2. The Olympics By : Ronelle, Erika, and Lauren

3. Sports! Here are the most popular Olympic sports: Track and Field Football (Soccer) Gymnastics Figure Skating Swimming

4. Popular Olympic Sports ArcheryVolleyballDivingFencingGymnasticsSoccerSwimmingTennis Track and Field Triathlon

5. Unusual Olympic Sports Unusual Olympic Sports EquestrianJudo Modern Pentathlon Curling

6. History! The earliest recorded Olympic competition was in 776 B.C. Pentathlon was added in 708 B.C. The Olympics originated from Greece Eventually athletes from all over the Roman Empire were permitted to play The first modern Olympics opened on the first week of April in 1986 The first Olympic champion in history was Coroebus The Olympics were named after Olympia, the place were they were held According to legend, Hercules, founded the ancient Olympics

7. Fun Fact Time! Every two years the Olympic games happen. The earliest recorded Olympic games only had one event-the one stade race. In the old Olympic games only free born men and boys were allowed to play all the games. Slaves were only allowed to play in horse races. Women were forbidden to play and/or watch the games or else they were going to DIE! At first, the Olympic games were only allowed for Greek citizens. Athletes originally participated nude.

8. More Fun Facts! There weren’t medals at first. Instead, winners were given head-wreaths! The Olympic Rings stand for the five major regions: Africa, the Americas, Australia, Asia and Europe. Every 4 years, about 3.2 billion people watch the Olympics! China has won the most gold medals.

9. Even MORE Fun Facts! 202 countries participated in the 2004 Olympic Summer games in Athens. Africa, South America, and Antarctica have never hosted the Olympics. The first Olympics covered by TV was the 1960 summer games in Rome.

10. Location, Location, Location! Here are some places where the modern Olympics were held: Beijing, China Vancouver, Canada Sydney, Australia Berlin, Germany London, England Nagano, Japan Salt Lake City, Utah (U.S.A) St. Moritz, Switzerland Rome, Italy London, England Tokyo, Japan Helsinki, Finland

11. Athletes Here are some athletes you might recognize! Here are some athletes you might recognize! Michael Phelps ~ Swimming Michael Phelps ~ Swimming Shawn Johnson ~ Gymnastics Apolo Ohno ~ Speed Skating Shaun White ~ Half-Pipe Lindsey Vonn ~ Skiing Jesse Owens ~Track

12. Olympian Quotes “Olympics—A life time of training for just ten seconds.” ~ Jesse Owens “I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment I light the match.” ~Mia Hamm “Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could get an Olympic gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now.” ~Charles Barkley “Everyday I wake up I think ‘Wait…This can’t be real; I still am going to wake up.” ~ Michael Phelps.

13. Where Did We Get Our Info? World Book Encyclopedia 2010 Almanac 2009 Almanac The New Book of Knowledge Encyclopedia http://www.about.com http://www.mapofworld.com http://www.brainyquote.com

14. THE END!!! TADA! Hope You Enjoyed The Olympics and Our Power Point!