Olympic

Games

BE ABLE TO ORGANISE THE EXHIBITION

OF THE OLYMPIC POSTERS IN YOUR CDI

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European Department. Doc P. Delpierre

 SUMMARY

LESSON ONE
Discuss on Olympic Topics

LESSON TWO
Listening test

LESSON THREE
* Work on Cartoons

LESSON FOUR
Work on Internet

LESSON FIVE:

Work on Video

LESSON SIX:

Tracks and field Training Lesson

VALUATION (classroom 100) LESSON 7 AND 8

LESSON ONE

The Rebirth of the Olympic Games

On 6 April 1896 the first Olympic Games for 1500 years took place in Athens, Greece the
country in which the first recorded Olympics had been held in 776 BC.
Much more recently, the Olympics returned again to Athens in the summer of 2004. In this
Worksheet we take a look at the worlds oldest sporting event in its ancient and modern
forms, and uncover a few surprising facts.

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES ?

Watch the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j2DGdAfxjs&feature=fvwrel
Olympic Games Quiz
1. The first recorded Olympic Games took place in
a) 776 BC.
b) 198 BC.
c) 50 BC.

2. The first Olympics only included

a) running races.
b) wrestling and boxing.
c) swimming.

3. The marathon race in the 1896 Olympics in Athens was slightly shorter than it is
nowadays. How long was it?
a) 20 kilometres
b) 40 kilometres
c) 60 kilometres

4. In the 1896 Games the competitors didnt include any

a) women.
b) Americans.
c) non-professional athletes.

5. How often do the Olympics take place?

a) Every six years
b) Every four years
c) Every three years

6. Which of these kinds of competition isnt included in track and field?

a) Shooting
b) Jumping
c) Running

7. The most recent summer Olympics were held in 2012 in

a) Athens
b) Sydney
c) london

8. Which event was included in the Olympics for the first time in 2004?
a) Horse racing
b) Underwater running
c) Womens wrestling

9. Which two countries often win a lot of medals at the Olympics even though their
populations are not very big?
a) Russia and Brazil
b) South Africa and Pakistan
c) Australia and Cuba

10. What was Argentinas surprising achievement in the 2004 Olympics?

a) Winning more gold medals than China
b) Beating the United States at mens basketball
c) Winning more medals for running than any African country
The Rebirth of the Olympic Games

On 6 April 1896, one of the worlds most famous sporting events was reborn in Athens,
Greece: the Olympic Games. The Games, an ancient Greek tradition, hadnt taken place for
around 1500 years.

The first recorded Olympic Games were held at a place called Olympia, Greece, in 776 BC.
However, many historians believe that the Games were already at least 500years old at that
time.
The ancient Olympics occurred every four years, just as they do now, and were part of a
religious festival in honour of the Greek God Zeus. By the fifth century BC they involved
competitors from about a hundred different cities from all over the Greek empire. The earliest
Games only included running races, but as time went by other events such as wrestling,
boxing, javelin throwing and horse racing were introduced.

A Frenchman, Pierre de Coubertin, was mainly responsible for organising the return of the
Olympics in the 1890s. The 1896 Games in Athens involved 280 participants from thirteen
different countries. There were 43 different events, including track-andfield (athletics
competitions that involve running, throwing or jumping), swimming, gymnastics, cycling,
wrestling, fencing, shooting and tennis.

However, the 1896 Games were very different from the Olympics of today in at least three
different ways: there were no female competitors, winners received silver instead of gold
medals, and the participants included a few tourists who were in Athens at the time and were
allowed to take part.

The 1896 Games included what is possibly the most famous track-and-field event in the
modern Olympics: the marathon. The race followed the 40-kilometre route run in 490 BC by
a Greek soldier who carried the news of an important military victory from Marathon to
Athens. The result of the 1896 race was therefore rather appropriate: a Greek runner won.
Nine of the other eleven track-and-field events were won by Americans.

In much more recent times, the Olympics returned to Athens in August 2004. There were
record numbers of participating countries (201) and events (301). Womens wrestling was
included for the first time.

Just as in 1896, American athletes performed very strongly: the US won more medals than
any other country (although surprisingly its basketball team, full of professional stars, lost to
gold-medal winners Argentina). China came second in the medals table, and Russia third.
Two countries with relatively small populations also showed their sporting excellence, just as
they have done in many other Olympics: Australia (20 million) came fourth in the medals
table, and Cuba (11 million) managed eleventh position.

QUICK DEBATES
 As the ancient OG, female athletes shouldnt have to participate vs
female athletes bring a touch of glamour in the OG.
The Olympic Games should be for amateur athletes vs this is a better
show with professional athletes.
In the history of the Olympics there have been times when countries
have boycotted the games for political reasons. Do you that WAS
justified? Yes vs no
Dou you think it can ever be acceptable to take drugs or medicines
during a sports competition such as the Olympics Games? yes vs no
How do you think athletes who cheat should be treated? Should they
be disqualified, banned, stripped of their medals or given a second
chance?

London to host 2012

Olympics
 Work on the document

WARM-UP

1. OLYMPIC WORLD: Find a word with an Olympic topic for each letter of the
alphabet. This is foursome work. Time : 5 minutes
Listening Test:

GAP FILL: Put the words in the column on the right into the correct blanks.
London to host 2012 Olympics
BNE: London will _______ the 2012 Olympic Games. The erupted
International Olympic Committee _______ the decision on announced
July 6 in Singapore. It was the _______ race to decide the edge
_______ of the Games in Olympics history. Up to the last longtime
minutes of the final decision it looked like Paris, the _______ host
favorite, would win. However, in the final round of voting stunned
London managed to _______ its rival by 54 to 50 votes. venue
Crowds in London _______ with joy. Meanwhile, Parisians closest
that had gathered to celebrate a Paris victory went home in
_______ silence.

It is the first time the Games will be held in London dividends

_______ 1948. Organizers _______ an impressive figures
collection of high profile sporting and political _______ to championed
support London. A huge _______ came when Nelson gathered
Mandela backed the British capital. Other big names who dash
_______ London were Australian Olympic champion athy off
Freeman, Englands soccer captain David Beckham and boost
Prime Minister Tony Blair. He took time _______ from the since
G8 summit to _______ to Singapore. His eleventh-hour
visit certainly paid _______.
 TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall
exactly how these were used in the text:

host 1948
race high
last boost
edge championed
joy dash
silence eleventh-hour

TRUE / FALSE:

Look at the articles headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false
(F):

a. London easily won the right to stage the 2012 Olympic Games. T/F
b. The final round of voting was between London, Paris and New York. T/F
c. London beat Paris by just four votes. T/F
d. People in Paris screamed and shouted all the way home. T/F
e. London last held the Olympics 29 years ago. T/F
f. Nelson Mandela backed Londons bid. T/F
g. Tony Blair dashed to Singapore to help London win. T/F
h. British companies are paying their shareholders big dividends. T/F
SPEAKING
OLYMPIC GAMES:
Imagine the 2012 Olympic Games will not be held in London but in your town or city or
where you are currently studying. In pairs / groups, discuss and agree on the factors below:

FACTORS YOUR DECISIONS

The 2012
Games slogan

Where will the

Olympic village
be?

What new
sports will you
introduce?

What new
things need to
be built?

What problems
need to be
solved?

Other

After you have finished, change partners and show each other your plans. Give
each other advice on how to improve your plans.
Return to your original partners and use the advice you received into changing
your original plans to make them better.
LESSON THREE

CARTOONS

The Five Ws
WHEN WHERE WHO WHAT WHY
 Lesson 4 The Olympic Spirit

A)Research on internet: (10 Min)

This is a one hour teamwork (two) , you start on Google research.

B) Wordkey:

Olympic Games, Olympic Venues, Motto, Emblems, Olympic athlete

http://www.wordreference.com/ (dictionary online)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics#List_of_sports
http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/index_uk.asp
http://www.usoc.org/
http://www.janecky.com/olympics/flame.html
http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa081000a.htm
http://en.beijing2008.com/
http://www.janecky.com/olympics/rings.html

C) Task (20min)
Teamwork:

1. Find the Olympic Motto and the Olympic Creed and the Olympic oath

Find the Summer Olympic cities since 1896 choose one and and gather the following
informations:

2. The number of countries

3. The number of athletes
4. The olympic mascot
5. The president of the Olympic committee
6. The 100 meters 's winner
7. Describe the official poster of these O.G
8. The number of events
9. Demonstration events
10. The opening ceremony
11. the closing ceremony
12. The ceremony stadium
13. Any other interesting and highlightning event...

Then report to the others and take note of your mate report.
Lesson 5

Work on Movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM248X-Ls2U
Warm up: What is a champion? Do you Know any champion (olympic, world, national,
street.. Discuss and then report about it. (pair work)

The Movie : The Olympic Champ

A) The Torchbearer:

a) What is going to happen?

b) Try to retrace the journey of the torchbearer.

1. What is going to arrive in the following scene?

d) The footracing
Why does the champ change his style of running?

e) What are the orders of the starter for hurdling ?

d) How many event goofy has done during his competition? Name them
B) Make your own Movie

Task:Use Dmovie web site to mke your movie on an olympic champ.

Process: 2 characters : a champ, a journalist or coach or supporter or a partner.
You must create 2 scenes

LESSON SIX

Track and Field

A training Lesson
 VALUATION
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/
picturegalleries/8869494/Olympics-
posters-through-the-ages.html

CHECK UP Imagine the 2016 Olympic Games

will not be held in RIO but in your town or city
or where you are currently studying.

With your team mate, you are going to create the

Poster of these Olympics and expose your
work in the CDI for a vote.

Process:

A) Go on the Website and choose a poster, then make a description and the
symbolic analyse of it. Tell us why you have chosen that one.

B) Create your poster for the city you have chosen. Explain the reasons of your
choice. Then make an oral description of your poster and you will insist on the
different symbols you have used to build it.
C) You will also make a writing document about your poster. Organize an
exhibition in the C.D.I for all the students of Saint Jacques and ask them to
vote for the Best one.