The Olympic Games Explained: A Student Guide to the Evolution of the Modern Olympic Games

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Chapter 2

Study Activity 2	The site at Ancient Olympia:
	The site at Ancient Olympia 1
	The site at Ancient Olympia 2
	The site at Ancient Olympia 3

Chapter 3

Study Activity 1	Searching for ‘pedestrianism’
Study Activity 1	www.aafla.com
Study Activity 2	On Zappas and other Greek revivalists, see:
	http://www.forthnet.gr/olympics/
	On British revivalists, see the article by Mullins (1984)
	www.ioa.leeds.ac.uk
Study Activity 3	The role of Pierre de Cobertin:
Study Activity 3	Pierre Cobertin
Study Activity 4	Statistical data and other information over 100 years of Olympic Games.
Study Activity 4	http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/olympics/2000/history/

Chapter 4

Study Activity 1	Coubertin, Britain and the British-A Chronology, Don Anthony (1999)
	Activity 1 Word Document
Study Activity 2	Britain’s First Olympic Champion: Launceston Elliot, Ian Buchanan, (1995), Citius, Altius, Fortius, No1, pp. 20-22, Winter
	http://www.aafla.org/.../JOHv3n1f.pdf
Study Activity 3	British Olympic Association
	http://www.olympic.org.uk

Chapter 5

Study Activity 1	Disabled people and sport – Making English Sport Inclusive-Guidelines for Governing Bodies, Sport England, 1999
	http://www.sportengland.org/.../equity.pdf
Study Activity 2	The International Paralympic Committee
	http://www.paralympic.org/

Chapter 6

Study Activity 1	Communicating Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games
Study Activity 1	Activity 1 Word Doc
Study Activity 2	http://www.aafla.org/search/search_frmst.htm
	Radio Sports Broadcast in the United States, Britain and Australia, 1920-1956 and its influence on the Olympic Games, John McCoy, Journal of Olympic History, (1997), Spring, pp.20-25
	Changing partners: The relationship between the mass media and the Olympic Games, John Slater, in Global and Cultural Critique: Problematizing the Olympic Games, Forth International Symposium for Olympic Research, (1998), pp. 49-68
	http://www.aafla.org/...ISOR1998h.pdf
Study Activity 3	The Unholy Alliance-Notes on Television and the Remaking of British sport 1965-1985, Whannel, Garry (1986), Leisure Studies, 5 (2), pp 129-147
Study Activity 4	Olympic Coverage by TV
Study Activity 4	Activity 4 Word Doc
Study Activity 5	Notes on Stereotypes and Discourse
Study Activity 5	Activity 5 Word Doc

Chapter 7

Study Activity 1	History of Olympic Marketing
Study Activity 1	Activity 1 Word Doc
Study Activity 2	Tables 7.1, 7.2, 9.4 and 9.5
Study Activity 2	Activity 2 Word Doc
Study Activity 3	Study Activity 3 Olympic Symbols Protection Act (1995)
	http://www.olympics.org.uk/.../...Know.pdf
	Tables 7.4, 7.5 and 7.6 - Marketing Research
	Activity 3 Word Document
Study Activity 4	Through the Eye of the Beholder
Study Activity 4	Activity 4 Video Clip Warning! This may take a long time to download.
Study Activity 5	Celebrate Humanity
Study Activity 5	Activity 5 Video Clip Warning! This may take a long time to download.

Chapter 8

Study Activity 1	UK Sport – Policy (1999) for Staging Major Sporting Events
Study Activity 1	http://www.uksport.gov.uk/.../..._Guide.pdf
Study Activity 2	AGENDA 21 – IOC Environmental Policy
	http://multimedia.olympic.org/.../..._300.pdf
	Example Germany – Sydney Environmental approach
	Activity 2 Word Doc

Chapter 9

Study Activity 1	London 1948 Olympic Games Official Report
Study Activity 1	www.aafla.org/6oic/.../1948/1948.pdf
Study Activity 2	1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games Official Report
	http://www.aafla.org/6oic/.../1984/1984v1.pdf
	1992 Barcelona Olympic Games Official Report
	http://www.aafla.org/6oic/.../1992/1992s2.pdf
Study Activity 3	Sports in the Olympic Programme
	http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/index_uk.asp
	Sports and Events in the Olympic Games 1896 - 2004
	Activity 3 Word Doc

Chapter 10

Study Activity 1	The Value of Sport’ (pp.10-11)
	http://www.sportengland.org/.../.../bestval.pdf
Study Activity 2	United Kingdom’s Sporting Preferences (2001)
	http://www.uksport.gov.uk/template.asp?id=245
Study Activity 3	“The Olympic Movement as an example of the interdependence of sport and politics” Paul Stauffer (1999)
	http://www.geocities.com/.../papers/stauffer.htm

Chapter 11

Study Activity 2	European Fair Play Movement web site at:
	http://www.fairplayeur.com/index.html
	And its 9 declarations on various aspects of Fair Play at:
	http://www.fairplayeur.../.../declarations.html
Study Activity 3	Jesse Owens’ ‘Olympic Experiences’ at:
Study Activity 3	www.ioa.leeds.ac.uk

Chapter 12

Study Activity 3	WADA website:
	http://www.wada-ama.org/en/

Chapter 13

Study Activity 2	Art at Sydney 2000:
	http://abc.net.au/news/.../.../art.htm
	See also the Kodak site at:
	http://www.musarium.com/.../.../.../...body1.shtml
Study Activity 5	Search for Sport and Art on:
Study Activity 5	www.aafla.com

Chapter14

Study Activity 1	The Olympic Charter at:
Study Activity 1	http://multimedia.olympic.org/.../...report_122.pdf
Study Activity 2	The International Olympic Academy at:
Study Activity 2	http://www.ioa.org.gr/young_participants.htm
Study Activity 3	Olympic Education materials at:
	http://olympicstudies.uab.es/.../school.html
	http://www.aafla.org/.../over_frmst.htm
	http://www.ausport.gov.au/.../index.asp
Study Activity 4	Find athletes ‘Olympic Experiences’ at:
Study Activity 4	www.ioa.leeds.ac.uk

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