The Olympic Games
In a celebration of peace, athleticism, and friendly competition, nations from around the world gather every four years to compete in the Olympic Games. The first modern Olympic Games was held in 1896, and continue to today. This reading set honors past athletes and offers some insight into past competitions.
People all over the world watch the Olympic Games on TV, cheer on their nations’ athletes, and get into the spirit of friendly international competition. Yet how many people know how these games came about and why they were created? Why is there an Olympic torch? What does the flag…
Wilma Rudolph was born in Tennessee in 1940. She was the twentieth of twenty-two children in a poor but loving African American family. Because she was born two months early, the doctor doubted she would live. She survived but was ill with a variety of sicknesses throughout her childhood. After…
This newspaper article from the Boston Daily Advertiser, March 24, 1896 tells of the first modern Olympic Games which were held in Athens, Greece on April 6, 1896. ——————————- THE OLYMPIC GAMES The departure of eight American athletes for the Olympic games is a notable event in American Athletics.…