Winter Olympics
Report
Research the Winter Olympic Games and answer the following questions. For a “gold medal,”
take the facts you assemble on this worksheet and compose a short essay about the event.
1. How often are the Winter Olympics held?
2. Where and when was the first celebration of the Winter Olympics?
3. What sports were featured in the first Winter Olympics?
4. What are the dates for the XXII Olympic Winter Games?
5. Where are the 2014 Winter Olympics being held?ˆ
6. What war interrupted the celebrations of the Winter Olympics?
7. When did Snowboarding become an event?
8. What does the Olympic motto “Citius, Altius, Fortius” mean in English?
9. What country has won the most medals in the winter Olympics?
10.When did women begin to compete in the Olympics?
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Winter Olympics
Project—Word Search
Find the words listed at the bottom of the page in the word search below.
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Winter Olympics
Creative Writing—Mascots
For each Olympic Games the host city develops mascots for the event. This year (2014) there
are three: a polar bear, a snow leopard, and a hare. Read the official descriptions about
these three below, then write a short story about them learning to play one of the Olympic
Games. For example, just imagine how funny it would be for them to try and figure out
what Curling is and then try to play it themselves!
The Leopard is a rescuer and mountain-climber who lives in the uppermost branches of a
huge tree, on the highest peak of the snowy mountains in the Caucasus. He is an experienced
snowboarder and has taught all his friends and neighbors to snowboard too.
The Polar Bear was brought up by Arctic explorers from a very early age. It was they who
taught him many winter sports, but above all the polar bear enjoyed riding sports sleighs—
especially the bobsleigh.
The Hare is the busiest creature in the winter forest. She simply loves sport with all her
heart. And she also loves to sing and dance.
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Winter Olympics
Icon Matching
Guess the game! Draw a line matching the sport with its 2014 icon.
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Winter Olympics
Answers
1. every four years
2. Chamonix, France, in 1924
3.Alpine, cross-country skiing, figure
skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined,
ski jumping and speed skating
4. February 6–23, 2014
5. Sochi, Russia
6. World War II
7. 1998 Winter Olympics
8. “Faster, Higher, Stronger”
9. Norway—263 medals
10.1912
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