The Olympic Adventure

Introduction
Your mission is to discover as much as you can about the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece. As weve been
learning about Ancient Greece we have also been learning about the connections that our Modern World has
with Ancient Greece. In this exercise you will strive to ind as many original and uni!ue acts as possible. Your
mission consists o the ollowing tas"s#
1. Answer the !uestions in each category
2. $riely describe one o the Olympic events
3. %ind a map o Ancient Greece and label where the irst games were held
4. &reate your own event or Ancient Olympics. 'escribe the event as well as any rules and regulations.
Aim & Teaching Environment
(arget audience is )th graders in a general education setting. Access to internet is re!uired. $est done in
computer lab or in classroom with laptops with Internet Access. *tudents will need access to school library to
do research.
Task
*tudents will participate in a +yper *tudio activity using the school library as well as ollowing websites. (he
students will then ma"e an advertisement or their new Olympic event that they create using the ,A%( method
-http#..bit.ly./po0u012
Resources
Any boo"s in the school or public library on Ancient Greece Olympics.
(he Ancient Olympic Games -A 3irtual Museum2 http#..bit.ly./l4!5e
(he Ancient Olympics http#..bit.ly./ig'6y7
Gree" Olympics http#..bit.ly./i81*91
Gree" +istory or 8ids http#..bit.ly./iO:";<
(he Ancient Gree" Olympics http#..bit.ly.*r=1dn
Instructional Strategy
(he +yper *tudio >ro<ect is an in!uiry?oriented activity in which some or all o the inormation that learners
interact with comes rom resources on the Internet. (he +yper *tudio >ro<ect is designed to use learners@ time
wellA to ocus on using inormation rather than loo"ing or itA and to support learners@ thin"ing at the levels o
analysisA synthesis and evaluation.
Curriculum Alignment
(he activity is part o a unit about Ancient Greece and ocuses on Ancient Gree" Olympics.
Inquiry Based Learning Objectives
Before
Bstablishing >rior 8nowledge
Gathering Inormation
During
Gathering Inormation
(hin"ing about and comparing inormation
Applying the inormation
After
&reate new activity
,electing on learning
Illinois Learning Standards
/)A C *tudents who meet the standard can apply the s"ills o historical analysis and interpretation.
/1$ C *tudents who meet the standard can understand the roles and interactions o individuals and
groups in society
NETSS !oal
1. &reativity and innovation *tudents demonstrate creative thin"ingA construct "nowledgeA and develop
innovative products and processes using technology.
a) Apply existing "nowledge to generate new ideasA productsA or processes
b) &reate original wor"s as a means o personal or group expression
c) 9se models and simulations to explore complex
d) *ystems and issues
e) Identiy trends and orecast possibilities
D. ,esearch and inormation luency *tudents apply digital tools to gatherA evaluateA
and use inormation.
a) >lan strategies to guide in!uiry
b) :ocateA organiEeA analyEeA evaluateA synthesiEeA and ethically use inormation rom
1. a variety o sources and media
c) Bvaluate and select inormation sources and digital tools based on the
2. appropriateness to speciic tas"s
d) >rocess data and report results