Игра

"Gather the Five Olympic Rings"

(2020)

СКАЧАТЬ МАТЕРИАЛ

Цель мероприятия:

развитие иноязычной коммуникативной компетенции и повышение мотивации к изучению иностранных языков.

Задачи мероприятия:

- развитие познавательного интереса к олимпийским играм;

- развитие и воспитание способности и готовности к самостоятельному и непрерывному изучению иностранного языка, дальнейшему самообразованию с его помощью.

Оборудование:

1. Компьютеры (или планшеты) по количеству образованных команд (групп).

2. Подключение к Интернету.

Для создания заданий были использованы следующие сервисы:

1. http://learningapps.org/

2. https://create.kahoot.it/

3. https://www.learnis.ru/

4. https://h5p.org/

Методические рекомендации:

Данная игра проводится как внеклассное мероприятие после изучение темы "Olympic Games". Группа (или класс) делятся на команды по 3 – 4 человека. До начала мероприятия учащиеся должны изучить материалы по теме. (необходимая информация представлена в Приложение 1) Каждая команда должна собрать 5 олимпийских колец. Команда получает олимпийское кольцо за правильно выполненное задание.

Task 1

Task 2

Follow the link and study the summer Olympic sports.

Physical Minute

Task 3

Complete the text with missing headlines.

Task 4

Read the text, go through the quest and solve the door code.

History of the Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are an international sports festival that began in ancient Greece. The original Greek games took place every fourth year for several hundred years, until they were brought to an end in the early Christian era. The Olympic Games were renewed in 1896, and since then they have been staged every fourth year, except dur­ing World War I and World War II. Perhaps the main difference between the ancient and modern Olympics is that for the ancient Greeks the Games were a way of saluting their gods, when the modern Games are a manner of saluting the athletic talents of people of all nations. The original Olympics included competitions in music, oratory, and theatre performances as well. The modern Games haven't got them, but they represent a lot more sports than before. For two weeks and a half any international conflicts must be stopped and replaced with friendly competitions. This is the noble idea on which the modern Olympic movement is based.

The earliest record1 of the Olympic Games goes back to 776 ВС, but historians think that the Games began well before then. The ancient Games were held in honour of Zeus, the most important god for ancient Greeks. According to the earliest records, only one athletic event was held in the ancient Olympics — a footrace of about 183 metres, or the length of the stadium. A cook, Coroibus of Elis, was the first recorded winner. Only men were allowed to com­pete or watch the games. When the powerful, warlike Spartans began to compete, they changed the programme of the Games. The 18th Olympics already included wrestling and pentathlon, and later Games — chariot races and other sports. The win­ners of the Games were highly praised and honoured for their results. In 394 AD the Games were officially ended by the Roman emperor Theodosius, who felt that they had pagan2 meaning.

Pierre de Coubertin, a young French nobleman, had an idea to bring the Olympic Games back to life. With the help of the people who supported him he managed to organize the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. Baron de Coubertin had planned to hold the Olympic Games in France, but the repre­sentatives from the nine countries that sup­ported his idea decided that Greece was the right place to host3 the first Olympic Games. The nine countries were Belgium, Great Britain, France, Greece, Italy, Russia, Spain, Sweden ['swiidnj and the United States. They agreed that every four years the Olympics would move to other great cities of the world.

The Athens Games in 1896 were a success. Athletes from thirteen countries competed in nine sports. A second Olympiad was held in France in 1900. The 2004 Summer Olympics were held in Athens, Greece and hosted 201 countries. The USA took the first place. And Russia took the third place.

Beginning in 1924 Winter Olympics were included. They were held in the same year as the Summer Games, but starting in 1994, the Winter Games are held two years after the Summer Games. The Olympics are governed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), situated in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Physical Minute

Task 5

Sports and Games

Приложение 1

Olympic Symbols

The Olympic Games have their own flag and motto. The flag is white with five cir

cles. The circles represent the five continents of Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North and South America. The circles are black, blue, green, red and yellow. The flag of every country in the games has at least one of these colours. The motto of the Olympics is 'Faster, higher, stronger'.

The most exciting moment of the opening ceremony is the lighting of the Olympic Flame, another symbol of the Olympic Games. Runners bring a torch from the valley of Olympia in Greece. Thousands of runners take part in the journey. The journey starts four weeks before the opening of the Games. At the opening ceremony, the final runner carries the torch to the stadium, and lights the new Olympic Flame. Then there is a very big song, dance and music show. The Olympic Flame burns until the end of the Games.

