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Greek Olympics - Who Where Why

Age 7-11 (KS2)

This is an interactive KS2 resource which works well with the Events of the Ancient Olympics resource. Through questioning of the presented information pupils are encouraged to think about the roles of men and women both as competitors and spectators at the olympics. Pupils are also encouraged to empathise and form opinions relating to reasons for holding the olympics.



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Published 21 Aug 2008

Contributed by Claire Cowling — Experienced contributor

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A clear, clolourful presentation outlining the reasons, rules and regulations for the early olympics. Some good questions.

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Greek Olympics - Who Where Why

1THE ANCIENT GREEK OLYMPICS
Who Where Why?
Where and why were the Ancient Olympics held? Who was involved and who was not?
Let s find out
http://teachable.net/res.asp?r=15272When and Where Were the Ancient Olympics Held?The Olympics began in 776BC and were part of a 5-day festival which was held every 4 years. They were completely free to watch.The Olympics were held in Greece at a place called Olympia. It was not a big city. In fact few people lived there at all. It was more like a modern-day village with a huge hill overlooking it and a river flowing through it.Does this seem like a strange place to hold the Games? What kinds of places play host to the Olympics nowadays?So let s find out why the Olympics were held here.3Why Were the Olympics Held?RELIGIONThe 5-day festival was held to honour the god Zeus king of the gods. Zeus had been worshipped at Olympia for hundreds of years

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