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Winter Olympic Torch Traveling Across Italy

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students react to statements about the 2006 Winter Olympics, then read a news article about the Olympic torch's journey through Italy. In this current events lesson (written prior to the 2006 Winter Olympics), the teacher introduces the...
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Worksheet
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Winter Olympics Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Winter Olympics vocabulary skills worksheet, students match the 12 Olympics-related terms in the word bank to the appropriate definitions.  
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Winter Olympics History Year by Year

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Investigate the history of the Winter Olympic Games. After researching this event and compiling necessary statistics, pupils use a graphic organizer to chart their findings. A template for a chart is included in this resource. Have your...
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Winter Olympics Decoding

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Winter Olympics worksheet, students complete a decoding puzzles with the help of a word box at the bottom of the page. All words written "in code" are related to the Winter Olympics.
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Olympic Challenges

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students consider the impact of the Olympic Games. In this current events lesson, students prepare for the 2006 Olympics by visiting selected websites to learn how the Olympic games began, political issues of the games, and preview the...
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Winter Wonderland - Winter Olympics and the Water Cycle

For Teachers 5th - 7th
After a concise introduction to the water cycle, junior meteorologists access NOAA's average snowfall data. They choose a city to examine in terms of precipitation. Then they look at historical snowfall data and use it to predict snow...
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Worksheet
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Winter Olympics

For Students 4th - 8th
In this winter Olympics worksheet, learners fill in the blanks to a paragraph that talks about the winter Olympics. Students fill in the blank for 24 winter Olympic words.
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Worksheet
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Winter Olympics Crossword Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this Winter Olympics crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 18 clues to identify the correct terms that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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National First Ladies' Library

Opening the Olympic Games

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine the history of the Olympic Games, including the opening ceremonies. In small groups, they create Olympic flags using symbols that represent their country and communities. In phase two of the instructional activity, young...
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Olympic Awareness

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, using the Internet, research the Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. They keep a journal of highlights and think about what they have learned about the sport of their choice.
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Turin, Geography, Culture And Sports

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study why certain locations are suitable to host the Winter Olympics. They research the characteristics of Turin, Italy, plan a trip and create a multimedia scrapbook of the trip.
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Around the World in 17 Days

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine geography while studying the 2006 Winter Olympics. Students keep track of the winners of each Olympic event by finding the results using the Internet or by reviewing the newspaper and discuss the country the medalist...
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Worksheet
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Adjective Clauses

For Students 5th - 6th
In this adjective clauses activity, students combine two sentences with an adjective clause using the relative pronoun provided. There are 10 questions. Students will need to write small or use a separate sheet of paper.
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Worksheet
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Adjective Clause

For Students 4th - 5th
For this combining sentences activity, learners practice their use of adjective clauses and relative pronouns. Students are given ten sentences to combine using the relative pronoun provided and adding an adjective clause.
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Website
International Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee: Turin 2006

For Students 9th - 10th
Highlights of the Olympic games from Torin, 2006 includes information on the sports, the athletes, and news reports.
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Graphic
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New York Times: Turin 2006

For Students 9th - 10th
Newspaper gives reviews of the games and provides slide shows of high points and the final day at the games.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics

For Students 9th - 10th
See results for each of the snowboarding events at the 2006 Torino Games. Follow links to more information on the specific events: halfpipe, snowboard cross, and parallel giant slalom.