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The Olympics | |
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Ms Evans |
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| The Olympic rings - official trademark of the I.O.C |
Grade 6 |
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The
Ancient Olympics - information on the ancient games
Voyage
back in time: Ancient Greece and Rome website - Greek Sports - for the
younger students
Official
Olympic Website about everything Olympic!
The
"Real Story" - the first games, the athletes, women's
participation and a GLOSSARY of terms.
Sports
History (Hickok.com) - a page on the ancient Olympics, one on the 19th
century Olympic Movement (the start of the modern) games, and then a page on
each of the Olympic games up to 1960.
Sport
Information - Olympic Fact Sheets - long fact sheets (from Australia)
that contain information on all aspects of the Olympic games
The
Ancient Olympics - good information about the ancient games
The
Ancient Olympics: their origin in Greek Mythology and Religion
Olympic
Games - InfoPlease.com article - has articles on the ancient and the
modern Olympics
The
Ancient Olympics - ThinkQuest - discusses how the ancient games were
different from the modern games.
Olympics
Virtual Library - useful information on the symbols - the rings, the
torch, the oath
The
Olympic Games of 1896: The
Description of the Games - this site is very scholarly, but it
does give a timeline for the first modern games - in 1896
The
Unofficial Olympic Website -
tells when the individual sports were added
to the Olympics
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| Thanks for the exceptionally beautiful Olympic logo and the flames. | |