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| Map of Summer Olympics locations. Countries that have hosted one Summer Olympics are shaded green, while countries that have hosted two or more are shaded blue. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
I think my favorite part of their multi-PDF downloads is their full-color flash cards of Olympic countries, but all are really nice.
To download yours click here:
My Country Book (Great Olympics project!) « Homeschool Freebie of the Day:
http://www.knowledgequestmaps.com/Olympics.html
- ABC Teach has many Summer Olympics activities for classroom or homeschool, several of which are cool and free. (I like the word search in the shape of an athlete.) Check out their blog here: They have a host of fun games and learning activities that the whole family can use.
http://blog.abcteach.com/archives/2162?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=let-the-games-begin
- To join in the festivities, abcteach has also been doing their own Olympic countdown (check their FB page)!
- - Here some cool bits of historical Olympic ephemera that I found on the web for you:
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| 17th Summer Olympic Games, Rome, August 25 - September 11, 1960 |
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Dorando Pietri at the Marathon finish Olympic Games 1908 London Tom Hicks, Marathon Olympic Champion and his supporters at the marathon.St. Louis Olympic Games, 1904 |
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| English: Commemorative stamp of Greece, The First Olympic Games (1896), 2 lepta. Русский: Марка Греции. Первые Олимпийские игры, 1896, 2 лепты (Photo credit: Wikipedia) - Here is a map showing what countries are hoping to host the Olympic games in 2020: |
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| Countries that are bidding for 2020 Summer Olympic GamesPradeep90 Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported |
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