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Samples of the covers - pages 3-4
Age levels and How to use units - page 5
Samples of the worksheets - pages 6-12
How to order - pages 13
List of titles - pages 14-16
Teachers’ Comments - pages 17-18
How to order - pages 19
FREE “Olympic Unit” - pages 20 - 40
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13. 169 Units - Ages 7-10
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unit will open in your Acrobat Reader browser, ready to print.
These are easy to download. All 170
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15. List of Titles
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Albert Einstein - 14
Alexander Graham Bell - 13
Beethoven - 14
Benjamin Franklin - 12
Bird Woman - Sacagawea - 13
Columbus -14
Galileo - 15
George Washington - 13
Helen Keller - 14
Jane Goodall - 13
Marco Polo - 16
Martin Luther King -13
Mother Teresa - 13
Thomas Edison - 12
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - 16
Wright Brothers -15
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American Revolutionary War - 14
Aztecs - 15
Civil War - 11
Industrial Revolution - 15
Lewis and Clark - 15
Modern Exploration - 17
Pre-Columbian Explorers - 16
The Mayan Civilization - 16
U.S. Flag - 13
U.S. Constitution - 10
U.S. History Part 1 - 14
U.S. History Part 2 - 13
U.S. History Part 3 - 12
U.S. History Part 4 - 14
U.S. Presidents - 12
Africa - 12
Antarctica - 12
Asia - 11
Australia - 15
Deserts - 14
Europe - 13
Forests - 14
Landforms - 16
Manmade Landmarks Eastern Hemisphere - 14
Manmade Landmarks Western Hemisphere- 15
Maps - 17
Mountains - 11
Natural Landmarks - 13
North America - 13
Rain Forests - 12
South America - 11
Yellowstone - 13
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Social Studies
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Cowboys and Cowgirls - 12
Drugs - 14
Easter - 12
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Feelings - 13
Fire Safety - 17
Fourth of July - 21
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Inuit - 13
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Memorial Day - 17
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Musical Instruments - 17
Native Americans - 11
Olympics - 15
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Printing Yesterday And Today - 14
St. Patrick's Day - 15
Thanksgiving - 11
Trains and Railroads - 17
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19. 169 Units - Ages 7-10
There are two methods to purchase the Thematic Units.
1. The Thematic units are $2.00 each when purchased individually.
2. The Thematic units are only 15¢ each when all 169 are
purchased at one time.
• 169 Thematic Units - only $24.95
These are easy to download. All 169 units are in one compressed file. Once downloaded
simply click on the file and a the folder will appear with 169 units. These units are in
folders by category. When you are ready to use a unit simply click on its title, and the
unit will open in your Acrobat Reader browser, ready to print.
These are easy to download. All 170
units are in one compressed file. Once
downloaded simply click on the file
and a the folder will appear with 170
units. These units are in folders by
category. When you are ready to use a
unit simply click on its title,
If the link in the box above does not work for you please go to
www.ishoptoday.com
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22. The Original Olympic Games
In the world of almost three thousand years ago one of the
strongest civilizations was the Greeks. These people were mighty
warriors and great thinkers. They were also pagans. They believed
that there were many gods and goddesses controlling their lives and
world.
The Greeks held many festivals to honor these gods. The
major festivals were the Pan Hellenic Games. Each year a
competition was held to honor a different god or
goddess at a special city. There were four cities
involved in hosting the Pan Hellenic Games. Each city had a turn every four
years.
The favorite contests and ceremonies were the festivals for the god
Zeus. Since the Zeus games were held at the temple of Olympia near the
town of Elis, they became known as the Olympics. The Olympics became so
famous throughout the country that the years they were held were called
Olympiads.
When the Olympiad occurred during a time of war excitement over the contests changed
a few rules. Most of the men competing were soldiers. They were allowed to leave the battles
behind and go compete. The athlete warriors were allowed to travel safely to the games even if
they had to pass through enemy territory to get there. The wars just went on without them.
Where is Greece. Look up the location and write it on the lines. Please use complete sentences.
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23. At first the contests were only foot races. Over the next hundreds of years, they added
more and more contests. There were horse races
and chariot races. There was wrestling, jumping,
and swimming. Throwing objects similar to
weapons for great distances was also included.
