This worksheet, ‘5Ws and How: The Olympic Games’ provides a structured diagram that helps students identify the who, what, when, where, why and how of the Olympics. It is a great visual graphic that can be used as a comprehension activity and to generate meaningful class discussion.
This history timeline, ‘Irish Olympic Gold’ features important dates and factual background information about the people who have won gold medals at the Summer Olympics for the Republic of Ireland. This is a great resource for broadening students’ historical and cultural knowledge about Ireland and could be used as a prompt for further discussion or …More
This history timeline, ‘South African Sports Highlights’ features important dates and factual background information about the nation’s leading sports people and events that marked key moments in the country’s history. This is a great resource for broadening students’ historical and cultural knowledge about South Africa and could be used as a prompt for further discussion …More
This worksheet, ‘A.S.P.I.R.E. Values’ is a great resource that encourages students to research the acronym A.S.P.I.R.E.. Students are required to list the six Olympic values and describe them. They are also asked to provide an example or situation where they have seen or they could see these values being enacted in real life. The activity …More
This history article, ‘Against All Odds’ features some amazing and unbelievable events in sporting history. It provides factual information and is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and historical awareness.
This illustration, ‘Ancient Greek Olympic Torch’ is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in black and white which makes it ideal for photocopying and colouring-in. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and can be reproduced for use on …More
This illustration, ‘Ancient Greek Olympic Torch B&W’ is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This black and white illustration is ideal for photocopying and colouring-in. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and can be reproduced for use on bulletin boards and student handouts, …More
This illustration, ‘Ancient Greek Olympic Wreath’ is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in black and white which makes it ideal for photocopying and colouring-in. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and can be reproduced for use on …More
This illustration, ‘Ancient Greek Olympic Wreath B&W’ is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This black and white illustration is ideal for photocopying and colouring-in. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and can be reproduced for use on bulletin boards and student handouts, …More
This worksheet, ‘Athletics Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Olympic Games sport, athletics. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the rules and scoring of the sport, the history of the sport and past gold medal winners. It allows students to demonstrate …More
This Australian themed bunting can be reproduced and used as part of a colourful classroom display. The bunting is formatted as two flags per page. Each flag includes drawn cut-out holes allowing them to be strung together and hung in the classroom.
This worksheet, ‘Badminton Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Olympic Games sport, badminton. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the rules and scoring of the sport, the history of the sport and past gold medal winners. It allows students to demonstrate …More
This history article, ‘Basketball’, features important factual background information about the invention of basketball. It explains how Canadian schoolteacher James Naismith came up with the idea for the game as a way to occupy his unruly students. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical and cultural awareness and could be used as a prompt for …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Become a Challenge Olympics Volunteer’ supports students to use various strategies to understand an informative text about volunteering at these games. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Become a Challenge Olympics Volunteer’, features a letter from the Challenge Olympics Committee that outlines volunteer positions and criteria. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text of the letter and includes questions about author’s purpose, slant/bias, drawing a conclusion, making a judgment, questioning, and detail. …More
In this worksheet, ‘Boat Word Search’ students find hidden boating words.
The report, ‘Bonnie Blair’ tells readers about the speed skater who once held the record for the most gold medals won by an American athlete at the Olympic Games. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This worksheet, ‘Boxing Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Olympic Games sport, boxing. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the rules and scoring of the sport, the history of the sport and past gold medal winners. It allows students to demonstrate …More
This quick reference text, ‘Brazil: Fast Facts’ features a quick review of factual information about Brazil. It is aimed at broadening students’ geographical, historical and cultural awareness of the world’s fifth largest country by providing a summary of key facts accompanied by informative images.
This Brazilian flag bunting can be reproduced and used as part of a colourful classroom display. The bunting is formatted as two flags per page. Each flag includes drawn cut-out holes allowing them to be strung together and hung in the classroom.
This worksheet, ‘Choosing an Olympic Sport’ asks students to analyse the pros and cons of two sports. This resource provides students with the opportunity to develop their own opinion and to form a conclusion on which sport they would prefer to compete in. Some students find it difficult to asses another angle. Using this graphical …More
This profile, ‘Clara Hughes’, features important factual background information about the famous Canadian Olympian. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical and cultural awareness in an engaging manner, and could be used a prompt for further discussion or study about Canada.
