Tomorrow's class

[Christopher Maloney]

I updated the lesson plan for tomorrow.  Since people have been having trouble with the website, I also included it below.  I added an extra topic, "Advertising", that we can talk about if we have time.  Also, I'm attaching a very interesting article about the 84 olympic games, that you should read if you have a chance.
Chris

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7/23/2008 Lesson Plan
Olympics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympics
http://chinesepod.com/olympics/ - A great guide to the Olympics on Chinesepod!
  This website has lots of vocabulary for each of the many, many sports.
Reading:  from the New York Times, "Phone Call From China Transformed '84
  Games" 84PhoneCall.doc; original at
  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/sports/olympics/14olympics.html
 

History and Politics
  What do people know about the history in ancient Greece?
  What about the modern history?
  What was the first year China participated?
  Talk about boycotts in 1956, 1976, 1980, and 1984.

Summer Olympics Sports
  - Everybody should pick one sport and try to describe it in as much detail
    as they can.
  Diving, Swimming, Synchronized swimming, Water polo, Archery, Athletics
  (track and field), Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Flatwater
  canoe/kayak, Slalom canoe/kayak, BMX, Mountain bikingg, Road cycling,
  Track cycling, Equestrian, Fencing, Field hockey, Football (soccer),
  Artistic, Rhythmic, Trampoline, Handball, Judo, Modern pentathlon, Rowing,
  Sailing, Shooting, Softball, Table tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon,
  Beach volleyball, Indoor volleyball, Weightlifting, Wrestling

Winter Olympics Sports
  Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Skeleton, Curling, Ice hockey, Luge, Figure skating,
  Short track speed skating, Speed skating, Alpine skiing, Cross country
  skiing, Freestyle skiing, Nordic combined, Ski jumping, Snowboarding

Symbols
  Rings, torch, etc.


Extra topic:  Advertising:  is it out of control? Should the government
control it?  For
example, should there be laws to control truth in advertising?  What about
celebrities who endorse products -- should they be required to tell the
truth?   Mention: billboards, advertising for cigarettes and alcohol, sex
in ads.  Do you think ads affect our outlook on life?  For example, some
people think ads featuring skinny models make women dissatisfied with their
own bodies?  In general, maybe ads make us less able to be satisfied with
what we have.