{"id":12483,"date":"2016-08-01T07:24:54","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T11:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/?p=12483"},"modified":"2024-10-27T02:22:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T06:22:41","slug":"olympicsinrio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/olympicsinrio\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Resources and Activities to Learn About the Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\nYour students have the opportunity to learn about sports, current events, and foreign policy while enjoying the Olympics. Your language learners have the opportunity to learn about different cultures and traditions by following the Olympics online through videos, articles, images and infographics. The Olympics takes place August 5th to 21st in Rio, Brazil. Below is a list of websites with information, activities and resources for teaching about the Olympics. To discover activities related to the Olympics, check out our webinar recording, <a href=\"http:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/tesol-webinar-teaching-the-olympics-ideas-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teaching the Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To learn more about integrating technology to support English language learners become <a href=\"https:\/\/americantesol.com\">TESOL Certified<\/a>, attend our <a href=\"http:\/\/americantesol.com\/tesol-lectures.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TESOL webinars<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Web Resources with Activities<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Find videos of past Olympic sporting events\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympic.org\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>. One idea is to get your students to view a video of\u00a0an Olympic event they have never seen and create a short presentation where they describe the event to their peers. They should provide current information\u00a0about the athletes competing this year and the countries where this event is popular.<\/li>\n<li>Find photos related to the 2016 Olympics and past Olympics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympic.org\/photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>. Students can choose one or two images and\u00a0write a news article to support this image. Find web tools for creating news articles <a href=\"http:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/learnwiththenews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Students can choose one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympic.org\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Olympic sports<\/a> they are not familiar with and create a digital poster presentation detailing the history of the sport, current competitors, and interesting facts. Find web tools for creating digital posters <a href=\"http:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/postercreationtools2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Have students choose an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympic.org\/athletes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Olympic athlete<\/a>\u00a0who is competing in their favorite sport or represents the country to write a biography. Read Write Web has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwritethink.org\/files\/resources\/interactives\/cube_creator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bio cube interactive<\/a> students can complete to help them write their biography. \u00a0Download the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwritethink.org\/files\/resources\/interactives\/cube_creator\/media\/planning_bio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pdf<\/a> version if your students do not have access to computers.<\/li>\n<li>Have students research the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympic.org\/olympic-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statistics<\/a> of different Olympic sports and create infographics interpreting what these statistics mean. They can make predictions for the 2016 Olympics based on their research or predict top competitors or possible outcomes.\u00a0Find over 20 web tools and apps for creating infographics\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/infographicsforlearning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Olympic site has an official education toolkit with handouts, activities, and resources that will be coming out soon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympic.org\/olympic-values-and-education-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Find lesson plans related to the Olympics in the following sites:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eslflow.com\/olympicslessonplans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESLFLow Olympic Activities and Questionnaires\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationworld.com\/a_lesson\/lesson\/lesson201.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gold Medal Olympics Activities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lessonplanspage.com\/olympics-htm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Olympic Lesson Plans from Hot Chalk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atozteacherstuff.com\/Themes\/Olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A to Z Olympic Themed Activities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edgate.com\/summergames\/lesson_plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">EdGate Olympic Lesson Plans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/teachers\/collection\/get-ready-olympics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Olympic Lesson Ideas by Scholastic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teach-nology.com\/teachers\/lesson_plans\/physical_ed\/olympic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Olympic Handouts by Teach-nology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachervision.com\/olympic-games\/teacher-resources\/6651.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Olympic Activities by TeacherVision<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your students have the opportunity to learn about sports, current events, and foreign policy while enjoying the Olympics. 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