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This block is for parents and teachers to use as a
teaching guide for this week's Mini Page.
P^e 1: Talk about how hard any champion has to work.
Discuss the goals that the children have and how they
can try to reach them. Look at the sport signs. Go over
them with the children and see if they can guess what
sports they represent.
Page 2. Talk about the Olympic history. This is the XXI
(21st) Olympics. Teach them how to write from 1 to 21 in
Roman numerals. 1-1, 2-11, 3-III, 4-IV, 5-V, 6-VI, 7-VII,
8-VIII, 9-IX, 10-X, 11-XI, 12-XII, 13-XIII, 14-XIV, 15-XV,
16-XVI, 17-XVII, 18-XVIII, 19-XIX,20-XX, 21-XXI.
Page 3: Super Sport, Tim Shaw: Ask the children to read
the story. Ask them: What is the Sullivan Trophy? What
is Tim Shaw's sport? Where does he go to college?
' Page 4: What is the Problem? Discuss how to meet people.
Talk about shaking hands and looking at the person you
are meeting. Discuss the fact that adults have feelings
and can be nurt by children who are rude and impolite. .
-t^Discuss how it feels to be shy. - ,MW:
Olympic
History
Olympic games start
ed at Olympia in an
cient Greece hun
dreds of years ago.
They were stopped for
1,500 years until a
French baron named
Pierre de Coubertin
helped start them
again in 1896. Then
only 13 countries
competed in nine
sports. In the 1972
Olympics, 130 coun
tries competed in 20
sports. Summer and
winter Olympic
games are held at dif
ferent sites every four
years.
The Olympic Flame
The Olympic Flame will be lit in
Olympia, Greece, and will be carried by
runners from Olympia to Athens. By
means of electricity, the flame will be
changed into electrical codes which will
be sent by satellite to Ottawa, the capi
tal of Canada. By using a laser beam,
the code will be changed back into the
Flame and the Olympic torch will be
carried to Montreal by runners. It will
stay lighted during the games.
The Olympic Flag
The Olympic flag has
five rings. The colors of
the rings are yellow,
black, green, blue and
red. The background is
white.
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hIh The emblem has the five Olympic rings,
topped by the Letter M for Montreal.
The Olympic Awards and Medals
To get their medals, winners of each event stand
on a three-level stand. The winner stands on the
highest level and receives a gold medal. The flag of
his or her country is raised. The second place win
ner receives a silver medal. The third place winner
receives a bronze medal. Their countries' flags are
also raised. The top six finalists receive certificates
of merit.
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