https://padlet.com/emmpaw2024/y4q7ta75ryx8 Made with ♥ en-us 2018-02-08 21:15:07 UTC 2018-02-14 20:34:01 UTC hello@padlet.com natasewe2024 https://padlet.com/emmpaw2024/y4q7ta75ryx8/wish/229831274 The Olympics are a game of peace and unity. The games happen every four years. 
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]]> 2018-02-08 21:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/emmpaw2024/y4q7ta75ryx8/wish/229831274 emmpaw2024 https://padlet.com/emmpaw2024/y4q7ta75ryx8/wish/229831459 In ancient Greece they did the Olympics to honor Zeus 3,000 years ago.

Source: TedEd.com]]> 2018-02-08 21:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/emmpaw2024/y4q7ta75ryx8/wish/229831459 emmpaw2024 https://padlet.com/emmpaw2024/y4q7ta75ryx8/wish/229832438 There was a truce of war so that people from other countries could come and compete.

source:Free school.com]]> 2018-02-08 21:22:37 UTC https://padlet.com/emmpaw2024/y4q7ta75ryx8/wish/229832438 natasewe2024 https://padlet.com/emmpaw2024/y4q7ta75ryx8/wish/229832784 The winners were awarded with a wreath or crown of olive branches.

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]]> 2018-02-08 21:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/emmpaw2024/y4q7ta75ryx8/wish/229832784 emmpaw2024 https://padlet.com/emmpaw2024/y4q7ta75ryx8/wish/229833060 Only men were aloud to compete in the Olympics. Until the 1900s women got to complete.

source:  Free school.com]]> 2018-02-08 21:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/emmpaw2024/y4q7ta75ryx8/wish/229833060 natasewe2024 https://padlet.com/emmpaw2024/y4q7ta75ryx8/wish/230827904 After they brought back the Olympics the first games were in Athens Greece in 1896.

Source: TedEd.com]]> 2018-02-12 20:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/emmpaw2024/y4q7ta75ryx8/wish/230827904 natasewe2024 https://padlet.com/emmpaw2024/y4q7ta75ryx8/wish/230829274 The Olympics were expanded in 1900 to include winter sports including figure skating and skiing.

Source: Free school.com ]]> 2018-02-12 20:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/emmpaw2024/y4q7ta75ryx8/wish/230829274 emmpaw2024 https://padlet.com/emmpaw2024/y4q7ta75ryx8/wish/230830040 In the modern Olympics 1st wins a gold medal, 2nd wins a silver medal, and 3rd place wins a bronze medal but the gold medals are not actually made of gold the are made of silver covered with a thin layer of gold.

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]]> 2018-02-12 20:57:10 UTC https://padlet.com/emmpaw2024/y4q7ta75ryx8/wish/230830040 natasewe2024 https://padlet.com/emmpaw2024/y4q7ta75ryx8/wish/230830104 Another important symbol are the five interlocking rings yellow, black, green, blue, and red on a white background. And one of the colors were on the country's flags at the time. Each one of the rings represents the inhabited continents witch include North and South America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Europe.

Source: History.com]]> 2018-02-12 20:57:18 UTC https://padlet.com/emmpaw2024/y4q7ta75ryx8/wish/230830104 emmpaw2024 https://padlet.com/emmpaw2024/y4q7ta75ryx8/wish/230830511 Another important fact about the Olympics is the Olympic flame or torch, The lighting of the torch is a reminder of the great Greek myth when Prometheus stole fire from Zeus to give it to humans.

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