Winter Olympics

Kimberly Fleck

World Cultures

Students will be examining the history of the Winter Olympics over time. For this class, they will also be focusing on how the Olympics can impact a nation and what the Olympics can teach us--about the people, the countries, and the relationships between countries.

Students will be working in teams to complete a series of tasks which will be submitted in steps.

The rubric can for tasks #4-8 will be the same (and is posted in Google Classroom)

Name:

Date:

Topic:

Geography: Where have the games been over time?

Countries:  What countries have attended?  How has this changed?

Sports: How have the competitions changed?  Rules for sports, the sports in which people compete..etc

Science: How has technology/science changed the events?

Culture: How does the host nation use the games to share their culture and traditions with the world?  How do athletes share their life experiences and culture? How is the life of an Olympic athlete different/same from different nations? What happens to the Olympian when the games are over and their career is over?

Economics: How is an Olympic host city selected? Why does a city want to host this event?  Does the cost outweigh the profit or vice versa?

Environmental:  Is there an environmental aspect of the games?  What happens to all the specialized sports facilities and housing when the games are over?

Political:  In what way has (and can ) the Olympics be used to prove a political point, forge an alliance, show strength...etc

#1: Geography:

Use https://www.olympic.org/winter-games to locate the past winter Olympic spots.  Use a blank world map to locate and label each of these places, be sure to include the year the Olympics were held at that location.

#2 Geography/Countries:

Use https://www.olympic.org/winter-games to locate the past winter Olympic spots. Click on the different years to discover more information the games in that year.  Complete the Google Document in your Google Classroom.

#3 Sports:

Use http://www.topendsports.com/events/winter/sports/ and www.topendsports.com/events/winter/women.htm  to examine the sports of the Winter Games. Complete the form. https://goo.gl/forms/j6ah5Nc6pL2ccrfN2 

#4 Science/Technology:  

Use http://www.history.com/topics/winter-olympics-technology 

http://www.history.com/topics/winter-olympics-technology

https://www.sporttechie.com/the-5-most-important-ways-technology-forever-changed-sports-in-2014/

Create a poster of at least four technological changes in the events.  Your poster should include a heading, then and now pictures, with descriptions (in your words) of how the changes have changed the event.

#5 Culture:

Use https://www.olympic.org/winter-games

Create a 3-5 minute video using the One Touch Studio OR screencast, explaining how two different Winter Olympics used this as a platform to share their culture with the world. You should consider the Opening Ceremonies, medals, flowers...etc.  

OR 

Use the following AND other resources to create a 3 to 5-minute video using the One Touch Studio OR Screencast explaining how athletes share their life experiences and culture, how the life of an Olympic athlete different/same from different nations, and what happens to the Olympian when the games are over and their career is over?

https://nextshark.com/what-happens-chinese-olympic-athletes-who-fail/ 

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-china-trains-olympic-athletes-2016-7 

https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/08/why-some-olympians-compete-against-their-home-country/494648/

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/olympic-american-athletes-rio-money-costs-usoc/

http://time.com/money/4428302/2016-rio-olympics-earning-side-jobs/

#6 Economics:

Use http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/athens_games/backyard.htm 

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/athens_games/backyard.htm

Create a 30 second to 1-minute speech to convince the IOC that Pittsburgh should be the host of a future Olympics. Record it in flipgrid: https://flipgrid.com/ur23r6

#7 Environment:

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/-frontier/the-environmental-impact-_b_11581162.html

https://www.1millionwomen.com.au/blog/what-are-environmental-impacts-olympic-games/

https://www.greenmatch.co.uk/blog/2016/07/environmental-impact-of-rio2016

http://www.dailyinfographic.com/the-astounding-environmental-impact-of-the-olympic-games

https://www.sportanddev.org/en/article/news/environmental-impact-olympic-games-2016-problems-solutions

https://www.ecowatch.com/environmental-issues-already-spoiling-the-rio-olympics-1944588645.html

http://theconversation.com/the-green-and-the-gold-can-we-soften-the-environmental-impact-of-the-olympics-45530

Use the sources above to create a list of at least ten environmental concerns the Olympic games have created in recent years. Identify at least five reasons the concerns have been growing.  Create at least five suggestions for how to lessen the environmental impact. Demonstrate your work through the creation of a slidely (http://slide.ly/). Create a slidely account. You will need to create an account. You can tweet the product @knitloveteach or share via email: kfleck@casdfalcons.org

#8 Politics:

Using your skills at internet investigation find five examples of how the Olympics become politicized. Make sure you are checking valid sites (https://www.sbcc.edu/clrc/writing_center/wc_files/handout_masters/CARS%20Checklist%20for%20Evaluating%20Sources.pdf--to remind you what to look for in a valid source)

Create a "tour" using the Google app: tour builder.  Indicate the location of the politicized Olympics, put in a picture and describe (in your words) what happened.

All students must complete and submit Task 1, 2 and 3.

Then the teams must pick 3 other (4, 5, 6, 7, OR 8) to complete and submit.