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Olympic Medals & Achievements



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=**Introduction**= In this unit we will be talking about the summer Olympics and the awarding of medals and setting of Olympic records. It is honor for countries and individuals simply to compete in the Olympics but everyone hopes that they will go home with an Olympic medal. For many sports this is highest honor an athlete can achieve and as you have heard for some of your other teachers athletes spend years preparing to compete. We will look at some records that have been set and talk about why the Olympics is such an important event throughout the world.

=Who Wins Medals?= We will be looking at the distribution of Olympic medals over the years. While a large number of countries compete in an Olympic event not everyone can win a medal. Before you come to class I want you to use the website provided to see which countries have done well in the past. You will need to download the handout and answer the questions and bring the finished product to class.

Medals by Country



=Setting and Breaking Records= Another way for athletes to leave their mark during Olympics is to set a world record. This would mean that in their event they are the fastest, strongest or scored the highest out of everyone who not only competed in this Olympics but in any Olympics. Each student needs to find 3 world records that were set in a previous summer Olympics. They can be from any event and it can be an old record. Once you have done this you will post on in wiki's discussion forum the name of the athlete, the event, the athlete's nation, the record and date it was achieved. There are lots of record please avoid using the same record as your classmates. Please post these before class tomorrow.

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Micheal Phelps
In the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Micheal Phelps earned recognition by winning a record breaking 8 Gold Medal.

Michael Phelps 8 for 8

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Now Michael Phelps is preparing to return to the Olympic in 2012.

Phelps London 2012

What does it mean to compete in the Olympics
Watch this video to see what it means to some of these Olympic athletes to make it to the 2012 London Olympics. This ad is sponsored by BP please focus on the message of the athletes.

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=Blog= Why do you think the Olympics are so important? What do you think it means to the countries and people who participate? Please provide a reason for why you think this, you may use any of the sources that you have used over the unit. Please respond to this on the class blog. You must respond yourself and comment on at least two of your peers responses. Please do not wait till the last minute to this otherwise people will have problem commenting on each others responses. blog.

=Grades=

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videos taken from youtube