It's a vehicle that makes teaching far more exciting and enables students to take control of their own learning. An integrated Olympic theme will also provide for a wide range of interests, learning styles and differing levels of understanding and development. Student learning is assessed through a variety of methods such as projects, portfolios, tests, observations, presentations and discussions. Here are some sample ideas and sites to get you started. Students develop an Olympic timeline .
Students work in small groups to research a specific era in the Olympics.
Research the history of the 'Ancient Olympic Games '. Do a map and flag activity. Determine the type of land features that support the Olympics. Give your students maps of the world and have them plot the Olympics of the past . Make bar graphs for the gold, silver and bronze medals won for each country, calculate the percentages for each country.