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Teaching With The 2000 Sydney Olympic Games - Lesson Plans, Units, Ideas, Classr
The ancient olympics Teachers Grades 48 - Learn about the ancient olympics,and find suggested classroom activities part of the Wonders of Greece.
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Extractions: Sydney 2000 Olympic Games As many of you have requested, I gathered all the resources I could find pertaining to the olympics. Most resources are for upper grades, but you'll find lots of great info that can be used with the younger kids. I've generally listed sites appropriate for lower grade levels first. Also see: Australia Theme Page Summer Olympics Internet Project
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send this story to a friend ancient olympics. It's Greece. ancient olympicsGreek mythology gives the Games' origin in a religious tinge.
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Extractions: Safe Shopping It's been 104 years since the first of the modern Olympics were held. As the Olympic Games moves into Y2K, it will no doubt be one of the most spectacular ever staged, if news from Sydney is anything to go by. But, it is interesting to go back in time and look at the first Olympics, which were quite a different type of competition altogether. Although historians and archeologists are not totally in agreement, they do believe that the Games were first held between 1253 and 884 BCE and ran for about 1200 years. The origin of the Games too is unclear and there are several competing legends. However, it takes its name from Olympia in Elis, Greece. Greek mythology gives the Games' origin in a religious tinge. It started around 1370 BCE with men racing for the honour of lighting the sacrificial fire at the altar of Rhea, the mother of the Gods. This was a race of about 185 meters. Another legend has it that Heracles instituted the Olympics around 1253 BCE as a celebration of his victory over Augeus, King of Elis. There are several similar legends and none of them are verifiable. However, the first recorded Olympics were in 776 BCE. The first ever winner was Elian Koreobos of Elis, who won the stadium race of 170 metres. For the next 52 years, this race was the only official event.
Ancient Olympic Games: Event Brochure
history of the ancient olympics. Following sources may be useful forthis Sites with general information about the ancient olympics
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Extractions: Ancient Olympic Games: Events Brochure By: T. Campbell Introduction Task Process ... Conclusion Introduction In 776 B.C. the ancient Greeks began a tradition that lasted for over 1100 years. They stopped all wars and each city-state sent their best athletes to the plain at Olympia to compete for the honor of Zeus at the Olympic Games. Although the Olympics were one of the most important events in Greek life, they did not promote them the way we do today. You will be blending the events of the past with the advertising of the present. Introduction Task Process Resources ... Conclusion Task You will be creating an advertising brochure to be used by visitors to the ancient games. This brochure will describe three events that were part of the competitions and will help the visitors who use them to understand the rules of the event and some of its history. A successful brochure will be eye-catching, easy to understand, and contain an appropriate amount of useful information. More specific information about the brochure requirements can be found in the rubric Introduction Task Process ... Conclusion Process The team members should do some background research to familiarize themselves with the general history of the ancient Olympics. Following sources may be useful for this:
The Olympics Find It
Olympia. GV23. olympics (ancient). GV706.3. Sports Moral and ethical aspects. http//www.uwo.ca/olympic/.ancient olympics. http//www.perseus.tufts.edu/olympics/.
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Extractions: Note: 2000 issue includes articles about Sporting Australians, Sydney's Stadium Australia, and the climate of Sydney, the Olympic City) Electronic version UQL network 1998 - n Books Start with a book You may find all you want, probably more, in books. Use the W (Any Words ) search in the library's catalogue. You can search on words like Olympic You can browse the catalogue, or browse the shelves at the following call
The Ancient Olympics
The ancient olympics. The ancient olympics grew out of religious festivalsthat many Greek cities held to honor their gods. Athletic
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The Ancient Olympics
The ancient olympics. Jacob Kovner. Although many people only know of the ancientolympics, there were competitive games in many different citystates of Greece.
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Extractions: The Ancient Olympics Jacob Kovner The games of ancient civilization had different purposes, different reasonsfor being, different training techniques, different rules, different ways ofperforming, different awards, and some different events from the Games that are played today. Even with all these differences, however, there are still some important and major similarities between the ancient and modern games. The Games today, as well as in ancient times, are contests of excellence. Competitors train long and hard to be the best in their field. Those who winare respected and famous and set standards for others to follow or exceed. The Olympics lasted five days. Only men and boys could compete, and at first women could not even be spectators. On the first day of the Olympics the athletes and the spectators would pray and sacrifice animals to Zeus. On the second day of the Olympics the boys competed in their events. Then, onthe third and fourth days the men competed in their events. Lastly, on the fifth and final day the victors received their awards in front of thecheering crowds. Only free Greek men and boys (not slaves) could be in the Olympic games. Women could play in the games of Hera at other places, but at the time of the earliest games, women could not even watch the Olympics. Everyone whoparticipated performed naked. This was as much to show off the athletes strong body as to be unimpeded by clothing.
