Every participating student receives a bag of materials. The following activities can be done with your students before or after attending the Penn Relays Carnival 2001. These activities are also included in the student journals, which participating students receive when arriving at the Carnival. Penn Relays Timeline Have the students use the dates below to create a timeline for the Penn Relays Carnival on a separate piece of paper. They can add other events to their timelines that were happening worldwide at that time.
Different students can do different topics like politics, the environment, weather or education.
This will require them to do research at their local library or on the internet. When they are finished, students can display their timelines where other students can see and read them. 1893 Relay racing begins at the University of Pennsylvania. The first relay race was run by four men running a quarter mile, one right after the other. The relay races are held at University Field track at 37th and Spruce Streets.