Term+3+-+Olympics

Intro: KWL chart Sort into 3/4 person countries Unit will link closely to work on information reports. During this time we will conduct our class olympics - Students will compete for medals in PBIS elements, physical and academic tasks. Some will be team medals and others individual.

Week 1:
 * Watch various elements of opening ceremonies - discuss cultural elements of each. Predict what might be seen in the London Opening ceremony.
 * Display timeline of previous Olympics - discuss how often games are held - why some years did not have Olympics
 * Look at the history of the games - from the ancient to modern ... discuss the changes
 * Discuss plans for "Class Olympics"

Week 2:
 * Discuss the significance of flags and Anthems
 * Look at the Olympic Flag
 * Students to research the flag of their "country" and it's significance
 * Look at team colours and how they are often derived from the flag

Week 3:
 * Look at the Values embodied in the olympics
 * What do they mean? Why?
 * Athletes / Umpires / Volunteers oaths

Week 4:
 * Look at Mascots - discuss how mascots are selected
 * Discuss what would be appropriate mascots for their "countries"
 * Look at Medal design

Week 5:
 * Look at a variety of Olympic Sports
 * Look at Significant Australian athletes past and present
 * Discuss the significance of Cathy Freeman carrying both the Australian and Aboriginal flag on her win during the Sydney Olympics

Week 6:
 * Look at the Paralympics
 * Discuss the different categories - and how they decide where athletes should be placed
 * Discuss Oscar Pistorius - and how he competed in both the Olympics and Paralympics (was it fair - look at the articles on both youtube and newspapers)

Week 7:
 * Look at a variety of different paralympic sports
 * Discuss the difference in the Values put forward for the paralympics
 * Discuss "adversity"

Week 8/9:
 * Look at some of the Paralympians and their journeys
 * Continue to look at the variety of Paralympic sports

Week 10 :
 * Wheelchair basketball (organise with MDS)

[|Official Olympics Aus Education Site]