This worksheet, ‘Compare and Contrast: Olympic Athletes’ is a great graphical organiser that students can use to describe the similarities and differences between two types of Olympic athletes. The requirements of athletes differ according to which sport and event they enter however being Olympic athletes there will also be some common skills that they both …More
This worksheet, ‘Cycling Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Olympic Games sport, cycling. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the rules and scoring of the sport, the history of the sport and past gold medal winners. It allows students to demonstrate …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Editorial on The Paralympics’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a newspaper editorial about the importance of these games. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Gail Devers: The World’s Fastest Woman’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about the famous American runner Gail Devers. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to form opinions and think about the author’s purpose.
In the interesting learning activity, ‘Good Sports?’ students learn about and discuss the use of technology to improve swimmers’ performances. They use graphs and tables to evaluate the impact of changes, and form opinions about the fairness of using technology to enhance performances. This activity includes comprehensive teaching notes to be read before beginning the …More
This worksheet, ‘Gymnastics Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Olympic Games sport, gymnastics. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the rules and scoring of the sport, the history of the sport and past gold medal winners. It allows students to demonstrate …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Hakeem Olajuwon’, features a biographical text about a famous basketball player who immigrated to the United States from Nigeria. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about detail, drawing a conclusion, cause and effect, making a judgment, character, validity, and genre. Answer …More
This history article, ‘Historical Person: The Golden Girl’ features the great Australian Olympic running gold medallist Elizabeth (Betty) Cuthbert. It provides factual background information on the life of this Australian sporting legend and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This analysing text worksheet ‘History of Figure Skating’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about the origins of this sport. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically …More
This worksheet, ‘Hockey Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Olympic Games sport, hockey. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the rules and scoring of the sport, the history of the sport and past gold medal winners. It allows students to demonstrate …More
The hands-on activity, ‘Holey Moley’ shows students how they can set up a beanbag golf game. As they work out the layout of their course, they must decide on the distances between the holes and estimate the number of throws (the par) required to reach each hole. They record their results on the learning activity. …More
This worksheet, ‘Judo Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Olympic Games sport, judo. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the rules and scoring of the sport, the history of the sport and past gold medal winners. It allows students to demonstrate …More
This history article, ‘Katie Taylor’ features Ireland’s Olympic gold medal-winning boxer who is breaking down barriers for women both inside and outside the ring. It provides factual information about Katie Taylor along with a glossary of unfamiliar words and terms from the text. It is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness and can …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Kristine Lilly’ asks students to answer questions about a famous American soccer player. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make judgements, form opinions and think about author purpose.
This oral language photo activity ‘Bicycles’, enhances vocabulary and concept development by providing a thought-provoking visual stimulus that can be used as a prompt to engage students in discussion. Each photo is complete with an accompanying lesson plan featuring tips and activities to develop oral language and vocabulary further.
This oral language photo activity ‘Cycling’, enhances vocabulary and concept development by providing a thought-provoking visual stimulus that can be used as a prompt to engage students in discussion. Each photo is complete with an accompanying lesson plan featuring tips and activities to develop oral language and vocabulary further.
This hands-on activity, ‘Make Your Own Golf Cards’ provides step-by-step instructions for students to follow in the classroom or at home. This resource directs students through the process of making a golf themed gift card through using a stencil provided and craft materials. It is particularly useful when celebrating special days to give to fathers, …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘More Than Gold Medals’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about three ice skaters that overcame the odds to win gold. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from …More
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘My Favourite Basketball Player’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, and understand sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This history article, ‘My History … with Melissa Wu’ features an interview with Australian diving champion Melissa Wu. It provides factual information about Melissa Wu’s life and accomplishments and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This worksheet, ‘My Mascot Design’ is a great resource that encourages students to use adjectives to describe the qualities found in an ideal Olympic Mascot. The resource then asks students to illustrate a design of their own mascot and explain why that mascot would be a great candidate for the next Olympic Games. It forms …More
This worksheet, ‘My Medal Design’ is a great resource that encourages students to use adjectives in describing the elements of an Olympic medal design. The resource then asks students to illustrate and label a design of their own medal and explain why those elements were included.
