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Let the Games Begin
Stage 3 and 4 Research Task
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Olympic Mascots history
You have two choices. Click on the "Letter
Writing Interactive" button to the right to
follow the instructions and write your letter
to an Australian athlete online.
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Outcomes
The following task will engage students in these
broad learning outcomes Students will
understand, develop and communicate ideas and
information access, analyse, evaluate and use
information from a variety of sources work
collaboratively with others to achieve individual
and collective goals be productive, creative
and confident in the use of technology and
understand the impact of technology on society
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Traditional methods for teaching a unit of work
based on the Olympics meant collecting
newspaper cuttings, borrowing books from the
library (hoping no-one else found them) or
recording events. Using IWBs and a multimodal
approach will engage students in Qlympic
research using current factual information.
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Background Information
There are always Olympic moments that
are significant for us as spectators, successes
as organisers or achievements as Olympians. Your
Task is to 1. Record on your flipchart a
timeline of significant events/stories leading
up to and during the Beijing Olympic Games. 2.
Choose one of these significant events. 3.
Create a persuasive text for your chosen
event/story demonstrating why this event should
be included in the Top Ten News Events/Stories of
the Beijing Olympic Games.
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Persuasive Text Persuasive texts can be
brochures, web sites, TV ads, pod casts etc.
They can include photos, artwork, diagrams,
graphs, music, and written text. 1. Your
persuasive text must include written text of at
least 200 words. 2. Use the MOST appropriate
technology to publish your text. 3. You will also
be asked to reflect upon the task, your progress
and the final product. 4. You can work
independently or in groups of up to three.
Persuasive text resources
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On the Official Olympic Beijing Website users
engage in voting for the Top Ten News
Stories. Click on the globe to access the
website. Vote for Top Ten News Stories "Beijing
2008 Olympic Games medals released," "Olympic
Torch Relay Route unveiled," "Beijing Olympic
ticket sales kicks off," "The Olympic Families
tour Beijing." So many Olympic news stories
happen every day, but is there a particular one
that stands out most in your mind from 2007?
Before you cast your vote go to the next page.
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The planned torch relay routes for the Beijing
Olympics and Paralympics are revealed.
Special flame arrives at Everest base camp
A special Olympic flame arrived at Mount Everest
base camp today, as Beijing Games organisers
attempt to bring the symbol to the top of the
world's highest mountain, state press said.
The attempt to scale Everest with a high
altitude Olympic torch is expected to be a high
point in the global torch relay that has been
severely hampered by protests against China's
handling of Tibet. China's clampdown on Tibet,
and its overall human rights record, has been
the subject for the numerous protests that have
followed the torch relay around the world and
incensed the Beijing organisers of the Games.
On April 26, BOCOG revealed its planned torch
relay route for the Beijing Olympic Games. The
relay will be held from March 24 to August 8,
2008. It is composed of the overseas and
domestic routes and will last 130 days and
travel 137,000 kilometers through more than 130
cities across the five continents. During the
relay, mountaineers will carry the torch and
scale the highest peak in the world -- Mt.
Qomolangma. BOCOG unveiled on the same day the
Olympic Torch design, which possesses a unique
Chinese flavor.
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Opening and closing ceremony preparation ends
The Top Ten News Stories Click on the image
and read the text.
Olympic preparation work and sport events
examined
One year countdown, invitations to the world
Smile wristbands for Olympic Volunteers
Call for successful Olympics and Paralympics
Jade- inlaid medals with Chinese chacterisitics
Pictogram for Paralympic games are unveiled
Slogan I participate, I contribute, I enjoy
218,888 torch bearers - largest number in
history
Torch relay routes revealed for Beijing
Olympics
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Match the top 10 news stories leading up to the
2008.
One year countdown, invitations to the world
Jade- inlaid medals with Chinese chacterisitics
Opening and closing ceremony preparation ends
Slogan I participate, I contribute, I enjoy
Smile wristbands for Olympic Volunteers
Pictogram for Paralympic games are unveiled
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Make our vote count.
Title
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Opening Ceremony
Slogan
Wristbands
Countdown
Medals
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Let's Vote
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Topic
Resources
Let the Games Begin
Date
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Back to Timeline
Write a persuaive text outlining why this event
should be in the top ten.
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Design a Symbol
New Event
Sample Group Activities
Online Interactive Sports
Marshall Arts
Badminton Research
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Can you name the sport these symbols represent ?
Triathlon
Now use the pen tool to create your own symbol.
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Who won the Gold, Silver Bronze at the last
Olympics ?
Complete this text using the words from the box.
While contemporary badminton ______ appeared in
the mid-19th _________ , it evolved ______ the
game battledore and shuttlecock, which can be
traced back to _______ Greece, China, Japan and
India. Especially ________ in Asia ____ Europe
today, __________ became a full competition
sport at the ________ Games in 1992.
first
Olympic
ancient
badminton
from
and
popular
century
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When did this sport first appear in the Olympic
Games ?
Use the spy glass to discover the Olympic sport
hidden beneath.
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Various Korean forms of martial arts have
existed but in the early 20th century,
taekwondo became the dominant form. In 1955 a
group of Korean martial arts leaders chose
taekwondo as the definitive Korean martial art
in an attempt to promote its development
internationally.
What words are missing from the text ? Use the
eraser to reveal the hidden words.
What are some other forms of martial arts ?
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Web Links
Oxfam - Mapping our World
Board of Studies
Promethean Learning
http//www.prometheanlearning.com/
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Question time
Interactive Classroom Project Novotel
Brighton-le-Sands 24th June 2008