Winter Olympics 2010

Lapbook Helps for Amanda Bennett's 2010 Winter Olympic Unit Study
File for Week 1
File for Week 2
File for Week 3
File for Week 4
World Map by Marcy Crabtree(start at the beginning of the unit)

Extra Minit Books for Winter Olympics 2010

Canadian Animal Cards & Pocket by Clementine
Who Am I? Canadian Animals Book
Compare/Contrast Canada & USA Shutterfolds
French Words Matching Game
Count 1-10 in French Chart
My Name in French & My Favorite Winter Olympic Sport
O Canada Copywork (HWT)
O Canada Minit Books by Clementine
Canada- Major Crops/Major Industries (make your own minit books)
Places to Visit (make your own page- draw or add places to tour in Canada)
Canada- Basic Information (copywork)
Where is Canada?  Shutterfold by Wende
Canadian Flag
Canada Lapbook Cover Page by Clementine

Province Pages to Color (from Crayola.com)

Generic Olympic Minit Books *lessons found below

Keeping Track of My Country's Medals
I Corinthians 9:24 Verse & Pocket
Symbols and Traditions of the Olympics Flap
Olympic Timeline Fan (with dates)
Olympic Timeline Fan (blank)
Family Olympics Chart Trifold
Compare & Contrast Diets Matchbook
Famous Olympians File Folders
Torch's Journey Pocket

Bible

1 Corinthians 9:24

“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize”. Discuss this verse. This verse is not talking about a physical race, but a spiritual one and the prize is salvation. What can we learn from athletes that can help us as we seek to run this spiritual race? Some of the things we can learn may include working hard, being disciplined, not cheating, making the most of your time, not getting sidetracked and not giving up. Discuss these character traits with your children; using real life applications from their lives or yours that may help illustrate this even more.

Lapbook components:
Bible verse pocket and card (in NIV and KJV)

Social Studies

Geography
Plot the route of the Olympic torch:
The Olympic torch is traditionally started in Olympia, Greece where it is lit.  Using a map, plot the route that the Olympic torch will take.

Lapbook component: Pocket to store map of Torch's journey

Pick a team:
Have each student pick a country to support during the Olympics. Here is a list of all 135 competing countries for you to choose from.  Have the student research the flag of the country, find the country on the map, and research other interesting facts about their chosen country. You may want to have them listen to their country’s national anthem and also find out in which competitions their country will be competing.

Lapbook components:
My Team Twice Folded

Find other resources to use with the study of Canada or the study of your student's chosen team in HSS's Country Lapbook.

History
The very first Olympics for which written records are available were held in 776BC in Olympia, Greece. At the first Olympics the only event was the 200yd dash, called a stadium. This was the only event until 724 BC. The Olympic games were held every four years from 776BC to 393AD when they were abolished by the then Emperor Theodosius I. A campaign to revive the Olympics
was started in France in the late 19th century. The first Modern Summer games started on March 24 1896 in Athens, Greece.

Olympic Timeline with dates
Olympic Timeline blank

Symbols and traditions of the Olympic games
Motto – The Olympic motto is “Citius – Altius – Fortius” which is Latin for “ Faster, higher, stronger”. The meaning behind this motto is intended to focus on trying your best and not on winning first place.

Olympic Emblem & Flag– The emblem consists of five interlocking rings (blue, yellow, black, green & red) on a white background. It was designed in 1913 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin (the founder of the modern Olympics). Each of the five rings represents one of the significant continents in the world, and each color was chosen as at least one of them appeared on the flag of each country in the world. They are interlaced to represent the idea the games are universal and bring countries together.

An Olympic flag is raised in the opening ceremony of each Olympic games. On it are the same Olympic rings on a white background. At the closing of each Olympic games the mayor of the host city presents the flag to the mayor of the next host city. This mayor then keeps the flag in his town hall until the next Olympic games.  Printable Olympic Flag

Olympic Flame – The ancient Greeks considered fire to have sacred qualities, and in the ancient Olympic games a fire was kept burning throughout the games. The fire was reintroduced during the 1928 games and has remained a part of it ever since as a symbol of peace between the continents. The flame is lit at the site of the ancient Olympic games in Olympia, Greece and continues on a tour of many of the participating countries ending at the home of the current year’s Olympic games.

