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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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Olympics Unscramble

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Olympics sports word unscramble, students see and study 15 names of Olympic sports. Students unscramble these words without the use of a word bank.
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Ancient Greece: The Olympics and the Gods

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Research Ancient Greece, the Olympic games, and Greek mythology. Young historians will research Ancient Greece and complete multiple activities about the history and culture. This is a unit of lessons.
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Nursery Rhyme Olympics

For Teachers K
Students play games based on nursery rhymes and the Olympics.
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Writing
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Ancient Greeks: A Trip to Olympia

For Students 6th
In this ancient Greece Olympics worksheet, students answer 5 long answer questions to form a diary entry as though they were an Olympic athlete in ancient Greece. 
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Cartoons for the Classroom: China, Tibet and the Olympics

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about the Olympics in China and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Interactive
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Breaking News English: Beijing Olympics

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Beijing Olympics worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...
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Winter Olympics 5x5 Boggle Word game

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this Winter Olympics themed learning exercise, students look at a 5x5 Boggle Puzzle filled with letters. Students create as many Winter Olympic related words as they can, from the letters available.
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Winter Olympics Scrambled Sentences

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Winter Olympics scrambled sentences activity, students unscramble 2 sets of 8 words each, not interactively,  to make two sentences about Winter Olympics competition, with answers available.
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Building Budgets

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore New York City's bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. They estimate budget allocations for such a proposal while practicing the calculation of percentages.
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Special Olympics

Special Olympics Young Athletes Activity Guide

For Teachers K - 3rd
From bunny hops and bridges to bean bag tosses and big ball catches, your activity toolkit will be overflowing with great new ideas for adaptive physical education!
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Gauging Beijing

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the responsibilites of country's chosen to host the Olympics. After reading an article, they discuss how China is preparing for the 2008 Summer Games. They focus on the country's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities...
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Worksheet
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Breaking News English - India Rushing to Save Commonwealth Games

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this ESL/ELL Commonwealth Games worksheet, learners read a selection about "India Rushing to Save Commonwealth Games." They discuss the passage, identify the problems and solutions, and talk about their own favorite sports. They...
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The Olympic Flame

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this putting sentences about the Olympic torch in order worksheet, students cut out each of the boxes of words and paste them in the correct order. Students paste 8 answers.
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Winter Olympics

For Students 4th - 8th
In this winter Olympics activity, students 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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Olympic Biographies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars create a book of biographies in order to profile famous Olympic athletes through history. In this biography writing lesson, students research information about historic Olympians, first by listening to a short biography on...
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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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Olympics Trivia Challenge

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this Olympics Trivia worksheet, students find and use resources on their own to complete a set of 15 questions about the Olympic Games.
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Council for Economic Education

Specialization and the Decathlon

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Michael Phelps, the economist? Scholars research the economic advantages of specializing in one kind of service, and how it relates to athletes doing the same in their respective sports. They evaluate absolute advantage, production, and...
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London Olympics 2012

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine sports vocabulary based on the Olympics. They take a quiz and create a quiz about the Games. They read about the Games and design sports that could be includes as new competitions. They write a bid for a city to be...
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Travel to Olympics by Public Transport

For Students 4th - 6th
In this transportation learning exercise, students learn about the importance of taking public transportation to the 2012 Olympics. Students analyze a table that includes the stadiums and seating capacities. They then calculate how many...
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The Victor's Virtue: A Cultural History of Sport

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Pupils explore the meaning of the ancient Greek word aretê and the place of virtue in historical athletic competition and modern sports. They begin by reading an informational text on the goal of sports in education, and then evaluate...
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Olympics

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this sports worksheet, students find 15 names of Olympic sports in a word search that is shaped like an athlete. A word bank is given.
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Winter Olympics Word Challenge

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this word challenge game worksheet, students list as many words as they can from the letters in the words Winter Olympics. The worksheet includes 16 hints for words the students may use.

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