Invite students to create a timeline. Place the name of the host city by the correct year on the timeline. This might be the perfect opportunity to talk about the reasons why there were no Olympic Games in 1940 and 1944. Use the Parade of Nations from the USA Today Olympic Web site. Assign two or more countries to each student.
Students fold the paper in half.
On the other half of the sheet the student draws the country's flag. Read aloud Ceremonies and Symbols , one of the sections from the World Book's Olympic Games Web pages. Then ask students the following questions to see how well they listened. Provide students with the following list of athletes. All these athletes are on USA Today's U.S. Olympic Roster .