Ready, set, review! This week we traveled to Olympia, where the first recorded Olympic Games were held in 776 BC to honor Zeus. City-states even paused their wars with a truce so athletes could travel safely.
We learned the events: the stade running race, wrestling, javelin, discus, the five-event pentathlon, and the wild chariot races. Winners received olive-leaf crowns and became famous heroes back home.
We saw that the games came back in 1896 in Athens and grew into today's Olympics, with athletes from over 200 countries, medals, the torch relay from Olympia, and winter sports too. The Olympic spirit — training hard and playing fair — is 2,800 years old and still going strong!
✔ The first games: 776 BC at Olympia, honoring Zeus.
✔ Events: running, wrestling, javelin, discus, chariots.
✔ Winners got olive crowns and great fame.
✔ The modern games began again in 1896.
✔ Fair play mattered then and matters now.
Write T for true or F for false in each circle.
1. The ancient games were held in the town of .
2. The games honored , king of the gods.
3. Warring cities agreed to a during the games.
4. The first event was a race called the .
5. Winners wore crowns of leaves.
1. Explain how the ancient Olympics and today's Olympics are alike AND different.
2. What does 'fair play' mean to you?
Draw your favorite Olympic moment from this week: a chariot race, a champion's crown, or the torch relay.
| I can... | Circle one |
|---|---|
| Tell where and when the Olympics began | YES / NOT YET |
| Name three ancient Olympic events | YES / NOT YET |
| Compare ancient and modern games | YES / NOT YET |