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Alexandra Goes to Athens Foreword by Bronwen Perry The Olympic Games are the world’s greatest sporting event. Not only are they a global celebration (‘festival’) of athletic achievement but also a showcase for urban regeneration, environmental initiatives/ sustainable development, technological achievement and national pride—an opportunity for host cities to reinvent themselves. In August this year, the world’s attention will focus on Athens (Greece), the site of the first modern Olympiad in 1896, and the host city for the 28th Olympiad. The Games return to the Greek capital after an interval of 108 years. In that time there has been phenomenal growth in the scale of the Olympics; from 241 competitors representing 14 nations in 43 events and 9 sports in 1896 to an expected 10,500 athletes from 202 nations competing in more than 300 medal events across 28 sports in 2004. As a hallmark global event, the Olympic Games has a unique complexity and presents many themes for geographic study by students at all year levels. The ready availablity of data, maps, graphs/charts, media commentary and written reports (both in hard copy and via the internet) provide the background material for such investigations. Sports Geography: The Athens Games includes four comprehensive units of work with activities and resources relevant to a range of year levels from upper primary/junior secondary through to senior secondary level. These units of work address four key themes: travelling to Greece, getting around Athens and attending the Games; measuring success at the Olympics and understanding the medal tallies; assessing the sustainability of the Olympics as a mega sporting event; evaluating values and attitudes in sport. Additional material and suggestions for extension activities including a comprehensive media archive, weblinks, and .pdf versions of figures (maps) will be loaded on the AGTA website in the lead-up to the 2 Games in August. See <www.agta.asn.au>. Let the geographic Games begin! Acknowledgements Thanks go to the three unit writers—Judy Mraz, Jeana Kriewaldt and Bob Digby—for their innovative and thoughtful contributions. Also to Catherine McKeon for her clever illustrations, to Fatima Basic (University of Melbourne) and Chris Crook (Country Cartographics) for their excellent cartography, and to Deb Doyle, Jeana Kriewaldt, Margaret McIvor and Lila Rait for proofreading, comments and feedback on the manuscript. Tallying the medals (pp. 14–23) SPORTS GEOGRAPHYSPORTS GAMES THE ATHENS Some of the ideas in this unit of work were originally adapted from an article by Geraint Thomas, and complementary item by C.F. Willmot titled ‘Footnote to Loadsamedals’, in Teaching Gegraphy (Geographical Association, April 1989), and further developed by Marilyn Wiber (Interaction, Geography Teachers’ Association of Victoria 1992) and John Stewart (Interaction, GTAV 2000). Sports Geography: The Athens Games ISBN 0 9578047 1 7 Published by the Australian Geography Teachers’ Association Limited 503 Burke Road (PO Box 2066) Camberwell South VIC 3124 Website: <www.agta.asn.au> © Australian Geography Teachers’ Association Limited 2004 Disclaimer This publication has been prepared for the members and professional associates of the Australian Geography Teachers’ Association Limited. The opinions expressed in the publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of AGTA, its affiliates or the editors. While all reasonable checks have been made to ensure the accuracy of statements and advice, no responsibility can be accepted for errors and omissions, however caused. No responsibility for any loss occasioned to any person acting on or refraining from action as a result of material in this publication is accepted by AGTA, the authors/writers or the co-ordinating editor. This document is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, no part may be reproduced by any process without permission of the Australian Geography Teachers’ Association Limited, except under the following circumstances: Permission is granted to an individual teacher or group of teachers within a school to reproduce appropriate extracts provided that such materials are not for use by other schools and provided that the materials are not for resale or for any form of commercial gain. Contents Unit A Alexandra goes to Athens 4 Figure A1: Political map of Greece 5 Table A1: Climate data for Athens 6 Figure A2: Map of Athens and surrounding region showing competition venues 7 Figure A3: Athens competition venues 8 Table A2: Date and place the Olympic Torch will travel 11 Table A3: Athens Olympic Marathon Course 12 SPORTS GEOGRAPHY SPORTS Unit B Tallying the medals 14 Figure B1: Sydney 2000 Olympics medal points tally 15 Figure B2: Sydney 2000 Olympics track and field medal points tally 16 Figure B3: Scatter graph showing relationship between medal points tally and total population size by ranking for Sydney 2000 Olympics 17 Figure B4: Gross Domestic Product per capita 2000 (world choropleth) 19 3 Figure B5: Dimensions and indicators used to calculate the Human Development Index 18 GAMES THE ATHENS Figure B6: Human Development Index 2000 (world choropleth) 20 Figure B7: Sydney 2000 and Seoul 1988 medal points data 21 Blank world outline map 23 Unit C How sustainable are the Olympics? 