http://www.athens2004.com/

Like a lot of websites these days, the Web address directly to the teaching resource page of this, the official games site, is too long to print. Click here to go there directly, or browse the following sequence of steps from the above link: Get Involved/Youth 2004/Library(Educational Programme in Olympism)/Olympic Education Materials. The site offers several large PDF-format activity and information sheets on the Summer Games aimed at several grade level clusters, from 6-9 year old to high school. There is also a 173-page fairy tale bursting with information about Greece, the Games, and its various participants. Look under The Olympic Games are Inspiring! for pictures of class activities from around the globe.

Go for the Gold, from Scholastic

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/athens_games/

These are student information pages from Scholastic Magazine's online presence. There are teacher lesson plans for all grades, with hints and helps for how to use the resources in the classroom.

Lesson Plans and Resources for the Olympics from EdGate

http://www2.edgate.com/summergames/

EdGate is a pay subscription service to educators, schools, and districts, but they offer this collection of resources on the Olympic Summer Games for free. There are a collection of plans from Griffin Publishing and others, plus another cluster from efg Educational Resources, a partner company.

Olympic Lessons from AAF

http://www.aafla.org/6oic/curric_frmst.htm

The Amateur Athletic Foundation, funded by fiscal surpluses from the 1984 Los Angeles Games, provides this series of PDF format cross-curricular and content-tied activities and lessons for grades 3-5. Not specifically tied to the 2004 games, but full of ideas, and printable!

Olympic Lessons from Education World

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson201.shtml

As always, Education World has a variety of lesson plans aimed at a variety of grades. Some are trivial, some are excellent. There's also links to many Olympics-related education sites. Also, don't forget Olympics lesson links at A to Z Teacher Stuff.

Olympic Lessons from AIMS

http://www.aimsedu.org/Activities/samples.html

Activities Integrating Math and Science (AIMS) is a non-profit offering curriculum matching its name. Most of its materials are for sale, but they offer a few things in PDF format for free use. There is at least one Olympics-aimed lesson plan located by clicking any of the grade links on this page above.

• http://www.athens2004.com/ - The official site of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens.
• http://www.nbcolympics.com/ - NBC is covering the games. This is their site.
• http://www.olympic.org/ - The official site of the International Olympic Committee and other support organizations of the Olympic Movement.
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/ - The Ancient Olympics, a virtual museum offered by Tufts University