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Revista Eletronica: Grecia Antiga (In Portuguese)

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive collection of digital artifacts and articles on Greek culture from antiquity to modernity. Many aspects of Greece's development, from philosophy, mathematics, writings, medicine to language, are covered. Check out "Quid...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Live From Ancient Olympia!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Live from Ancient Olympia!." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Read Works

Read Works: Ancient Greece the Ancient Greeks

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the ancient Greeks. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Greek Vocabulary

For Teachers 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart lesson contains several activities. History - students understand the chronology of Greek history and can organize events and people into major categories to explain historical...
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Curated OER

Athens Closing Ceremony

For Students 9th - 10th
This BBC archvie site covers the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Barney Ewell

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry features Barney Ewell, an American athlete, one of the world's leading sprinters of the 1940s. Although he was believed to be past his prime when the Olympic Games were resumed after World War II, he won three medals at the...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Marion Jones

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Marion Jones, an American athlete, who, at the 2000 Olympic Games, became the first woman to win five track-and-field medals at a single Olympics. In 2007, however, she admitted to using...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Ralph Metcalfe

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Ralph Metcalfe, an American sprinter and member of the American 4 x 100-meter relay team that won a gold medal at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. At his peak, in 1934-35, he was called...
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Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

Red Escolar: 1968

For Students 9th - 10th
In Spanish. Read about the 1968 student massacre in Mexico prior to the Olympic Games and the lasting effects of the violence many years after the massacre.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Edwin Moses

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Edwin Moses, an American hurdler who dominated the 400-metre hurdles event for a decade, winning gold medals in the race at the 1976 and 1984 Olympic Games.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Lee Evans

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Lee Evans, an American runner who won two gold medals at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. His victory in the 400-metre event there set a world record that lasted for two decades.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Rafer Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Rafer Johnson, an American athlete, who won a gold medal in the decathlon at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Daley Thompson

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a biographical sketch of British decathlete, Daley Thompson, who became only the second competitor in history to win the decathlon at two Olympic Games, capturing gold medals in 1980 and 1984.
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1960 Us Olympic Hockey Team Jersey

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about "U.S. hockey's original golden boys." This article overviews the game in which 1960 team won Olympic gold despite being "overwhelming underdogs."
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Curated OER

1980 Us Olympic Hockey Team Jersey

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the "miracle" that took place in the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid. This brief article talks about the match in which the U.S. men's ice hockey team beat the Soviet team 4-3.
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Olympic Figure Skating: A Sport on Thin Ice

For Students 9th - 10th
This 2002 article overviews the "figure-skating fiasco at the Winter Games," namely the controvery surrounding the judging of the pairs figure skating event.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Foreign Woes

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the one bright spot in President Carter's administration's handling of foreign affairs, and find out about the several events that caused challenges to American dominance in the world.
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Curated OER

Tufts University: Pentathlon

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by Tufts University, gives a description of the five games involved in the ancient Olympic Pentathlon and the rules.
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Curated OER

Tufts University: Pentathlon

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by Tufts University, gives a description of the five games involved in the ancient Olympic Pentathlon and the rules.
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Curated OER

Tufts University: Pentathlon

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by Tufts University, gives a description of the five games involved in the ancient Olympic Pentathlon and the rules.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Tufts University: Pentathlon

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by Tufts University, gives a description of the five games involved in the ancient Olympic Pentathlon and the rules.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Tufts University: Pentathlon

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by Tufts University, gives a description of the five games involved in the ancient Olympic Pentathlon and the rules.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Tufts University: Pentathlon

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by Tufts University, gives a description of the five games involved in the ancient Olympic Pentathlon and the rules.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Tufts University: Pankration

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Tufts University presents this ancient game that was a combination of wrestling and boxing, including its origin, equipment, and rules. Describes as the characteristics of a good pankratist.

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