Grade 8 History of the Olympics
Big6 Research Model

Task - Create a presentation that tells the history of the Olympic games. At the end of your presentation, you should address the following three questions:

1. What do you think is the hardest competitive sport at the Olympics and why?
2. Is there a sport that is not included in the Olympics and you think it should be an Olympic sport? Why should that sport be included in the Olympics?
3. Is there any sport that is included in the Olympics and you think it should not be included? Why?
   

Use a graphic organizer to plan your thoughts before you start your research. Click here for examples of graphic organizers.

Information Seeking Strategies - Where would be a good place to look for information on the Olympics? You may want to use encyclopedias, books, websites, and EBSCO. Can you think of any other sources?

Click here for an EBSCO tutorial. To access EBSCO, you will need your public library barcode.

Locate and Access - I have provided the following sources:

• Factmonster - Olympics
• Brief History of the Olympic Games
• Olympics Timeline
• Olympic Games
• Ancient Olympic Games
• Use the World Book Encyclopedia or the New Book of Knowledge encyclopedia. Both encyclopedias are located behind the check-out desk.
• NOBLE - North of Boston Library Exchange Catalog
• NOBLE - EBSCO magazine and journal articles
  

• What did you learn from working on this webquest?
• Did you do your best work on this presentation?
• Did you work well with your partner?
• Is there something you could do better on your next presentation?
• What was your favorite part of this presentation?

Rubric (doc file)
Rubric

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