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Paris 2024
Olympic
games
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Agenda

The Olympic Games

Paralympic Games
Brazil 2016
Paris 2024
Practice
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The symbol
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A short video clip of an iconic Olympic

moment: Jesse Owens in 1936

Jesse Owens (1913-1980) won four gold medals in

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in Berlin amidst racial discrimination.
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What do you know about the Olympic Games? W

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Do you think they are important for the world?
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Do The Olympics and Paralympics promote values like doing
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Do you watch the games? Do you like them?

Which is your favorite sport to watch?

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Olympic
games
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Summer Olympics Winter Olympics

The common games. 1924: International

Winter Sports Week,

The winter games are held every four and, after two years, in
years, in between the Summer Olympics.
The difference is that in the Winter 1926, it gained Olympic
Games only sports involving ice or snow
are played. Games status.
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A History
Timeline About
Olympic Games
 Greece

• The Olympic Games dates to ancient Greece when the first

recorded Olympic Games took place in Olympia in 776 BC and
were held every four years to honor the Greek god Zeus.

1896

• The modern games were revived in 1896 by French educator

Pierre de Coubertin. They were held in Athens, Greece, and
featured participants from 14 countries competing in nine
sports.
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 Evolution

• The Games have grown in scale and significance and

have also been influenced by world events: some
editions being canceled or boycotted due to wars and
political tensions.

1916

• The games were suspended because of the First World

War

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 1936 1940/1944

• Berlin: the games were • 1940: the games were

significant due to the rise of canceled because of the
Nazi Germany under Adolf war between Japan, which
Hitler. The Games were was to host the games, and
used as a propaganda tool China.
to showcase the supposed • 1944: the games were
superiority of the Aryan canceled due to the Second
race. World War.
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 The 1960 Rome Olympics marked the first time
1960 that the Games were broadcasted globally on
television.

The iconic story of the Black Power salute at

Olympics:
1968
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 • Munich: terrorist attack, eleven members of the Israeli
Olympic team were taken hostage and murdered by the
1972 Palestinian terrorist group called Black September.

• Moscow: the games were boycotted by 65 Western

countries at the request of the President of the United
States of America, Jimmy Carter, against the invasion of
1980
Afghanistan by Soviet troops.

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 Nadia Comaneci -
Montreal 1976

Nadia Elena Comăneci is a former

Romanian gymnast who competed in
artistic gymnastics. She got the first
perfect 10 is still considered one of
the world's sporting idols.

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 Misha – USSR/1980

The use of the teddy bear in the

opening and closing ceremonies of
the Games, broadcast on television,
moved the world. Misha was the
first mascot for a sporting event
that achieved worldwide commercial
success.
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 • Los Angeles, US: the games were boycotted
by the Soviet Union and several other
1984 countries in retaliation for the 1980 Moscow
Olympics.

• Tokyo: The games were postponed to 2021 due to

the COVID-19 pandemic. There were numerous

2021 challenges and controversies. Despite the

difficulties, the Tokyo Olympics proceeded with
strict safety protocols.

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 Paralympic
Games

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 On 29 July 1948, the day of the
Opening Ceremony of the
London 1948 Olympic Games,
Dr. Guttmann organized the first
competition for wheelchair
athletes which he named the
Stoke Mandeville Games. They
involved 16 injured servicemen
and women who took part in
archery.

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 The Stoke Mandeville Games later
became the Paralympic Games
which first took place in Rome,
Italy, in 1960 featuring 400
athletes from 23 countries. Since
Seoul, Korea in 1988, the Games
have also taken part in the same
cities and venues as the Olympics.

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 Paralympic functional classification

It separates athletes by type and degree of disability, and is

Classes are defined by a letter (English; the sport being
played, the type of event or the disability itself) and a
number(the degree of disability).

Swimming: S1 to S10, with S1 being the

athlete with the most commitment and S10
having the most functionality

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Rio 2016
 It was the first Olympic
Games to be held in South
America and the second in
Latin America (Mexico
1968).

August 3rd to 21st, 2016.

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 The mascots

Vinícius was the official

mascot of the Olympic Games,
and Tom was the official
mascot of the 2016 Summer
Paralympic Games. Vinícius'
design represents Brazilian
wildlife, while Tom's design
represents Brazilian plant life.

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 The Refugee Olympic Team
The Refugee Olympic Team was first
announced in 2015 and made its debut at
the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Its athletes
are a symbol of hope for refugees around
the world, serving to increase global
awareness and attention to the scale of
the international refugee crisis. All the
athletes had been granted refugee status
by the UN.
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 Brazil

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 The first time that Brazil was present
in the competition was in 1920,
participating in all editions since then,
except for 1928, because of an
economic crisis.
Brazil is the best South American
country in the history of the Olympic
Games and the fourth biggest winner
in the Americas, behind only the
United States, Canada and Cuba,
respectively.

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 Maria Lenk

Swimmer Maria Lenk is a

big name in sport for
being the first South
American woman to take
part in an Olympic Games
- in Los Angeles in 1932.

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Adhemar Ferreira da Silva

The first Brazilian double Olympic

champion, winning gold in Helsinki
in 1952 and Melbourne in 1956.
He held this title for 48 years
before other athletes managed to
beat him. He also broke the world
record for the sport four times in
a single day at the 1952 Helsinki
Games.
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 Antônio Tenório da Silva

Antônio is a Brazilian judoka,

considered the greatest
paralympic judoka in history. He
competes in both paralympic and
regular competitions. He is a
four-time Paralympic champion in
judo for the visually impaired.

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 Jerusa Geber Santos

Jerusa has represented Brazil in

four editions of the 2008, 2012,
2016 and 2021 Paralympic
Games, winning a total of four
medals. She competes in the T11
(tracker) class and holds the
class record, having covered
100m in 11s83.

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 Paris 2024

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The 33 rd edition of the Summer Olympic
Games will be held between July 26 th
and August 11th.
There will be more than 10 thousand
athletes in 48 sports.
Paris is as the main host city and 16
other cities throughout Metropolitan
France, plus a sub-host city in Tahiti.
The Games will be the first to have an
equal number of men and women
athletes.
The Games will be opened on the banks
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 A Phrygian cap is a
symbol of liberty,
present at the heart
of major historical
events in France.

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Let’s talk!
Speaking Practice
1. What emotions or thoughts do you associate with the Olympic Games?

2. How do you think the Olympic Games can influence international

relations and promote national unity?

3. How did the Berlin 1936 Olympics reflect the political climate of the
time?

4. What were the key events and outcomes of the Mexico City 1968
Olympics?

5. How did the Munich 1972 Olympics impact global perceptions of

security at large international events?
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6. How do the modern Olympic Games address or fail to address
issues like gender equality, doping, or political protests?

7. How do the Paralympics help to promote inclusion and

celebrate diverse abilities?

8. What role do you think sports should play in addressing social

justice issues and promoting national pride?

9. What is one thing you learned today that changed your

perspective on the Olympics?
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 Sites

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2 . https://sharemylesson. com /teaching -resource /olym pics -lesson -plan? check_ logged_in=1

3 . https://brasilescola.uol. com .br /educacao -f isica /olim piadas -de-paris -2 0 2 4 .htm

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olimpiadas

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8 . https://olym pics.com /pt /notic ias /tudo -o-que -voce -precisa-saber -sobre -a-equipe-olim pica -
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9 . https://www.paralympic .org /

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