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Olympic Mascot Lesson
Learners investigate the 1968 Olympics by identifying their mascots. In this Olympic history lesson, students participate in a group activity where they match countries with their representative mascots. Learners analyze the meaning of...
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Reading: The Ancient Olympic Games
In this reading for information worksheet, students read a one page text about the ancient Olympic games. Students answer 9 true and false questions.
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Olympics (World Celebrations)
Learners recognize the meanings and symbolism of the Olympic Flag and Torch and apply this to their own feelings of the classroom by creating their own symbol/flag to represent these feelings.
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Partner Switcheroo Stunt Hunt
Students practice tumbling skills. In this physical education lesson plan, students use their flexibility skills in order to follow the provided procedures to play Switcheroo Stunt Hunt.
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Population and Population Density
Students read and interpret graphs. In this population lesson, students explore population and population density as they read several data graphs and respond to questions.
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Why Here? Why Not There?
Students analyze a map and graph information on eleven countries. Using the characteristics of the countries, they determine if they should host the summer or winter Olympic games. After viewing a video, they locate the latitudes of...
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Nationalism and the Olympics
Students discuss the topic of nationalism in the Olympics. After viewing video segments, they discuss how politics and nationalism have influenced the Olympic Games in various ways. They also examine the main reasons why a country...
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The Games Divided
In these Olympic history worksheets, students read about the ancient Olympic games and the modern games. Students complete a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the past and present Olympic games.
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The Olympic Rings
Students are introduced to the Olympic rings and their historic significance as an international symbol. Working in small groups, they research the history behind the Olympic symbol using traditional research methods. Using the intended...
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Vaulting Into Olympic History
Students explore history of the Olympics. They research and then create an 'Olympics Hall of Fame' for the classroom.
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Ocean Animals vs. Humans
Students use critical thinking skills to solve word problems using ratios that allow them to compare humans to ocean animals.
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The Fastest Dinosaurs
In this sentence completion activity, students read the text 'The Fastest Dinosaurs' and select the correct word to complete the 16 examples for the online activity.