the story of the first olympic games - beech academy€¦ · olympic games until 1896. olympia fell...
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Year 9 Project01/06/2020
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Numeracy
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Numeracy
• London 2012 Olympic Fact:
• Unpaid volunteers will perform a variety of tasks before and during the games. A total of 70,000 volunteers will be required. When recruitment took place in 2010 over 240,000 applications were received.
• Question:
• If 240,000 applications were received and 70,000 volunteers recruited – how many applicants were unsuccessful?
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• London 2012 Olympic Fact:
• A total of around 4,700 medals for the Olympic and Paralympic Games have been produced by the Royal Mint. The medal, designed by David Watkins, weighs around 400g and is 7mm thick, with the sport and discipline engraved on the rim.
• Question:
• If you weighed all of the medals, how much would they weigh in kilograms? (1000g = 1kg)
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Literacy
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The Story of the Olympic GamesA Journey to Ancient Greece
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The first Olympic Games took place in Olympia about 3000 years
ago.
Olympia was in the south west of Greece. People visited Olympia to worship Zeus and Hera. They were
Greek Gods
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Some people believe that Zeus’s son, Herakles, started the games
The Romans called him Hercules
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Some believe that the games were in memory of a chariot racer called Prince Pelops.
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The Olympic games probably began as part
of a festival in honour of Zeus.
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At first there was only one event; a running race.
The track was wide enough for 20 people and was 190 metres long.
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Only men took part in the games: women had their own festival called the Heraia.
Married women were not allowed to watch the games – only men and unmarried women!
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Traditionally, the Greek athletes were naked. It gave them a chance to show off their muscular bodies.
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The games were held at Olympia every four years. The four year
time span was called an Olympiad.
Spectators came from other
countries to watch.
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In 456BC the Temple of Zeus was built in Olympia. More people came to the
games as they all wanted to see the statue of Zeus!
The statue was 13m tall!
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After 100 years the original race had been added to, and there
were 18 events.
The first event was the chariot race and one of the most popular events was the pentathlon.
The pentathlon is made up of five sports: running, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus.
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In the modern Olympics, winners are given medals in but, in
Ancient Greece, winners were awarded a crown of olive leaves.
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His soldiers destroyed the
Temple of Zeus.
The Olympic Games continued for many years but eventually a Roman
Emperor, named Theodosius I, banned them.
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It remained hidden for more than 1000 years and
there wasn’t another Olympic Games until 1896.
Olympia fell into ruin. There was an earthquake and a flood and the
original ruins were buried and hidden underground
This time the Olympics were international and took place in the Greek city of Athens.
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The modern Olympic Games was started by a Frenchman called
Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
He designed the famous logo with five coloured rings.
These represent the continents of the world
joined in peace and harmony.
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De Coubertin also wrote the Olympic
creed, which explained what he
thought the Olympics were all about.
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Months before the Olympics begin, a flame is lit in Olympia
and is passed through a relay of torches.
The torches are carried to the chosen stadium. During the opening ceremony the
last torch lights a cauldron, which burns throughout the
Games
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The Olympics are now the biggest sporting event in the world .
There are lots of events and sports to participate in. There is a Winter Games every four years too.
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Literacy Questions
• Where did the Olympics first start?
• When were the first Olympic games?
• Who did the Romans believe started the games?
• Why did the Olympic Games start?
• What was the first event?
• What did Greek athletes wear?
• How often were the Olympic games hosted?
• Why did Olympia fall into ruin?
• What is carried to the chosen stadium and what do they do with it?
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Art and Design
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PE
• Below are two different games.
• To play fitness bingo, you need to see how many exercises you can do in 30 minutes. You need to get as many as you can completed.
• The second game is tic tac toe. With a partner you will pick one exercise, once you have completed it you claim that square. First to get three squares wins.
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PE
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