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Winter Olympics 2014 Name: February 5th to 23rd Period: Project Background: The Olympic Games happen only once every four years. Prior to the games, athletes from the various sports train to become the best they can be in preparation for their country’s Olympic trials. Most of the Olympic trials for the U.S.A. have been broadcast on the various stations or websites available in our country. To become an Olympian, many of these athletes and their families have sacrificed an incredible amount of time and money. Athletes range in age from young teens to adults with families and their loved ones sacrifice time with them in order to allow them to train. The Olympics are a unique opportunity for the world to provide us, the audience, a glimpse into various cultures, exciting sporting events we may not usually see and stories of these individuals and their families who have sacrificed so much in their quest to become an Olympian. Win or lose, the Olympics is and always has been about the experience of being a part of the games. We may not be the athletes at the games, but we are there in spirit! Go Team USA! Project Purpose: To educate yourself about the culture, athletic events, athletes and host country of the Olympic Games and share that knowledge with others. Project Type: Group Multi-‐Media Project Projects Requirements: Your group must create two slides or pages for each of the following:

◊ The Olympic Village/Location of Sochi, Russia (the facilities)

◊ Opening Ceremonies

◊ 8 of the 15 Events (there are sub-‐groups within each… choose the one or ones you wish)

◊ 3 U.S.A. Athlete Stories (background or follow their progress through the games)

◊ 2 Non-‐U.S.A. Athlete Story (any country, any sport)

◊ Closing Ceremonies

Projects Suggestion: While you may choose to divide your work in any way you wish, the following are

suggested in order to give everyone an equal balance of the work.

◊ Use Power Point as your project media format – it is easy to merge the slides prior to turning in your

work.

◊ Dividing the work evenly: The assignment can be easily divided by having each person take on four of

the assignment parts. For example…

o Person 1: The Olympic Village/On Location in Sochi, Russia (the facilities), Opening

Ceremonies, 2 events.

o Person 2: 2 events, 1 USA Athlete Story, 1 Non-‐USA Athlete Story

o Person 3: 2 events, 1 USA Athlete Story, 1 Non-‐USA Athlete Story

o Person 4: 2 events, 1 USA Athlete Story, Closing Ceremonies

Project Slide/Page Content: The project is a multi-‐media project, so each slide or page should include 3 parts: information in written form; at least one picture; a hyperlink to a video or article that provides further information on your slide’s content

Project Suggested Sources: So, how do you get the information you need for the project? Here are a few…

TV/Cable Viewing: Check your local cable guide for their schedule of Olympics Coverage. Generally, NBC and its Affiliate Networks have been awarded the contracts for broadcasting, so via a Television that is where you would watch.

Mobile Apps: There are various apps available in the app store for both Apple and Android Devices. The sochi.ru 2014 app is a good start and is a free app. Your teacher will show you this app in the classroom. Other free apps in the iTunes App Store include 2014 Team USA Road to Sochi Sports, NBC Sports Talk Sports, NBC Sports Live Extra, The Everywhere Cam from Visa Entertainment.

Internet Sources: These are sources where you are sure to find coverage. There are other sites that will surely carry related media, just be careful to stay away from individual bloggers or sites where individual bias may play a role in what is reported.

◊ Use this website for NBC News Coverage – both live stream coverage and general content…

www.nbcolympics.com

◊ Use this website for a full schedule of events, information about ticket sales, culture, jobs, athletes, countries, photos, videos and news…. www.sochi2014.com/en

◊ Use this website for print media about individual athletes and political issues related to the games.

ESPN has a site blog that would be free of hearsay and gossip… www.espn.go.com/Olympics/winter/2014

Project Due Date: Your group’s project is due on Wednesday, February 26th by 11:59:59pm to Synergy. Your project should be named using the last name of your group leader. If your project file is too big for Synergy to accept, you may split it into 2-‐3 parts and save it as such OR you may save it to a flash drive and bring it to your classroom teacher ON THE DUE DATE. For that reason, do not wait until the due date to upload! Check access to Synergy – be sure your account is in working condition – if it is not, you MUST see a librarian to fix this! Your classroom teacher CANNOT help you with Synergy access issues.

Project Rubric: Your group will be graded as follows: On Time (10) Slide/Page Content (36)

The Olympic Village/Location of Sochi, Russia (the city of Sochi and the facilities)

• Information Slide 1

• Photo(s) Slide 1

• Hyperlink Slide 1




Opening Ceremonies







8 of the 15 Events (there are sub-‐groups within each… choose the one or ones you wish)







3 U.S.A. Athlete Stories (background or follow their progress through the games)







2 Non-‐U.S.A. Athlete Story (any country, any sport)







Closing Ceremonies







Project Construction

• Information Content Value/Substance (3)

• Color and Design (3)

• Layout (3)

55 TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE

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Winter’Olympics2014’ ’ ’ ’ ’ Name:’’ ’ ’ ’ ’ February’5th ......Winter’Olympics2014’ ’ ’ ’ ’ Name:’’ ’ ’ ’ ’ February’5th’to23rd’’