Olympic Games

ARTICLES
General
• Olympic Games
• Paralympic Games
• France
• French flag
• Paris
Olympic Sports
• Archery
• Baseball and Softball
• Basketball
• Beach Volleyball
• Bicycle Racing
• Boxing
• Break dancing
• Canoeing
• Cycling
• Decathlon
• Diving
• Equestrian
• Fencing
• Handball
• Field Hockey
• Gymnastics
• Golf
• Judo
• Modern Pentathlon
• Rowing
• Rugby
• Sailing
• Shooting (Student article)
• Skateboarding
• Soccer
• Sport Climbing
• Surfing
• Swimming
• Table Tennis
• Tennis
• Track and Field
• Triathlon
• Taekwondo
• Volleyball
• Water Polo
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling

IMPORTANT PEOPLE
• Andrew Bogut
• Kyle Chalmers
• Jason Day
• Cadel Evans
• Dawn Fraser
• Cathy Freeman
• Shane Gould
• Lauren Jackson
• Emma McKeon
• Nova Peris
• Kieren Perkins
• Ian Thorpe
• Adiarne Titmus
• Fanny Durack
• Grant Hackett
• Patty Mills
• Stephanie Gilmore
• Sam Kerr

PICTURES
• Olympic flag
• Combat sport
• Court sports
• Gymnastics
• Target sports
• Track and field
• Water sports

VIDEOS
• Show jumping
• Jesse Owens at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games
Swimming
• Backstroke
• Breaststroke
• Butterfly
• Freestyle

SOUND
• Australia’s national anthem
• New Zealand’s national anthem
• French national anthem

COMPARE PLACES
• Compare Countries
• Compare Continents

OUTLINE MAPS AND FLAGS
• Australia
• France
• New Zealand

MAPS
• Map of France
• Map of Paris

GAMES
• Whose flag is it?
• Countries and Continents

ACTIVITIES
• Gold Medal Maze

eBOOKS (subscribers only)
• Things I Like (Sports)
• The Muscular System
• The Respiratory System
• True or False?: Sports
• Olympic Games
• Olympic Greats
• Soccer Rules
• Play Sports
• Basketball Superstars
• Basketballs Great Players
• Alex Morgan

WORKSHEETS
• Olympic Games
• Paralympic Games
Compare Places
• Australia/France
• New Zealand/France

QUESTIONS
1. The Olympic flame stands for what?
2. The Olympic symbol is made up of five what joined together?
3. Where did the first recorded Olympic contest take place?
4. When did the modern Olympic Games begin?

ARTICLES
General
• Olympic Games
• Paralympics
• Paris
• France
• French flag
Olympic Sports
• Archery
• Badminton
• Baseball and Softball
• Basketball
• Beach Volleyball
• Boxing
• Break dancing
• Canoeing
• Cycling
• Decathlon
• Diving
• Equestrian
• Fencing
• Handball
• Field Hockey
• Gymnastics
• Golf
• Judo
• Karate
• Kayaking
• Marathon
• Modern Pentathlon
• Rowing
• Rugby
• Sailing
• Shooting
• Skateboarding
• Soccer
• Softball
• Sport Climbing
• Surfing
• Swimming
• Taekwondo
• Table Tennis
• Tennis
• Track and Field
• Triathlon
• Volleyball
• Water Polo
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling

RESOURCE GUIDE
• Olympic Games

BACK IN TIME
• Olympic Games (1936)
• Olympic Games (1993)
• Go Back in Time!
Choose one article from any year and answer the questions below.
1. Year the article was written.
2. What topics seem to be of most importance during the year your chosen article was written? Explain what topics are included in the article and what that tells you about the priorities of the Olympics at that time.

TIMELINES
• History of Olympic Games
• Sites of the Olympic Games
• History of Track and Field
• Milestones in Track and Field

TABLES
• Sites of Olympic Games
• Leading medal-winning nations (Summer)

COMPARE PLACES
• Compare Countries
• Compare Continents

WEBSITES
• Official Olympic Movement website

BEHIND THE HEADLINES
• Break Dancing with Rings
• Paris Olympics start with a water show

EBOOKS (subscribers only)
• Olympic Greats
• Soccer Rules
• Basketball Superstars
• Basketball Great Players
• Alex Morgan
• Building Blocks: The Respiratory System 
• Building Blocks: Skeletal and Muscular Systems
• True or False: Sports
• True or False: Olympic Games

ARTICLES
Biographies
Swimming:
• Duncan Armstrong
• Sir Frank Beaurepaire
• Kyle Chalmers
• Bronte Campbell
• Cate Campbell
• Forbes Carlile
• Boy Charlton
• Lorraine Crapp
• Dawn Fraser
• Shane Gould
• Grant Hackett
• Jon Henricks
• Michael Klim
• Jon and Ilsa Konrad
• Susie O’Neill
• Kieren Perkins
• Murray Rose
• Jon Sieben
• Ian Thorpe
• Ariarne Titmus
Track:
• Ron Clarke
• Betty Cuthbert
• Robert De Castella
• Herb Elliott
• Cathy Freeman
• Marjorie Jackson
• John Landy
• Shirley Strickland
Other:
• Snowy Baker (Boxing)
• Andrew Bogut (Baskeball)
• Jimmy Carruthers (Boxing)
• Jason Day (Golf)
• Stephanie Gilmore (Surfing)
• Dean Lukin (Weightlifting)
• Russell Mockridge (Cycling)
• Bobby Pearce (Rowing)
New Zealand:
• Murray Halberg
• Arthur Lydiard
• Peter Snell
• John Walker

PICTURES
• Olympic flag
• Olympic flame
• Fireworks at 2012 London Olympic Games
• Olympic Games medal ceremony
• 360 degree The Louvre Paris

VIDEOS
• Jesse Owen at 1936 Olympic Games
Swimming
• Backstroke
• Breaststroke
• Butterfly
• Freestyle
Gymnastics
• Balance beams
• Women’s Floor exercises
• Men’s Floor exercises
• Parallel bars
• Pommel horse
• Rhythmic gymnastics
• Still rings
• Uneven bars

WORKSHEETS
• Olympic Games
Compare Places
• Australia/France
• New Zealand/France

WEBQUESTS
• Olympic Games

GAMES
• Respiration

SPECIAL REPORTS
• The 1992 Olympics