The Olympics

THE OLYMPICS: TEACHING HISTORY TODAY

04 Editorial: Nelson Mandela, Apartheid and the Olympics

05 Think Bubble: What ever happened to the Standing Long Jump? - Peter Vass

06 Public celebration of the 1864 Olympian Festival - Dominic Wallis

PLANNING FOR THE OLYMPICS

08 Primary History and planning for teaching the Olympics - four curricular models - Primary History (Read article)

10 Teaching possibilities: From Plato to Nato - Primary History (Read article)

11 Citizenship and the Olympics - Mike Mitchell (Read article)

12 A School Olympics - Tim Lewis and Danni Harrison

13 The Olympics and the HA website - Sarah Codrington

INVESTIGATING PAST EVENTS: SOURCES AND EVIDENCE

14 Shropshire's Secret Olympic History - Alun Morgan (Read article)

CHRONOLOGY: OLYMPICS TIMELINES

16 An Olympic Timeline - Pat Hoodless

18 Using the Olympics as a learning tool: Active Research and Selecting Information - Atiya Khan (Read article)

STORY AND NARRATIVE

20 Story, myth and legend: The Story of Atalanta - Hilary Cooper (Read article)

THE LIVES OF SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE

21 From Champion to Hero: Engaging Pupils in a study of significant Olympians - Beverley Forrest (Read article)

26 An Olympic Great? Dorando Pietri - Jane Card (Read article)

THE ANCIENT GREEKS

29 Ancient Greece: Birthplace of the Olympics - Teacher Briefing - Will Griffiths (Read article)

30 The Olympic Games, Classical and Modern - Pat Hoodless (Read article)

31 Investigating the ancient olympic games: A Case Study - Jacqui Dean (Read article)

34 Ancient Greeks: The Olympics' War Games - Teaching through Drama - Peter Vass (Read article)

LOCAL HISTORY STUDY

37 Local History and the 2012 Olympics - Mel Jones (Read article)

THE VICTORIANS

38 Your Victorian (And Greek!) Olympic Games - Nuffield Primary History (Read article)

40 William Brookes and the Olympic Games - Barbara Sands (Read article)

BRITAIN SINCE 1930

42 The Berlin Olympics 1936 - Kerry Sallows and Sarah Thompson (Read article)

43 Racism and equality through the 1936 Berlin Olympics: the Olympics, Nationalism and Identity - Amy Robson and Kelly Hogg (Read article)

44 Olympics signs and Symbols: Rings, Torches, Doves and Mascots - Anita Loughrey