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2024 Summer Olympics (Paris, France)

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Look Inside · 10 pages · answer key included

Summer Olympic Games mini-unit cover introducing the history, events, athletes, and location of the 2024 Games
Cover introducing the Paris 2024 mini-unit
Teaching suggestions for the Olympics mini-unit address technology, team building, and individual or group work
Teacher guidance for using the mini-unit
Ancient Olympic Games reading covers Greek origins, the Olympic Truce, athlete eligibility, and early events
Background reading on the ancient Games
Olympics comparison activity uses a Venn diagram to compare the ancient Games reading with modern Games knowledge
Compare-and-contrast task following the reading
Olympic flag activity introduces the five rings and asks students to brainstorm and draft a shared class flag
Class flag design activity
Olympic motto and values activity presents “Games Wide Open” and asks students to write their own personal motto
Personal motto writing activity
Paris research activity asks eight questions about its river, nickname, landmarks, subway, currency, and more
Paris geography and city research questions
Olympic athlete research organizer asks for birth date, events, past Games, medals, and facts for a presentation
Athlete research and presentation directions
Olympic athlete writing task asks students to act as hometown reporters and explain an athlete’s Olympic spirit
Newspaper article task using athlete research

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About This Product

Learn about the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France! Cross curricular plans bring together reading, math, social studies, technology production, and product presentation (speaking and listening) all centered around the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris!

Reading activities focus on:

  • compare/contrast - modern Olympics with the Ancient Olympics

  • research focus on various parts of the Olympics themselves

  • research focus on the Olympic history, modern athletes, and modern events

Social studies activities focus on:

  • location and geography of Paris

  • history of the Olympic Games

Math activities focus on:

  • collecting data

  • graphing and presenting data

  • statistics

Rubrics are left open for teachers to adjust for optimum use in their classroom. Activities and assignments are written with a technology focus, but can be altered to a hands on format (and vice versa).

Possibilities are included for "bringing the Olympic Games into your classroom."

  • Reading Challenges

  • Math Challenges

  • Behavior Challenges

  • Work Habit Challenges

The goal is to create team building opportunities that can bring your classroom community together at the beginning of the school year, and prepare for a great year ahead. Can easily be uploaded into an LMS for digital delivery to students or submission for them to return to educator.

Grades: 3rd - 6th

Tags: reading, writing, social studies, math, technology, gifted and talented/high ability, research, thematic units, team building

Format: PDF

Pages: 25

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