Students will learn about the history of the Olympics and the various countries that have hosted the games.
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Students will learn about some of the sports featured in the Olympics.
Prerequisite skills
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Basic research skills using Encarta and Internet Explorer
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Basic experience with Publisher
How to begin
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Save the document Student directions (204 KB Microsoft Word file) to your classroom computer. To open this file, you might need to get Office File Viewers. Adjust the directions as needed for your lesson. When presenting your lesson to the students, ask them to use the student directions sheet as a jump point into the lesson.
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Inform students that while the first modern Olympic games were held in 1896 (more than 100 years ago), the original games date as far back as 776 B.C.
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Ask students to brainstorm what they think of when they think about the Olympics. List their thoughts on an overhead projector or whiteboard.
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Tell the students that they will be creating a brochure on one of the past Olympics.
Note: You may choose to assign students one of the Olympic Games (there have been 24 summer games and 19 winter games), or you may decide to have the students select one of them. This may be completed as a group project.
In this activity you will research one year of the Olympic Games in one city and create an attractive informational brochure based on your research.
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Software: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Encarta, Microsoft Publisher
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What to do
Research the Olympic Games and create a brochure that presents your findings
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Start Internet Explorer and visit:www.olympic.org. You may also find information in Microsoft Encarta.
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Select the year and city that you have been assigned.
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Start Publisher, and select Publications for Print.
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Choose one of the Informational Brochure designs available.
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There will be six main parts to your brochure, one part on each of the six panels. Fill in the required information in each of the six parts or panels. Here's how:
Front Panels
Event Highlights
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What records were set?
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What other interesting highlights occurred?
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Were there any "firsts" at these games?
Be sure to include any appropriate pictures or graphics.
Mailer Information (Publisher will automatically generate this).
Cover
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Name of the host city.
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Date of the games.
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Picture of the city or a picture representing the games.
Inside Panels
Athletes
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Who were the star athletes during these Olympic games?
Be sure to include any appropriate pictures or graphics.
About the HostCity and Country
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Where are the host country and city located?
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What other attractions are located in the city?
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How did the city and country prepare for the games?
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How were the games unique in this host city?
Be sure to include any appropriate pictures or graphics.
About the Emblem and Medals Designed for These Games
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Who designed them?
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What do the symbols represent?
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What materials were used?
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Have you collected pictures of the emblems and the medals?
Be sure to include any appropriate pictures or graphics.
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Check to make sure you have entered all the information, and then be sure to proofread your brochure.
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When you are finished, print your brochure and turn it in to your teacher.
Have the students create a Microsoft Office PowerPoint presentation to convince the Olympic Organizing Committee to consider your town or city as the next Olympics venue.
