Let The Games Begin

Let The Games Begin
An Internet Hotlist on The XIX Winter Olympics

created by Anna Stokes, Librarian
SS. Cyril & Methodius School Library Media Center

Introduction
Welcome to the 2002 Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City, Utah. Use these sites to enjoy this winter event, cheer our
country to victory, and celebrate your favorite athletes.

The Internet Resources

Present Sports Events

Athelete Tracker - Keeps track of U.S. atheletes participating in this year's Olympics
ESPN Coverage -
General Olympic Information about Athletes and Sports - Homepage with links about athletes and each sport.
Scholastic Covers the Olympics -
Statistical Information - Number of medals by year, event, and country. Great for graphing. Excellent site.
The Schedule - Listings by day, by sport, by location.

Modern Olympics

Olympic Museum - Excellent site to look back at past winter Olympics to get information on medal winners. Also gives timeline of past locations
Parade of the Nations - List of participating nations grouped by continent. Each nation has interesting information about the country including a flag.
The Venue(Location) - Learn about Salt Lake City and the surrounding 14 sites that will host this year's Olympics
Torch Relay - Follow the path of the torch relay from state to state. Click 'Torch Relay' in box on left side.

Ancient Olympics

Ancient Olympic Games - Many good links to experience the entire story of the ancient games.
Poster - Olympic posters - Can be saved as jpg files

Salt Lake City

Welcome to Salt Lake City - Learn about this year's host.

Lesson Plans and Activities

New York Times Olympics Special - Lesson plans and research links
Sharing the Olympic Spirit - Lesson plans and activities

Content by Anna Stokes, Librarian, amstokes@optonline.net
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Last revised Fri Aug 1 12:53:15 US/Pacific 2008