24 Activity Resource C1: What is meant by sustainability? 25 Activity Resource C2: Assessing sustainable development 26 Activity Resource C3: The Economic Impacts of the Sydney Olympics 27 Activity Resource C4: Social Impacts of the Sydney Olympics 28 Activity Resource C5: The Environmental Impacts of the Olympic Games, Sydney 29 Activity Resource C6: The Athens Olympics (annotated venue map) 30 Activity Resource C7: How well does Athens match the ‘Green Games’ criteria? 31 Unit D Olympics, good sports? 33 Activity Resource D1: Who should hold the Olympics? 34 Activity Resource D2: What is it like to host the Olympics? 35 Activity Resource D3: The Olympics, for the rich or the poor? 36 Activity Resource D4: Humanitarian concerns and the Olympics—Beijing 2008 38 Activity Resource D5: Are the ideals of sport being compromised by commercialism? 39 Activity Resource D6: Sport and drugs 40 THE ATHENS GAMES ALEXANDRA GOES TO ATHENS Alexandra goes to Athens by Judy Mraz Introduction How does Alexandra get to Greece and Athens? The 2004 Olympic Games in Athens provides Greece is located in southern Europe on the students with the opportunity to study a country most southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula. It is with a very different geography to Australia and made up of a large mainland joined to the rest of one also steeped in history—Greece—and to Europe, as well as many islands. About 170 islands gain familiarity with the venues and events to are inhabited and a further 2000 have no people take place. living on them. The islands are located in the Aegean, Ionian and Mediterranean Seas. The Rationale population of Greece is about 11.05 million This unit of work allows students to ‘travel’ to (EuroStat estimate 2004). Greece with Alexandra and experience the Olympic Games from her perspective. They will Study Figure A1 and use an atlas to complete the learn about Greece—its location, weather and following: tourist sites—and some history related to the 1. List the countries that border Greece. Olympic Games. They will also be given the 2. Greece is made up of many regions. In which 4 opportunity to become familiar with the regions are Athens, Sparta and Thessaloniki competition venues and events of the upcoming located? games and plan their itinerary to view a number 3. Why is Greece famous for its islands? Name of events while they ‘visit’ Athens. three groups of islands and describe where they are located. Year level 4. Which is the highest mountain and where is it SPORTS GEOGRAPHYSPORTS GAMES THE ATHENS This unit of work is suitable for years 7 and 8 located? and can be adapted for use in years 6 and 9–10. 5. Refer to an atlas map of Greece. Name the two longest rivers and describe where they are Inquiry sequence located. 1. How does Alexandra get to Greece and Athens? 6. Draw a picture of Greece’s flag using correct 2. What will the weather be like during the colours. Olympic Games? 7. Find out which currency is used in Greece. 3. Seeing the games—getting around Athens. Compare the exchange rate with the 4. Carrying the olympic torch. Australian dollar. Why should you record the 5. Running the marathon. date you found this information? 6. How do the ancient and modern Olympic 8. Imagine Alexandra travels from Melbourne to Games compare? Athens via Singapore, with a two-hour stopover there. She will leave on 25 July 2004. a. Use an atlas to calculate the total distance travelled. b. On which day of the week will Alexandra leave? c. How many time zones will Alexandra travel through? d. Alexandra’s flight leaves Melbourne at 10.00pm and takes 8 hours to travel to Singapore and a further 11 hours to Athens. What day and time will she arrive in Athens? 9. Visitors from many countries will visit Greece and Athens for the Olympic Games. These people will speak different languages and ALEXANDRA GOES TO ATHENS THE ATHENS GAMES Figure A1: Political map of Greece SPORTS GEOGRAPHY SPORTS 5 THE ATHENS GAMES THE ATHENS THE ATHENS GAMES ALEXANDRA GOES TO ATHENS may have some difficulty communicating. The weather in Athens Work in groups of four to design signs or The weather likely to be experienced in a host city symbols that will be universally understood is a very important consideration when planning and will help visitors to move around Greece for the Olympic Games. The data in Table A1 and Athens and attend various events. Include provides you with some information about the the following: bus, train station, toilets, money weather experienced in Athens.
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