Let the Olympic Games Begin!!!
7th Graders Participate in Greek Olympics
by Cody Havranek
April 17, 2009
The 7th grade students have been learning about ancient Greece for about a month now. During that time they studied several things about Greece such as its geography, its government, and now the Olympics. The study of the Olympics started off with a webquest (an online assignment that has students go to various web pages to find information) that went over the ancient Olympic games. The students were then put into different groups, each of which represents a different city-state in ancient Greece. The students made posters, armbands, outfits, and even had to come up with a chant all in the mannerisms of their city-state.
The Olympics started off with a heated boxing match. No, we didn’t actually break the gloves out. There were items in a box that the students had 30 seconds to look at and then write down as many as they could remember. The next event on the first day was art recognition (pictionary). Finally on day two the throwing events could begin. Students competed in various events such as the Frisbee discus throw, the nerf ball shot-put, and the paper javelin throw (see pictures). Day three included a heated battle of tongue twisters and the fan favorite ball in basket toss. Let me tell you coming into day three the Olympics were anyone’s to win. Final results for the Olympics are listed by class below. If there were any ties the medal went to the team with the most gold medals.
Gold = 3 Silver = 2 Bronze = 1
2nd Period
Argos 11
Athens 11
Corinth 13
Crete 5
Megara 8
Sparta 7
Troy 8
Thebes 3
5th Period
Argos 4
Athens 2
Corinth 14
Crete 6
Megara 17
Sparta 2
Troy 8
Thebes 13
7th Period
Argos 8
Athens 0
Corinth 3
Crete 16
Megara 8
Sparta 7
Troy 17
Thebes 7
9th Period
Argos 3
Athens 11
Corinth 10
Crete 7
Megara 11
Sparta 8
Troy 9
Thebes 7
