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Winter Olympic Torch Traveling Across Italy

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students react to statements about the 2006 Winter Olympics, then read a news article about the Olympic torch's journey through Italy. For this current events lesson (written prior to the 2006 Winter Olympics), the teacher introduces the...
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Winter Olympics Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Winter Olympics vocabulary skills learning exercise, students match the 12 Olympics-related terms in the word bank to the appropriate definitions.  
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Winter Olympics Decoding

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Winter Olympics worksheet, students complete a decoding puzzles with the help of a word box at the bottom of the page. All words written "in code" are related to the Winter Olympics.
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Winter Wonderland - Winter Olympics and the Water Cycle

For Teachers 5th - 7th
After a concise introduction to the water cycle, junior meteorologists access NOAA's average snowfall data. They choose a city to examine in terms of precipitation. Then they look at historical snowfall data and use it to predict snow...
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Winter Olympics Crossword Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this Winter Olympics crossword puzzle instructional activity, students use the 18 clues to identify the correct terms that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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Winter Olympics

For Students 4th - 8th
In this winter Olympics worksheet, students fill in the blanks to a paragraph that talks about the winter Olympics. Students fill in the blank for 24 winter Olympic words.
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Snow, Sweat and Tears

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students, in pairs, explore the sports featured at the Winter Olympics and prepare related news broadcasts.
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Turin, Geography, Culture And Sports

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study why certain locations are suitable to host the Winter Olympics. They research the characteristics of Turin, Italy, plan a trip and create a multimedia scrapbook of the trip.
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Around the World in 17 Days

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine geography while studying the 2006 Winter Olympics. Students keep track of the winners of each Olympic event by finding the results using the Internet or by reviewing the newspaper and discuss the country the medalist...
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Olympic Challenges

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students consider the impact of the Olympic Games. In this current events lesson, students prepare for the 2006 Olympics by visiting selected websites to learn how the Olympic games began, political issues of the games, and preview the...
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National First Ladies' Library

Opening the Olympic Games

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine the history of the Olympic Games, including the opening ceremonies. In small groups, they create Olympic flags using symbols that represent their country and communities. In phase two of the lesson, students work in...
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Olympic Awareness

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners, using the Internet, research the Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. They keep a journal of highlights and think about what they have learned about the sport of their choice.
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Tracking Olympic Gold!

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Students use print or online resources to track the results of the Olympic Games, record daily results on graphs, use graphs to collect information.
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Fighting in Hockey

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
At best, fighting in hockey makes the sport more entertaining; at worst, fighting could lead to death. Pupils read background information about the prevalence of fighting in hockey since the 1917 formation of the National Hockey League....
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Adjective Clauses

For Students 5th - 6th
In this adjective clauses worksheet, students combine two sentences with an adjective clause using the relative pronoun provided. There are 10 questions. Students will need to write small or use a separate sheet of paper.
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Adjective Clause

For Students 4th - 5th
For this combining sentences worksheet, learners practice their use of adjective clauses and relative pronouns. Learners are given ten sentences to combine using the relative pronoun provided and adding an adjective clause.