Olympics
Resources from KET and PBS LearningMedia
You can also find the following resources compiled in a PBS LearningMedia folder: http://ket.pbslearningmedia.org/shared/10029/4468511/
Are Olympic Competitors Geniuses? | PBS Idea Channel
Are Olympic Competitors Geniuses? | PBS Idea Channel. While we often think of genius as an intellectual category, can we use it for Olympians? We normally associate the word "genius" with intellectual accomplishments, but athletes are geniuses at pushing their bodies to new heights, making the impossibly difficult seem easy and effortless.
Grades: 6-12
Could Sports Ever Replace War? | PBS Idea Channel
Grades: 9-12
My Way to Olympia: The Faces of Athleticism
My Way to Olympia: The Faces of Athleticism. In this lesson, students explore the meaning and essence of athleticism as they examine various "Olympics" for athletes with a range of physical abilities. The video clips provided with this lesson are from Niko von Glasow's My Way to Olympia, a look at those who compete in the Paralympic Games (also known as the Paralympics), an international sporting event for athletes with physical disabilities. Von Glasow's perspective journeys from disdain to appreciation, not only for athletes with disabilities, but also for their overall approach to sometimes tumultuous and unexpected life experiences.
Grades: 5-8
Ancient Roman Engineering | Time Scanners: Colosseum
Grades: 6-13+
Kortney Clemons: A Veteran's Journey
Grades: 6-12
Jesse Owens and the 1936 Olympic Games
Grades: 6-13+
Jesse Owens - Teacher's Resources: Teacher's Guide
Jesse Owens - Teacher's Resources: Teacher's Guide. Explore the rise of Nazism in Europe, the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, and challenges and opportunities facing African American athletes. Learn more with this teacher's guide from American Experience: "Jesse Owens."
Grades: 9-12
The Boys of ’36: Preparing for the Olympic Games
The Boys of ’36: Preparing for the Olympic Games. Learn how nine working-class young men from the University of Washington secured their spot in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin and took the rowing world and America by storm, in these videos excerpted from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: The Boys of ’36. Their unexpected victory, against not only the Ivy League teams of the East Coast but Adolf Hitler's elite German rowers, gave hope to a nation struggling to emerge from the depths of the Great Depression.
Grades: 8-12
Mary Lou Retton
Mary Lou Retton. Discover how Mary Lou Retton's hard work paid off in Olympic competition.
Grades: 6-12
Indian Pride, Heroes: Part 2
Indian Pride, Heroes: Part 2. JuniKae Randall interviews Billy Mills, 1964 Olympic gold medalist, about his heroes. He shares a traditional teaching, and talks about his personal family heroes, including his wife Pat. He also honors Olympic decathlon athlete Buster Charles, Oneida, Wisconsin who went to Flandreaux Indian School and St. Joseph's Indian School; and John Ecohawk, Pawnee, Executive Director of the Native American Rights Fund.
Grades: 4-12
The Olympic Games in Athens, from 'Le Petit Journal', 26th April 1896
The Olympic Games in Athens, from 'Le Petit Journal', 26th April 1896. Meyer, Henri (1844-99); French. Medium: coloured engraving. Date: 1896. Paul Masson, winner of the velocipede race; revived by Baron Pierre de Coubertin; Provenance: Private Collection / Giraudon. Photographic Rights The Bridgeman Art Library.
Grades: 3-12
'Modern Olympics', c.1820
Grades: 3-12
Building Big | Olympic Stadium
Building Big | Olympic Stadium. Learn about the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec with this structure profile from the WGBH production, Building Big.
Grades: 3-6