The International Olympic Committee works hard between the Games. They choose the place for the next Olympics and new sports for them too.

Long ago ancient Greeks often waged wars. Small states suffered and lost much even if they did not take any side and stayed out of wars. The ruler of such a small state, Elis, wanted to live in peace with all neighbours. He was a good diplomat because his negotiations were successful and Elis was recognized a neutral state. To celebrate this achievement, he organized athletic games.

In the beginning this feast lasted one day, but later a whole month was devoted to it. All wars and feuds were stopped by special heralds who rode in all directions of Greece.

The games were held every four years in Olympia on the territory of Elis. The first games which later were called the Olympic Games were held about a thousand years before our era.

Usually the Olympic Games began before the middle of the summer. Best athletes arrived from many Greek states to Olympia to compete in running, long jumps, throwing of discus and javelin and wrestling. In the course of time fist fighting (boxing) and chariot races were also included in the Games.

All athletes took an oath that they had been preparing well for the Games and promised to compete honestly and keep the rules of the sacred Olympics. The athletes took part in all kinds of competitions. Winners were called «olympionics», they were awarded olive wreaths and cups of olive oil. This tradition has survived. In our time sportsmen often get cups and wreaths for winning the first place in sports competitions.

The olympionics of ancient Greece became very popular. Best craftsmen were chosen to make honourary cups, many poets wrote and recited in public poems about the best athletes. Sculptors made their statues which were put up at the birthplace of the winners.

The Olympic Games were accompanied by arts festivals. Poets recited their poems, singers sang hymns dancers danced and orators pronounced speeches — all this in honour of the sacred Games.

Only men could take part in the Olympic Games. Women were not allowed even to watch the co

mpetitions at the stadium under the fear of death penalty. There was a single exception, when a woman coached her son and accompanied him to the stadium in men's clothes. That brave woman was spared the penalty because her son excelled in many events.

Magnificent strong bodies inspired artists and sculptors. They painted wall pictures and made statues of marble and bronze, so now we can admire the corporal beauty of ancient and eternally young discus thrower, javelin bearer and others.

The Olympic Games had been held for about eleven hundred years, until the emperor Theodosius banned them for religious reasons in 394 A. D.

The revival of the Olympic Games began long time afterwards, in 1892, when a young French teacher Pierre de Coubertin made a public speech before the Union of French sports clubs in Paris.

At that time many people in many countries practised various kinds of sports and games. They wanted to make friends and compete with sportsmen from other lands. Pierre de Coubertin understood the importance of sports which unified peoples of the world and served the cause of peace like in ancient time.

On the 23rd of June 1894 the International Congress of amateur sportsmen made an important decision: to revive the Olympic Games and to establish the International Olympic Committee which would be responsible for the administration of the modern-Olympic Games.

The first Committee consisted of 12 members. Now 82 members of the International Olympic Committee control the affairs of all member countries which joined the Olympic movement.

Olympic Symbols and Traditions

The Olympic rings may be one of the most recognized symbols in the world. Along with the torch and motto, they honor the games' ancient roots and promote unity.

The Torch Honors the Ancient Games

The Olympic rings and torch are images that are easily recognized by people around the globe. These symbols have held great importance in the Olympic games for many decades. Along with the Olympic motto, they transcend through generations to encapsulate the values of the Olympic games year after year.

History of the Olympic Rings

The 1912 Olympic games held in Stockholm, Sweden, was the first Olympics in which athletes from five continents participated. This was the hope of Pierre de Coubertin, who is considered the founding father of the modern games. It was the following year when Coubertin sketched the now world-famous Olympic logo, five interlocking rings. Each ring represents one of the five continents from which athletes came. The colors Coubertin included on the rings, blue, yellow, black, green, and red, are the colors which appeared on all countries' flags at the time.

The actual arrangement of the rings has deep meaning. They are interlocked to symbolize the unity of the world as countries come together to compete at the Olympic games. They were first displayed on a flag in the 1920 games in Belgium. At each Olympic games, the flag is carried into the stadium during the opening ceremonies and is not lowered until the games are over.

The ceremonious torch-lighting and passing relay is a long-standing tradition with deep Olympic roots. The flame is lit in memory of the ancient Olympic games in Greece, and there is a ritualistic lighting ceremony every year of the Olympics.