Women were not allowed to compete in the
games. They were not even allowed to watch the
games in the early Olympics. The reason for this
was that all the contestants were naked. This
guaranteed that no man had weapons or tools on to
help him win.
Over the years the other three festivals in the
Pan Hellenic Games got smaller and smaller. By
about 500 BC the Olympic festival was the only large competition that existed.
The first time anybody wrote about the Olympics was in the year 776 BC. Since the
records stated how well the contests were organized, historians are sure that they had been
played for many years before that. The records showed that the prize for the winner of each
event was an olive branch. The winners would be heroes throughout the country for at least
the next four years.
The Olympics were stopped in the year 394 AD by the Roman Emperor Theodosius I.
Since the Games had been used to honor the Greek gods and Theodosius was trying to make
everybody in his kingdom become Christian he ordered the Games stopped. And they did
stop for over 1500 years.
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24. The Rebirth of the Olympic Games
In the early years of archaeology a group was working to uncover the ancient stadium of
Olympia. The area had been covered with landslides and earthquakes. The discovery of the
temples and competition fields in 1875 arose the interest of many Europeans. The reports of the
work being done there also mentioned the letters from over two thousand years before about the
games held there.
One French educator got the idea of starting the games again from
reading the reports about Olympia. Baron Pierre de Coubertin talked
some friends of his into forming a committee to see what could be
done. In 1894, the first International Olympic Committee was formed.
The idea of the new Olympics was to have amateur athletes from
around the world meet in a different city
every four years to compete against each
other. Some games would be each person competing alone; some
would be team games. All athletes would represent their home
country. All contests would be judged by a panel to provide
fairness.
Read each sentence below. Write in the missing answer.
1. The idea of the new Olympics was to have _______________ athletes.
2. All athletes would represent their ____________________ country.
3. In _______________ the first International Olympic Committee was formed.
4. All ________________ would be judged by a panel to provide fairness.
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25. The idea spread rapidly. Even though many little things went wrong the first “modern”
Olympics took place only two years later in the city of Athens, Greece. It was
a very small start with only nine different kinds of contests, 13 competing
countries and 300 athletes.
It took several more years for the Olympic Games to really get going.
In the year 1900, there were more people watching the games than there
were athletes. Women were allowed to compete in that year.
The Games of 1904, were a small part of the World's Fair in the city of St. Louis,
Missouri. Not very many people had understood the idea behind the Olympics yet. To bring
athletes from all over the world together in the hope that world peace and understanding
would follow was a strange concept to the citizens of the early 20th century. Over 90% of the
world population had never been more than 10 miles from their birthplace.
By the year 1924 when the Winter Olympics were added to the schedule things had
improved. For the next 70 years the games grew in size and fame. Most of the time the
events were full of fun and goodwill.
The major powers of the world were involved in very large wars that caused the
cancellation of the Games in 1916, 1940, and 1944. At the Olympics of Munich, Germany in
1972 some terrorists invaded the housing area of the athletes and
killed many from the group representing Israel.
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26. In 1992, professional basketball athletes were allowed to compete. The entry of
professional baseball players was made legal in the year 2000.
In 1994, the Winter Olympics and the Summer Olympics were
separated. The Winter Games were moved to a slot two years after
the Summer Games.
By the end of their first century, the modern Olympic Games had
truly become a world event. The Summer Games of 1996, in Atlanta,
Georgia in the USA were attended by over 10,300 athletes from 197
different countries. These men and women competed in 271 separate events. This is a huge
improvement over the first attempt by Baron de Coubertin in 1896!
The entire event usually lasts just over 2 weeks. Host cities spend 5 to 10 years getting all
the places built and ready for the contests, athletes, and tourists. Millions of dollars are spent
preparing for the Games. Millions of dollars come back to the host
city from tourists and media attention. With the invention of cable
and satellite TV the events can be watched by billions of people in
every country of the world.
Read each word below. Write a definition for each word on the lines.
1. athlete __________________________________________________________________
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2. tourists _________________________________________________________________
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27. Olympic Symbols
MOTTO - The motto for the modern Olympics was borrowed by Baron de Coubertin from a
French college in Paris. It is translated into English as "Swifter, Higher, Stronger". The actual
words used by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) are the Latin words "Citius, Altius,
Fortius". Every athlete wishes to run swifter, jump higher, or be stronger' than their
competitors.
THE FIVE RINGS - Once again Baron de Coubertin borrowed something to make the
Olympics special. The unproven tale says that he saw a design of five connected rings on an
old piece of Greek art. It is not written whether the ancient rings were colored or not. He first
showed the design to the IOC in 1913.
The Baron decided that the five rings would represent the five major areas of the world.
These were Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
At least one of the colors of the rings can be found on every national flag of the world.
The colors of the Olympic rings are always in the same order from left to right. They are blue,
yellow, black, green, and red. The colors represent only the flag colors of the world, not the
countries or continents.
Draw a picture of the Olympic Rings, and color them.
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28. THE FLAG - The flag of the Olympic Games was first flown at the
Games of 1920. It shows the five colored rings on a white cloth.
The mayor of the host city brings the flag to the opening ceremony.
At the closing ceremony on the last day he gives it to the mayor of
the city where the next Games will be held. The flag stays in the
new city until the closing ceremony of their Games.
THE FLAME & THE TORCH - The ancient Olympic Games in Greece were started with
the lighting of a flame in the stadium. That tradition continues with the summer games and
the winter games too. A new flame is always started at Olympia for each Olympiad. A
powerful mirror is used to concentrate the rays of the sun until a fire ignites.
A torch is lit from the flames at Olympia and starts its journey to the host city of the
games. Sometimes this journey has taken as long as ten months. The Olympic flame has
traveled by airplane and has been carried on camels and by scuba divers!
The modern system of the Olympic torch relay started at the Games of 1936. The torch
travels around Greece first and then around the areas of the host country.
Many people are chosen to get the torch from its starting point to the large cauldron at
the stadium. Some of these people are former athletes. All are special. Some people have
carried the torch by bicycle or in wheelchairs. Some carry it for only a few feet and others for
miles. On its journey to Sydney, Australia in the year 2000, eleven thousand
people helped the torch reach its destination.
The flame is totally extinguished at the closing ceremony of each
Olympiad.
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29. Other Olympics
PARALYMPICS - The Paralympics were started in 1948, in England to
allow sports competition for people who had suffered injuries in World
War II to take part in sports competitions.
The movement has expanded to include athletes with all kinds of
disabilities. The Paralympic Committee modeled all their events on the
style of the Olympics in 1960. These games are held using the same fields
and arenas as the Olympiad Games. The Paralympics are held in the same
places just after the finish of the Olympics.
Some events are baseball, basketball, track and field, and swimming. Winter games are
also held by the Paralympics. Contestants do not consider themselves handicapped just
athletes with an adjustment.
NATIONAL SENIOR GAMES- The National Senior Games started in 1985, in St. Louis,
MO. when a group of seven men and women formed the original leadership. The games were
first held in 1987 with 2,500 competitors.
To qualify, participants must be a minimum of 50 years of age or older. Some of the oldest
participants are over 100 years of age!
Read each sentence below. Write the answer on the line.
1. What year were the Paralympics started? ________________
2. What country were the Paralympics first started? ______________
3. Contestants do not consider themselves handicapped just athletes
with an _____________________________.
4. The Paralympics are held in the same places just after the finish of
the ___________________________________.
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30. Other Olympics
SPECIAL OLYMPICS - The movement to create games and competition for people with
mental retardation was started in the United States by Eunice Kennedy Shriver in 1968.
People from young kids to senior citizens train and compete in many events.
Unlike the Olympics and Paralympics, training and events occur all year long. All
competitors are encouraged to make sports and exercise a life long activity. All the athletes
are winners.
Special Olympics also has world events on a two year cycle of summer and winter
games. The games are held at venues that may not have been host cities to the Olympics. The
Special Olympic Games are held the year after the Olympic/Paralympic Games. In Dublin,
Ireland over 7,000 Special Olympians from 170 countries competed in the Summer Special
Olympics.
NATIONAL SENIOR GAMES - A group that started in the
United States in the late 1980s is aimed at competitive sports
events for people aged 50 or over. They are not related to the
International Olympic Committee sponsored events at all.
Every state has a National Senior Game Association.
National Senior Olympic Games are held every two years
alternating winter and summer events. Maybe the movement will
continue to grow around the world.
If you could be in the Olympics what would you compete in and why?
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