ANCIENT OLYMPICS - ATHENS GREECE, Travel To Athens City, Pireaus Greece
ancient olympics, ancient olympics Material for this section is from GreekMinistry of Culture, http//www.culture.gr; ABOUT ancient olympics. BOXING.
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The Ancient Greek Olympics Part 1: No Fighting Allowed
The ancient Greek olympics. On This Site.
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Extractions: Ancient Greece Part 1: No Fighting Allowed One of the more stunning true stories about ancient Greece was that during the Olympic Games, all fighting stopped. No matter how long or how fierce a battle had raged, every soldier in the battlefield put down his weapons and traveled to Olympia, there to compete in athletic games designed to honor Zeus and the other Greek gods. For seven days before and seven days after (and for the period of the Games, of course), no fighting was allowed. It was considered disrespectful to the gods. These soldiers also were allowed to travel safely from the battlefields to the Olympic Games without fear of being attacked by anyone. Why did this happen? Several reasons can be found:
Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
Greece. The ancient olympics The ancient Greeks held the first Olympicgames in the year 776 BC, and had only one event. Every
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Extractions: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, was where the year 2002 Winter Olympics were held. For information on Utah, click here . For a page on Utah's flag, click here The year 2002 Winter Olympic Games are being held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The opening ceremonies were on February 8, 2002. The closing ceremonies were on Sunday, February 24, 2002. The events in the Winter Olympics include: ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, snowboarding, luge, bobsleigh, skeleton (a type of sledding), curling, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, slalom, downhill (Alpine) skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined (skiing plus ski jumping), and biathlon (skiing and shooting). The flag of the Olympic Games has five interlocking rings (blue, yellow, black, green, and red) on a white ground. The rings represent the five parts of the world that were joined together in the Olympic movement: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe. The motto of the Olympic Games is "Citius, altius, fortius" (meaning "Faster, higher, stronger" in Latin). History of the Olympics Flag The flag was first used in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium. The Olympic flag is paraded during the opening ceremony of each Olympic Games. At the end of an Olympics, the mayor of the host-city presents the flag to the mayor of the next host-city. The flag will remain in the town hall of the next host-city until the next Olympic Games, four years later.
Ancient Greek Olympics
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Decline And Fall The Death Of The Ancient Olympics
Decline and fall the death of the ancient olympics. I would expect fewerintelligent answers as to when and how the ancient olympics died.
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Extractions: The University of Sydney News - 7 September 2000 What caused the death of the ancient Olympic Games after a lifespan of more than 1,000 years? As Sydney gets ready for the opening of the 2000 Olympics, Michael Jeffreys, Sir Nicholas Laurantus Professor of Modern Greek at the University of Sydney, examines the decline and fall of an ancient institution. Most people have a double impression of the Olympic Games. Beside the all-pervasive modern Games there is some vaguer sense of the ancient Olympics: naked runners among temples and statues in Olympia during a truce among Greek states. Challenged over connections between the two impressions, many will answer correctly that the modern Games are only a century old, a revival of the ancient Games after a gap of many centuries. But Games which need revival must previously have expired. I would expect fewer intelligent answers as to when and how the Ancient Olympics died. Such answers, in fact, depend on the observer's preconceptions. Sporting purists might claim that the Games hardly survived into the Christian era after the conquest of Greece by the Romans in the second century BC. The Romans sponsored the Olympics but altered their nature. Emphasis changed from athletics to more violent sports, some traditional, some new. The imperial sport of chariot-racing gained in prominence. Some would not call these organic developments but a major rupture in Olympic traditions. Others point to anger expressed then at increased professionalism, replacing the amateur ethic which made athletics a Greek civic virtue. But this approximates to the complaint of losers against better-trained winners throughout sporting history, and must be treated with caution.