The Olympic flame always originates in Olympia, Greece. This ritual is held at the temple of Hera, which is where the ancient Olympic games were held. Lit by the sun's rays using a reflective mirror, the Olympic flame is placed in an urn and carried to the Pierre de Coubertin monument. From there, it is given to the first torch-bearer and begins its journey to the host city.

A new Olympic torch is created for every Olympic games. Along the relay, each carrier has his own torch. It is the flame that is passed, not the torch itself, and the continuous flame is not extinguished until closing ceremonies of the games. During the 2010 Olympic torch relay, 12,000 people had the honor of passing the flame.

The Olympic Motto Inspires and Motivates

A perhaps lesser-known part of Olympic history is the motto coined by Coubertin, consisting of three Latin words; Citius, Altius, Fortius. Meaning "faster, higher, stronger," these words encourage athletes to do their own personal best when competing at the Olympics. Combined with the Olympic core values of excellence, friendship, and respect, there is a strong message for athletes to develop friendships and display good sportsmanship while competing.

The Olympics carry with them great traditions and long-standing values. The symbols which represent the Olympics today remind people of the world that the games stand to promote world unity and personal achievement, while honoring ancient traditions.

The Winter Olympic Games is a major international sporting event that occurs once every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating. The Games were held every four years from 1924 until 1936, after which they were interrupted by World War II. The Olympics resumed in 1948 and were celebrated every four years. The Winter and Summer Olympic Games were held in the same years until 1992, after a 1986 decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to place the Summer and Winter Games on separate four-year cycles in alternating even-numbered years. Because of the change, the next Winter Olympics after 1992 were in 1994.

Early years

The first international multi-sport event for winter sports was the Nordic Games held in Sweden in 1901. The idea was brought from the Deaflymic Winter Olympic. Originally organized by General Viktor Gustaf Balck, the Nordic Games were held again in 1903 and 1905 and then every fourth year thereafter until 1926. Balck was a charter member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and a close friend of Olympic Games founder Pierre de Coubertin. He attempted to have winter sports, specifically figure skating, added to the Olympic programme but was unsuccessful until the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. Four figure skating events were contested and at which Ulrich Salchow (10-time world champion) and Madge Syers won the individual titles.

Three years later Italian count Eugenio Brunetta d'Usseaux proposed that the IOC stage a week of winter sports included as part of the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. The organisers opposed this idea because they desired to protect the integrity of the Nordic Games and were concerned about a lack of facilities for winter sports. The idea was resurrected for the 1916 Games, which were to be held in Berlin, Germany. A winter sports week with speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and Nordic skiing was planned, but the 1916 Olympics was cancelled after the outbreak of World War I.

The first Olympics after the war were held in Antwerp, Belgium and featured figure skating and ice hockey tournament. At the IOC Congress held the following year it was decided that the host nation of the 1924 Summer Olympics, France, would host a separate "International Winter Sports Week" under the patronage of the IOC. Chamonix was chosen to host this "week" (actually 11 days) of events. The Games proved to be a success when more than 250 athletes from 16 nations competed in 16 events. Athletes from Finland and Norway won 28 medals, more than the rest of the participating nations combined. In 1925 the IOC decided to create a separate Olympic Winter Games and the 1924 Games in Chamonix was retroactively designated as the first Winter Olympics.

St. Moritz, Switzerland, was appointed by the IOC to host the second Olympic Winter Games in 1928. Fluctuating weather conditions challenged the hosts. The opening ceremony was held in a blizzard while warm weather conditions plagued sporting events throughout the rest of the Games. Because of the weather the 10,000 metre speed-skating event had to be abandoned and officially cancelled. The weather was not the only note-worthy aspect of the 1928 Games; Sonja Henie of Norway made history when she won the figure skating competition at the age of 15. She became the youngest Olympic champion in history, a distinction she would hold for 74 years.

The next Winter Olympics was the first to be hosted outside of Europe. Seventeen nations and 252 athletes participated. This was less than in 1928 as the journey to Lake Placid, United States, was a long and expensive one for most competitors who had little money in the midst of the Great Depression. The athletes competed in fourteen events in four sports. Virtually no snow fell for two months before the Games, and it was not until mid-January that there was enough snow to hold all the events. Sonja Henie defended her Olympic title and Eddie Eagan, who had been an Olympic champion in boxing in 1920, won the gold in the men's bobsleigh event to become the first, and so far only, Olympian to have won gold medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympics.