Lesson Plans & Web-based Units

Sydney 2000

Ancient Olympics
1. Ancient Greek Olympics Mr. Donn's Simulation Unit
2. The Ancient Olympic Games Virtual Museum
3. The Ancient Olympics An exhibit on the ancient Olympics from the Perseus Project, a digital library on ancient Greece.
4. The Ancient Olympics Telecom, New Zealand
5. The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games A popular culture look at the ancient games from the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania

General Olympic Sites
1. 1956 Melbourne Olympics The history of Australia's first Olympic Games and the impact it had on Australia as a nation from the State Library of Victoria exhibition
2. AAF Web Arcade Test your skills and your knowledge of the Olympic Games. From the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles Ther games are not specificly for Sydney 2000
3. All about the Olympics, past and present Includes Olympic sites, sporting associations, Olympic sports, Olympic Games history and Media coverage. From SOFWeb
4. Australia Argot Library
5. Australia at the Olympic Games Australian Medalist winners 1896 - 1996 from the Australian Sports Commission
6. Australian Olympic Committee
7. Australian Sport from the Australian Sports Commission
8. Pierre de Coubertin the father of the modern olympic movement. From NSW Department of Education and Training's Olympic 2000 Schools Strategy
9. EdNA Online's Olympic Games Page A selection of sites on Olympic themes and issues. Topics include History of the Olympics, Famous Olympians, Olympic sports, Olympic records, News, Issues, Lesson plans and General resources.
10. The First Olympic Games, Athens 1896
11. Flags at Argot Library
12. Great Olympians
13. International Olympic Committee The center of the Olympic movement presents the Olympic spirit
14. KidsClick Olympics
15. The Lion Of Athens The story of Australia's first Olympic Champion, Edwin Flack. A collaboration between Doveton North Primary School and the City of Casey
16. Measurement in sport - the long and the short of it Australian Academy of Science
17. The Nazi Olympics: 1936 Berlin
18. Olympic Fact Sheets Australian Sports Commission
19. The Olympic Games ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA
20. Olympic Games Olympic links from the Education Department of Western Australia
21. Olympic Games Arcade Test your skills and your knowledge of the Olympic Games. From the Amateur Athletic Foundation US
22. The Olympic Games of 1896
23. Olympic Information Center Includes Olympic Official Reports, Early Winter Games Photos, Olympic Oral Histories, Olympic Curriculum Guide, Olympic Primer and Art & Sport. From the Amateur Athletic Foundation US
24. Olympic Links from Palmerston District Primary School
25. The Olympic Museum International Olympic Committee
26. Olympic Ring Addition Challenging addition problem using the Olympic rings
27. Olympic Sports Links to Olympic sporting associations from TeachUcom
28. Olympic Web Sites Center for Olympic and Sport Studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona
29. The Olympics From the Australian Sports Commission. Comprehensive list of links to national olympic committees, bid cities for future olympics, various olympic sites
30. Olympics From Information Please
31. The Olympics Sports History from HickokSports
32. Olympics Research Project A Global Classroom Project by the Highlands area of the Victorian Department of Education, Employment and Training and the Gold Museum, Ballarat
33. Olympics: Then and Now Information on the creed, rings, flame and medals. Includes a table of records for the Summer Olympic games
34. Olympics through Time Foundation of the Hellenic World
35. Olympics Webring Links to things Olympic
36. Seven's Olympic Legends Includes Dawn Fraser, Murray Rose, Herb Elliott, Shane Gould, Shirley Strickland, De La Hunty, Marjorie Jackson and Ron Clarke
37. Summer Olympics through the Years Every Olympics since 1896 including an overview of the modern games and listings of medals; presented by the Information Please Almanac and Lycos
38. Winter Olympics through the Years from Lycos and the Information Please Almanac