Olympic Oath – During the opening ceremony one athlete recites the oath on behalf of all athletes. It states, “In the name of all competitors, I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic games, respecting and abiding by the rules that govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honor of our teams”.

Olive wreath – The Olive tree was sacred to the ancient Greeks and therefore a reward of a wreath made from a branch of this sacred tree was considered great.

Make an Olive wreath

Olympic Anthem – This is also know as the Olympic Hymn and was composed by Spyros Samaras with words from a poem by the Greek poet Kostis Palamas. It was performed for the first time at the Games of 1896 and was declared the Olympic Anthem in 1958. Lyrics

Lapbook Components:

Symbols and Traditions of the Olympics Flap

Oath Matchbook

Science

This unit lends itself well to a discussion about general health fitness and diet. Discuss the major food groups.  Discuss what each food group provides our bodies and why we need it. An athlete’s diet has specific needs including increased carbohydrates.  Discuss why this is (increased output of energy). 

The recommendation for a child's diet is as follows

Grains
* 4- to 8-year-olds need 4–5 ounce equivalents each day.
* 9- to 13-year-old girls need 5 ounce equivalents each day.
* 9- to 13-year-old boys need 6 ounce equivalents each day

Vegetables
* 4- to 8-year-olds need 1½ cups of veggies each day.
* 9- to 13-year-old girls need 2 cups of veggies each day.
* 9- to 13-year-old boys need 2½ cups of veggies each day.

Fruits
* 4- to 8-year-olds need 1–1½ cups of fruit each day.
* 9- to 13-year-olds need 1½ cups of fruit each day.

Milk and other Calcium Rich Foods
* 4- to 8-year-olds need 2 cups of milk (or another calcium-rich food) each day.
* 9- to 13-year-olds need 3 cups of milk (or another calcium-rich food) each day.

Meats, beans, fish, and nuts
* 4- to 8-year-olds need 3–4 ounce equivalents each day.
* 9- to 13-year-olds need 5 ounce equivalents each day.
 

Food pyramid for young children

Print the food pyramid for athletes and compare what your child should consume to what an athlete should consume.

Lapbook component:

Compare & Contrast Diets Matchbook

Math
 

Pick a country to support (see Geography section). Record the number of events they participate in and the number of medals they win. This information can be displayed in a bar graph.

Lapbook component:
Bar Graph

Language Arts

Famous Olympian Research
Research and learn more about a famous Olympian.  Record information in file folder minit books.

Art
Design a logo for the next Olympic games. You might want to pretend that the country you have been studying as part of this unit is hosting the next Olympics and design one with this in mind.

See previous logos

Lapbook Component
Cut and paste your student's logo into this Olympic Emblem minit book.

Just for Fun

Hold an Olympics competition with your family members.  Here are some ideas:  "Javelin" Throw (you can use a wooden dowel rod), Soccer Kick (who can kick the ball the longest distance),  Paper Plate or Frisbee Discus Throw, Cotton Ball Shot Put, Hoola-Hooping (who can hula-hoop the longest), Obstacle Course,  etc.  You could even make up your own three challenge triathlon or let your children invent a game!  Be sure to include opening ceremonies, closing ceremonies and an award ceremony.

Lapbook Component
Log your results in this Family Olympics Tri-fold

Additional Resources

Library List
Eric Liddell: Something Greater than Gold – Janet Benge
Eric Liddell: Olympian and Missionary – Ellen W. Caughey
The Flying Scotsman – Sally Magnusson
Hour of the Olympics – Mary Pope Osbourne
Ancient Greece and the Olympics – Mary Pope Osbourne
Olympics – Chris Oxlade
Swifter, Higher, Stronger: A Photographic History of the Summer Olympics by Sue Macy
Wilma Rudolph: Olympic Runner (Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
Jim Thorpe: Olympic Champion (Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
Picture Book of Jesse Owens by David A. Adler
Olympics by B. G. Hennessy
Tacky and the Winter Games by Helen Lester
The Winter Olympics by Larry Dane Brimner
Freeze Frame: A Photographic History of the Winter Olympics by Sue Macy
Olympics by DK Publishing
Swifter, Higher, Stronger: A Photographic History of the Summer Olympics by Sue Macy
The Encyclopedia of the Summer Olympics by David Fischer
The Encyclopedia of the Winter Olympics by John Wukovits

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