The 1968 Mexico Olympics by Haoyu Wu https://padlet.com/1471594/5mq69gjhm6ga 1960's project by Cindy Wu and Pratam Gulaba Pd.7 en-us 2016-09-28 17:56:01 UTC 2026-02-20 21:55:30 UTC hello@padlet.com What are Olympics? (1) 1500946 https://padlet.com/1471594/5mq69gjhm6ga/wish/127064884 The Olympic Games are the world's biggest sports event. They are divided into a summer and winter Games, held every four years by a single city. Athletes with disabilities compete at the Paralympics. More than 10,000 athletes take part in the summer events alone.]]> 2016-09-28 17:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/1471594/5mq69gjhm6ga/wish/127064884 Olympic Symbol (2) 1471594 https://padlet.com/1471594/5mq69gjhm6ga/wish/127068048 2016-09-28 18:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/1471594/5mq69gjhm6ga/wish/127068048 Bibliography (numbers correspond) 1500946 https://padlet.com/1471594/5mq69gjhm6ga/wish/127069198 1.http://www.factmonster.com/dk/encyclopedia/olympics.html
2.http://az755625.vo.msecnd.net/cache/9/0/1/8/9/8/9018986f4d8b72d87c19a5182009e325ff4fc0a0.jpg
3.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/V%C4%9Bra_%C4%8C%C3%A1slavsk%C3%A1_1967d.jpg
4.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTl3QQTvqHFjurroKxexy2Q
5.https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/article-1342182440929-140c420f000005dc-653073_636x456.jpg
6.https://www.olympic.org/news/200m-medallists-smith-and-carlos-stage-podium-protest]]> 2016-09-28 18:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1471594/5mq69gjhm6ga/wish/127069198 Fast Facts (6) 1471594 https://padlet.com/1471594/5mq69gjhm6ga/wish/127594219
DATE: 12 OCT - 27 OCT

ATHLETES: 5516

COUNTRIES: 112

EVENTS: 172

]]> 2016-09-30 17:06:08 UTC https://padlet.com/1471594/5mq69gjhm6ga/wish/127594219 VĚRA ČÁSLAVSKÁ- Gymnastics artist 1471594 https://padlet.com/1471594/5mq69gjhm6ga/wish/127597328 A Czech gymnast who, even before the games, was a female athlete favorite . After the Olympics however, she became a global star.(3)]]> 2016-09-30 17:16:28 UTC https://padlet.com/1471594/5mq69gjhm6ga/wish/127597328 VĚRA ČÁSLAVSKÁ 1471594 https://padlet.com/1471594/5mq69gjhm6ga/wish/127696131 Female hero of the Olympics(4)]]> 2016-10-01 20:33:38 UTC https://padlet.com/1471594/5mq69gjhm6ga/wish/127696131 Protest on the podium 1471594 https://padlet.com/1471594/5mq69gjhm6ga/wish/127696538 200m medalists, Smith and Carlos, raised their fists in the air as a protest against treatment for African Americans. This was probably the most remembered part of the 1968 Mexico Olympics.(5)]]> 2016-10-01 20:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1471594/5mq69gjhm6ga/wish/127696538 The torch for women 1471594 https://padlet.com/1471594/5mq69gjhm6ga/wish/127698354 According to The International Olympic Committee, "Hurdler Enriqueta Basilio made history in these games not by her sporting brilliance, but by something more symbolic. She became the first woman to light the Olympic Cauldron." She was a hero for women all over the world. (6)

]]> 2016-10-01 21:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/1471594/5mq69gjhm6ga/wish/127698354 Summary 1471594 https://padlet.com/1471594/5mq69gjhm6ga/wish/128352259 The 1968 Mexico Olympics was a spectacular year not only for women all over the globe, but also for the discriminated African Americans. The games themselves were significant, but the protests and symbols throughout it supporting women and African Americans, are everlasting. ]]> 2016-10-04 23:33:06 UTC https://padlet.com/1471594/5mq69gjhm6ga/wish/128352259