CMIS Evaluation

Kevin Lawver

The Games of the Beijing 2008 Summer XXIX Olympiad are fast approaching. From August 8th to 24th the best athletes in the world will compete for the highest accolades in sport before an international audience of millions.

The Olympic Games provide students with an interesting variety of topics to investigate from the many sports played to advances in sports science and technology, as well as controversies such as drug use and political issues. Games organisation and the preparations required of the host city also extend students experience across many learning areas.

The People’s Republic of China is hosting the Olympics for the first time. Study of this ancient land with its fascinating history, culture and geography will reward students with an interesting background to the Olympics. Teaching and classroom resources to assist this study can be found at China in the Year of the Olympics.

For further ideas, the CMIS Olympic Games page has topics relevant to Beijing 2008 as well as the Ancient Olympics, future Summer and Winter Games, previous games and the Commonwealth Games.