This worksheet, ‘My Trophy Design’ is a great resource that encourages students to use adjectives in describing the elements of trophy. The resource then asks students to illustrate and label a design of their own trophy and explain why those elements were included.
This worksheet, ‘My Ultimate Olympics Experience’ is a great writing prompt that encourages students to write freely using their own creative ideas on what they would consider to be their ultimate day at the Olympic Games. Some students may find it difficult to motivate themselves to write creatively. With this writing prompt students have enough …More
This worksheet, ‘New Olympic Events’ allows students to graphically organise information about events that were not included in the first Games of 1896. Many students may not realise that the events of today’s Olympics may not be the same as those before. It provides a great prompt for discussion about why the events were added …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Olympic Events’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about Olympic horse events. It is aimed at encouraging students to recall specific details from the text, to make judgements and draw conclusions about the text, as well as form opinions about the text as a whole in …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Olympic Events’, features an informational text about the Olympic horseriding events of dressage, show jumping, and three-day events. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about the main idea, vocabulary, comparison/contrast, detail, sequence, and genre. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This worksheet, ‘Olympic Events’ allows students to graphically organise their research about three events. This simple resource requires the collection of relevant information including the number of competitors in the event, a description that explains what the event involves and any interesting facts about that specific event. Students may not realise that although there are …More
This worksheet, ‘Olympic Games Alphabet’ provides an alphabet grid that students can use to develop their vocabulary and brainstorm different ideas about the Olympics. This is a fun and simple resource that can be used effectively before, during or after an activity and across ability levels. It can also be utilised during individual, pair or …More
This Winter Olympics themed bunting can be reproduced and used as part of a colourful classroom display. The bunting is formatted as two flags per page. Each flag includes drawn cut-out holes allowing them to be strung together and hung in the classroom.
This worksheet, ‘Olympic Medal Count Graph’ is a fantastic resource to link mathematics with the Olympics. Students are provided with a graph to record the countries and their number of wins in past Olympics. It is an interesting research task that will graphically represent the history of the Olympics. The graph lends itself to creating …More
This Winter Olympics themed bunting can be reproduced and used as part of a colourful classroom display. The bunting is formatted as two flags per page. Each flag includes drawn cut-out holes allowing them to be strung together and hung in the classroom.
This black and white Olympics themed bunting can be reproduced, coloured in and used as part of a decorative classroom display. The bunting is formatted as two flags per page. Each flag includes drawn cut-out holes allowing them to be strung together and hung in the classroom. Full-colour Olympics themed bunting is also available.
This worksheet, ‘Olympic Sports and Medallists’ is an upside-down tree diagram used to organise the flow of ideas into a top down format. Students can use this graphical scaffold to break down types of Olympic sports, a basic description of the sport and past gold medallists. The hierarchy chart is a great resource to allow …More
This worksheet, ‘Olympic Sports List’ provides a blank diagram where the trunk represents the central concept of Olympic Sports and the branches can be used to brainstorm various types. This is a great way to introduce the various sports that are currently included in the Olympic Games or as an informal method of assessment to …More
This worksheet, ‘Olympic Sports Profile’ is a great resource that provides students with a table to organise their research on four Olympic sports. Students are required to select the most relevant information to create a profile that includes the rules, gameplay, equipment and venue of each sport.
This worksheet, ‘Olympic Uniform’ is a great resource that encourages students to use adjectives to describe the purpose of a casual Olympic uniform. The resource then asks students to illustrate and label a design of their own uniform that meets the needs of an Olympian.
This worksheet, ‘Olympics Acrostic Poem’ is a fantastic quick activity to brainstorm facts and ideas about the Olympics. It is a fun resource that can be used without preparation across all age groups and abilities. Students are required to use the letters from the word ‘Olympics’ to list facts or ideas that they already know …More
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