JIGSAW ACTIVITY FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES:
The Olympic Games--Racism, Terrorism and Anti-Semitism
By Gail Shuster-Bouskila and additional ideas by Sharon Iny
By Gail Shuster-Bouskila and additional ideas by Sharon Iny
I. Before reading students
sit in small groups. The groups discuss
the points below and record their views.
1. What are the main principles of international sports?2. How closely do Olympic sports competitions follow these principles?
3. How do Olympic sports events unite or divide individuals, peoples and countries? Give examples that you can think of to support your views.
II. Each group gets ONE of the
3 articles given to read.
III. Then the groups review the above questions and add new information to their answers.
IV. JIGSAW ACTIVITY: Make new groups. Put at least one student from each of the previous groups in these "jigsaw" groups. Everyone tells about the article they have read. The "jigsaw" groups review the questions above and add new information.
V. Follow up activities:
1. Vocabulary exercise and composition--Check
the meaning of the new words.
Write a composition on one of the
topics using the new words.
2. Write a dialogue about one of the following:
- Golda Meir and Avery Bundage--whether or not the Munich Games should go on after the terrorist attack on the Israeli delegation.
- Jesse Owens and the President of the German Olympic committee--at the medals ceremony after Black athletes won.
- Avery Bundage and Jewish athletes from the USA --early in 1936 (before the games) discuss boycotting the games.
Reading for Group 1. Olympics and Anti-Semitism
Reading for Group 2. Olympics and Racism
Reading for Group 3. Olympics and Terrorism
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