The Ancient Olympic Games
ceremonies. However, in the ancient olympics, there were ceremonies andlittle rituals all the way through the five day event. Swaddling
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Extractions: The Olympics were a celebration of the almighty Zeus, the powerful King of the ancient Greek Gods. As in the modern games, these great contests brought athletes from many countries, including those from Africa and Spain. (Swaddling, 1984) There is only disputed evidence as to when the first Olympic Games were held. There are records that show the first games took place in 776 B.C.; however, there is evidence to the contrary. Greek festivals celebrating religion, music, and athletes are thought to have occurred perhaps centuries before that date. (Girardi, 1972) How the games started is also a matter of great speculation. There are two main tales or myths that describe the founding of the Olympics, both occurring in Olympia, Greece. The first tale is of Pelops, a suitor seeking Hippodamia's hand in marriage. King Oeomaus, Hippodamia's father, challenged anyone who wished to marry his daughter to drive Hippodamia away in a chariot faster than the King can catch them. Thirteen brave suitors tried this feat, and they all failed, resulting in death by King Oeomaus' spear. The tricky Pelops, however, managed to bribe King Oeomaus' servant to rig the king's chariot with a faulty axle. As Pelops and Hippodamia were driving away, the King's chariot axle gave way and he fell to his death. Pelops then had a wedding celebration, including athletic contests, with his fellow Olympians. Supposedly, those contests were the first Olympics. (Kieran, Daley, and Jordan, 1977)
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MISC netsites The ancient olympics. Gleason Sackmann(gleason@rrnet.com) Tue, 23 May 2000 070516 0500
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Ancient Olympic Games - Athens 2004 - Greece - History Of The Olympics
Olympia Home of the ancient olympics. The name of each Olympiad was named afterthe competitor of the stadium race, which was the favourite of all the events.
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Extractions: Property and Real Estate in Greece HOME 108 years after holding the first "Modern Olympics", the games are finally returning home to their birthplace; Athens will be holding the 2004 Olympics. The Olympic Games are probably the most important sporting event in the world, and for Greece, the 2004 Games will be even more special. The Olympic Games however, have a lot more to their history than the first of the modern games that took place in Athens in 1896. Brief History of the Olympics The first recorded Olympic Games took place in Olympia, in the beautiful region of Elias, in 776 BC. There is evidence however, to support the claim that the games had been taking place a lot earlier than 776 BC, but these were not as organised or held every four years, as the 776 BC games had been. The four-year gap between the games was called the Olympiad, and the Greeks based their calander on this time frame.
Summary Of DIG Ancient Olympics Issue
ancient olympics, August / September 2000. Read how the ancient Greekscreated the olympics. Excavation of the Hunley, a Confederate
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Extractions: Read how the ancient Greeks created the Olympics. Excavation of the Hunley, a Confederate submarine that was lost for more than a century (South Carolina). Learn about Angkor Wat, an amazing religious building complex in Southeast Asia. Art of the Ice Age: prehistoric cave paintings (Chauvet, Lascaux, and Cosquer - France). Read how facial reconstruction experts work.
Quiz - The Ancient Olympics (http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/)
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Extractions: The Ancient Greek Olympics The ancient Greeks were famous for their love of competition. Every four years athletes came from all over the Greek world to take part in the Games at Olympia. The Ancient Greek Olympics recounts the day-by-day activities of the ancient Games: the athletes and their training, the spec taros, the religious ceremonies, and the banquets. It guides the reader around the wonderful sights of ancient Olympia and provides an athlete's view of the events. Some of them, like discus throwing and running, were similar to those of the modern Olympic Games. But others, such as chariot races, were very different. With more than 75 color illustrations, detailed sidebars, ancient athletic trivia, and sections on women at the Olympics and the birth of the modern Games, this book is sure to capture the imagination of history and sports fans alike.
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Extractions: The Ancient Greek Olympics The ancient Greeks were famous for their love of competition. Every four years athletes came from all over the Greek world to take part in the Games at Olympia. The Ancient Greek Olympics recounts the day-by-day activities of the ancient Games: the athletes and their training, the spec taros, the religious ceremonies, and the banquets. It guides the reader around the wonderful sights of ancient Olympia and provides an athlete's view of the events. Some of them, like discus throwing and running, were similar to those of the modern Olympic Games. But others, such as chariot races, were very different. With more than 75 color illustrations, detailed sidebars, ancient athletic trivia, and sections on women at the Olympics and the birth of the modern Games, this book is sure to capture the imagination of history and sports fans alike.
Ancient Greece Olympics
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Ancient Olympics Issue Summary
dig Back Issue Summary. ancient olympics (August / September 2000).Read how the ancient Greeks created the olympics. Excavation of
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Extractions: Read how the ancient Greeks created the Olympics. Excavation of the Hunley, a Confederate submarine that was lost for more than a century (South Carolina). Learn about Angkor Wat, an amazing religious building complex in Southeast Asia. Art of the Ice Age: prehistoric cave paintings (Chauvet, Lascaux, and Cosquer - France). Read how facial reconstruction experts work.

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