Olympics 2016

Questions about the history of the Olympics

http://www.knowitall.org/content/history-olympics-ancient-and-modern

https://www.olympic.org/ancient-olympic-games/history

http://www.penn.museum/sites/olympics/olympicorigins.shtml


Questions about the point of the Olympics

https://www.reference.com/sports-active-lifestyle/purpose-modern-olympic-games-aae486f34a25253

https://www.reference.com/sports-active-lifestyle/purpose-olympic-games-42539e7709604dd5

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/first-olympics1.htm


Questions about which sports get included and who decides

Page 9 of this pdf: https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/Documents/Document-Set-Teachers-The-Main-Olympic-Topics/The-Modern-Olympic-Games.pdf

http://www.topendsports.com/events/summer/sport-selection.htm

http://sports.stackexchange.com/questions/255/how-does-a-sport-become-an-olympic-sport


Questions about who participates in the Olympics

https://www.rio2016.com/en/athletes

New Zealand Olympic team: http://www.olympic.org.nz/games/rio-2016/

http://registration.olympic.org/en/faq/detail/id/41

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The main Rio 2016 website: https://www.olympic.org/olympic-games


An amazing resource to learn all sorts of cool stuff about the Olympics...

https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/Documents/Document-Set-Teachers-The-Main-Olympic-Topics/The-Modern-Olympic-Games.pdf