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February 5, 2000
With seven months til the summer games and almost two years exactly til the
winter games, teachers looking for curricular tie-ins are already rearing to
go. The resources below are offered to provide the backdrop and current
events materials you will need to plan and prepare an awesome Olympics unit.
Thanks to Susan Mastrola for recommending this topic!
Ancient Greece in Elementary Schools -
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/Faculty/sockenden/edb363/internetprojects/ancientgre
ece/index.html
Lots of lesson ideas and information from the University of Victoria,
British Columbia for teachers to make the most of their study of ancient
Greece, including a special section on the Olympic games
Ancient Olympics - http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/
Wonderful comparison of the ancient Olympics and the Centennial Modern Games
in Atlanta with plenty of substance provided from the Perseus Project; this
is a first rate treatment of the evolution of the Olympic tradition
Australian Olympics Commission - http://www.ausport.gov.au/olymenu.html
Comprehensive hotlist of links to national olympic committees, bid cities
for future olympics, various olympic sites and (of course) the Sydney games
Pierre de Coubertin -
http://www.dse.nsw.edu.au/staff/F1.0/F1.5/olympic/pierinfo.htm
Short biography of the father of the modern olympic movement
CyberTorch Project - http://www.gsn.org/past/torch/index.html
GSN Project which traced the path of the Olympic torch as it made its way
towards Atlanta in 1996; great human interest stories that capture the true
flavor of the triumph of the Olympic spirit
Babe Didrikson Zaharias -
http://www.galegroup.com/schools/resrcs/womenhst/zaharias.htm
The Gale Group's presentation of this outstanding female athlete, more text
and substance than flash and graphics
Heracles Influence at Olympia -
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cl135/Students/Constantinos_Chamis/Omenu.htm
Section of the Perseus Project dealing with the political climate of the
early Olympics; text heavy with lots of hyper-links, this site best serves
advanced middle school and high school students
International Olympic Committee - http://www.olympic.org/
The center of the Olympic movement world-wide, this site does a fabulous job
of presenting the spirit of the Olympic movement, past games, a review of
Nagano and Atlanta in detail, and information on upcoming games
NBC Olympics - http://www.nbcolympics.com/
Day by day up to the minute coverage of the upcoming summer games, including
hot news, human interest stories, individual sports coverage and lots, lots
more
Olympic 2000 Schools - http://www.dse.nsw.edu.au/staff/F1.0/F1.5/olympic.htm
Wonderful program to promote cooperation between students around the world
as we approach the Sydney games
Olympic Flame - http://cine.hol.gr/mirror/hec/olympics/flame/
Nice collection of materials and links on the Olympic flame, its history and
other links
Olympic Games of 1896 - http://orama.com/athens1896/index2.html
The Olympics that marked the beginning of the modern movement, presented
here in text heavy pages with lost of hyper-links for further study;
appropriate for High School and above
Olympic Information Center -
http://www.aafla.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicPrimer/OlympicPrimer.ht
m
The Amateur Athletic Foundation presents this superb housing of Olympics
materials, including an intensive primer, wonderful JAVA-based web games,
and "art and sport" in .pdf format to help you make additional curricular
tie-ins
Olympic Ring Addition -
http://math-puzzles.virtualave.net/Moment/olympic.htm
Challenging problem using the Olympic rings; great tie-in to Math!
Olympics: Then and Now -
http://www.fred.net/nhhs/compapps/workshop/olympics/olympic.htm
Lots of good basic information on the creed, the rings, the flame and much
more
Olympics Through Time - http://www.fhw.gr/projects/olympics/
Overview of the Olympics from the first recorded events in the 5th century
BC through the Golden Age and into the modern Olympic movement; presented by
the Foundation of the Hellenic World, so there's lots of cross referencing
to other significant cultures and events
Jesse Owens - http://www.cmgww.com/sports/owens/
Official website of the Olympian who went to pre-WWII Berlin and showed
Hitler's theory of Aryan Supremacy for what it was - perhaps our greatest
american athlete showcased here with a great deal of respect and class
Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games -
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Olympics/olympicintro.html