning_lessons
Building Budgets www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20040115thursday.html?searchpv=learning_lessons
Sun Micro Systems www.sun.com/aboutsun/comm_invest/ogp/lessons/colorado/thornton/olympic_sports_fun.html
USAToday/AT&T Connections www.usatoday.com/educate/attglobaled/index.html
Xpeditions (National Geographic and Marco Polo) www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/17/gk2/olympic.html
Activities
Crayola
Ancient
Greek Mask www.crayola.com/educators/lessons/display.cfm?id=320
An Educators Guide to
the Olympics (From the 2002 games, check for 2004 updates)
http://2002.uen.org/html/reach/
eThemes http://emints.more.net/ethemes/resources/S00001272.shtml
Greek Recipes http://allrecipes.com/directory/898.asp
Make Your Own
Olympics http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/sportscrafts/a/070300a.htm
Mr. Donn’s
Ancient Greek Olympics http://members.aol.com/MrDonnUnits/GreekOlympics.html#OPEN
The Teacher’s Corner www.theteacherscorner.net/thematicunits/wolympics.htm
The Olympics—three
activities
www.educ.uvic.ca/Faculty/sockenden/edb363/internetprojects/ancientgreece/test.html
Scholastic http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/olympics01.htm
For more information please visit
the
following web sites:
Amateur Athletic Foundation – Los Angeles www.aafla.org/6oic/primer_frmst.htm
The
Ancient Olympic Games Virtual Museum http://minbar.cs.dartmouth.edu/greecom/olympics/
The
British Olympic
Association www.olympics.org.uk/education/education_teachers.asp
Canadian Olympic
Association www.olympic.ca/EN/education/index.shtml
Education
World Resources www.education-world.com/a_sites/sites047.shtml
Classroom
Clipart –
German Olympic Committee www.nok.de/download.php
United States
Olympic
Committee www.olympic-usa.org/education/education.html