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Research the Olympic Games and a host city
Ms. Brown with information retrieved from Microsoft in Education website
The Learner will Study the history of the Olympic Games, Research one summer or winter Olympic
Games hosted by a specific city, Create a brochure in Microsoft Office 2007
to present their findings and, Present your final project to your class.
In this lesson
Integrated Language Arts &Geography lesson
This Microsoft in
Education lesson has
been made appropriate
for 8th grade middle
school students.
This lesson will cover
at least 4 to 5
45 minute class periods.
Software and materials needed
Microsoft Bing or other online
encyclopedia
http://www.bing.com/maps
Olympic Games student hando
ut
How to create a theme-relat
ed brochure in Microsoft Of
fice Word 2007 (instructions
and video)
www.olympic.org
encyclopedia.com
The Learner will research the history of the
Olympic Games and the various cities and
countries that have hosted them.
The Learner will discover some of the sports
featured in the Olympics.
Objectives
The Learner will create a six-panel brochure
that showcases the culture and history of a
specific host city for the Olympic Games.
Learning outcomes
Lesson Introduction
The Olympic Games
The Olympic Games
The Olympic Games are an international sporting event held every four years (a period of time known as an Olympiad). The first modern, international Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece, in 1859.
What comes to your mind when you think about the
Olympic Games? How many countries can you name that have hosted the
Olympic Games? How many sports can you name that are part of the
games? Can you think of any significant world events related to
the Olympic Games? What well-known athletes come to mind?
The Olympic Games
The Olympic Games
Even though the four-year Olympiad period coincided with these years, no games were
held in the years 1916, 1940, or 1944.
Why not?
Let’s list our thoughts on the
overhead projector.
The actual reasons were because of
World War I
And World War II
The Olympic Games
Since 1896, there have been 29 summer games and 20 winter games.
As of 2010, the Olympic Games have been hosted by 41 cities in 22 countries.
The 2008 Summer Olympics were held in Beijing, China.
The 2010 Winter Olympics were held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and the 2012 Summer Olympics will be held in London, England.
In this activity, you will work in groups, or
pairs, to create a brochure about the games in Vancouver or those of a previous
Olympiad. You will choose, or be assigned, either the
summer or winter games for this project, and then research the sporting events and
the host city for those games.
Student Activity
You will receive two handouts:
Step 1: "Research the Olympic Games and
one set of games in one host city"
Step 2: "Create a brochure for your Olympic
Games host city"
Student Activity
How Will You Be Assessed
Was all the necessary information included?
Were there spelling or grammatical errors?
Were proper capitalization and punctuation used?
Was accurate information presented?
Were all of the areas covered in sufficient detail?
Was the information interesting to read?
Were the pictures and graphics appropriate to the information?
Was the overall design of the words and pictures attractive?
When you have finished your
brochures, we will present your them individually to the class, grouping them by geographical region.
After all presentations have been presented, we will host a travel seminar where all groups or pairs will display their brochures around the classroom.
Your classmates will browse through all of the brochures and then vote for the city they would most like to visit or for the specific games they would most like to attend.
Then, you will assess your own and your classmates' brochures according to the assessment checklist you have received.
Conclusion
Lesson Two
An Olympic Investigation
The Learner will investigate the connection between sports
and politics related to the Olympic Games
Objectives
The Learner will create an avatar reporter report how the
Olympic Games serve as a symbol of international
cooperation, what makes them vulnerable to groups
wishing to make political statements to the world, and
what they believe such acts do or don't accomplish.
Learning outcomes
You will investigate the connection
of sports and politics by researching important political
events that have canceled, disrupted, marred, or otherwise
marked the Olympic Games (World War I, World War II, the 1936 Berlin
games, or the 1972 Munich games, for example).
An Olympic Investigation
You Will Write A Five Paragraph Essay
About How…
1. the Olympic Games serve as a symbol of international cooperation
2. what makes them vulnerable to groups wishing to make political statements to the world, and
3. what they believe such acts do or don't accomplish.
An Olympic Investigation
The Olympics & World Politics
After writing about the connection between The Olympics and World
Politics,You will create a Voki avatar to report what you have learned.
Lesson Three
A Marathon In Sandals
Collaborate with other
students and compare the
differences between ancient,
modern, and current day
Olympic Games.
Objectives
The learners will create a
Commercial presentation
using Windows Live Movie
Maker.
Learning outcomes
Think about the differences between the ancient Olympic Games, the early modern
games, and the current-day version. If the I Olympiad had commercials, what would they
be about?
Working in groups of 4-5 students, make a list of what this commercial will include.
A Marathon in Sandals
Watch the link to
Tell a story with Windows Live Movie Maker
Create a brief presentation using Windows Live Movie Maker showing how the first Olympic game commercials would appear.
Include pictures and audio found and saved through Microsoft Office tools or Yahoo, Google, or Bing Image Searches.
Cite your pictures using APA style formatting. Have one teammate type and save this information using Microsoft Office Word.
A Marathon in Sandals
Now, watch the link to
Tell a story with Windows Live Movie Maker
Although this video discusses how to make a movie about your day, you will use this
program to create your group commercial.
A Marathon in Sandals
Find one activity that sparks your interests.
Be sure to research the information using the
same websites used in the primary lesson.
When you complete each assignment, turn-in
your assignment in the Extension mailbox.
If you finish before your classmates
See the Extension Folder for the following assignments
If you finish before your classmates
Create a Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 presentation to convince the International Olympic Committee to consider their town or city as the next Olympic Games venue.
Study the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, with special attention to the geography of the Pacific Northwest; Canadian history, culture, and government; and First Nations People in British Columbia and the role of aboriginal peoples in the games.
Research the history of women's participation in the games. Write a five paragraph essay on the information you discover. Type your essay using Microsoft Office Word 2007.
Use Bing maps to pinpoint all of the cities that have hosted the Olympic Games since the inception of the modern Olympics and then analyze the visual data. What trends do they observe? What reasons are there for these trends? What recommendations would they make for future Olympic Games’ locations? Students can also read the Olympic Committee's process for choosing host cities.
Research the role of physical education in ancient Greek culture and the history of physical education in North America, and then write an essay linking or comparing the two. Type your essay using Microsoft Office Word 2007.
See the Extension Folder for the following assignments
Microsoft in Education
http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/plans/Pages/index.aspx?q=Critical%20Thinking&t=Critical%20Thinking
Microsoft in Education http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/how-to/Pages/tell-story.aspx
Pictures via Yahoo Image Search http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/how-to/Pages/theme-related-brochure.aspx
Voki Voki.com
References