Includes index. Text and illustrations describe each of the modern Olympics including their setting, notable performances, and related events.

This encyclopedia highlights more than 40 Olympic sports. Alongside both historic and recent photographs, readers will learn about the basics of each competition, its origin, how it has changed throughout the years, and the icons in each sport. In addition, this book provides information about the Paralympics. Features include a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Reference is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Commemorative book to celebrate the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, detailing the Sydney Olympic bid, the city and Homebush Bay, venues and facilities, the torch relay, the official mascots, new Olympic sports for 2000, Australia's Olympic hopefuls and the Olympic arts festivals.

This student textbook explores the history and meaning of the modern Olympic Games, providing a comprehensive overview of 'Olympism' from the Ancient Greeks origins through to the beginnings of the International Olympic Committee.

Go for the gold with our language arts extravaganza that investigates the fascinating world of the Olympic Games. Students study all about the Olympic Games as the content is formatted in columns like newspaper articles and charts. Students practise using different reading, writing, research, and language arts skills as they complete the exciting activities in this unit. We include a series of lessons designed to provide students with interesting facts and information about the Olympic Games and related activities. Complete with optional lessons and a major project. Our Sports lesson provides a teacher and student section with a variety of reading passages, activities, crossword, word search and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.