The Early Modern Olympics: Essential Question: How do the Olympic Games symbolize competitions between countries ideologies

more than just an athletic competition? Learning Goals: Students will analyze why the Olympics was started again and why it caught on and became so popular so quickly. Students will know how the purpose of the games changes since Ancient Greece and who was allowed to compete. Students will see how advancements in technology has always been a competition between countries and cultures. Learning Targets: I know the different motives for starting the Olympic Games in 1896 compared to Ancient times. I can state why the Olympics were so popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s. I can state how the start of the modern Olympic games spurred from global events of the time. CCSS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.3 Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.9 Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources. Agenda: 1. Lecture: (10-15 minutes) Use Prezi to provide background info on who, what and why the Olympics were restarted. What was going on in the world in the late 1800s/early 1900s? Industrial revolution! 2. Hypothesize: (5 minutes) Write continuously about potential ways the Industrial Revolution could relate to the start of the modern Olympic Games. 3. Trade, compare and share: (5-10 minutes) how does your partners hypothesis differ from your own hypothesis? Get with another pair and share how you and your partner differed? 4. The Real Facts: (10-15 minutes) Continue lecture and explore what parts of their hypothesis was correct/incorrect? What other Global competitions were going on at the time? Who was allowed to participate? 5. Closure: (10-15 minutes) Whole class discussion, How were the games a symbol of technological competition? Why is technological competition so important in our world? Assessment: Students will hand in there quick write about connections between Olympics and Industrial Revolution, participation in discussion at the end of class. Use of Literacy: Quick write, making connections from information they already know, reading partners papers. Materials/Technology: Smart board for lecture notes, videos during lecture.