Complete the starter sheet

on the Olympics and sport

 Lesson Objectives
• To understand why London won the bid.

• To examine how people will benefit from

the Games as the vision suggests

• To think about the role of young people,

from around the world being inspired by
sport in securing the London bid for the
2012 games.
 Watch the final London
Olympic bid film
• What is the message behind the film?
• Are you inspired by the film?
• Do you play any sports shown in the
video?
• Why is inspiring children around the
world important, why did it help London
to a successful Olympic bid?
 Lesson Objectives
• To understand why London won the bid.

• To think about the role of young people,

from around the world being inspired by
sport in securing the London bid for the
2012 games.

• To examine how people will benefit from

the Games as the vision suggests
 Activity:
• 1. Look at all the cards in the envelope
•
2. Assess which you think to be most true of the
London Olympic games
•
3. Assess which to be least true of the London Olympic
games
•
4. Discuss your thoughts with the person next to you
•
5. Decide on where you want to place the cards on this
piece of paper and stick them down.
 So how will people Benefit from the
Olympic games?
• In your books:

• What do you think is the most important

benefit? How is it connected to other benefits?
• Write a paragraph explaining in detail why this is
important.

Link in a range of different things into your answer

such as social benefits, economic benefits
 What do you think is the most important
benefit? How is it connected to other benefits?
Write a paragraph explaining in detail why this is important.

Link in a range of different things into your answer such as social

benefits, economic benefits

Mark scheme for your paragraph

• Level 5 • Level 6 • Level 7
• Explaining why • Explaining in some • Explaining in some
your chosen detail why your detail why your
benefit is good. chosen benefit is chosen benefit is
good. Link at least good. Link a range
two different ways of different ways
it is good. For it is good. For
example bringing in example bringing in
money, lasting money, lasting
impact. impact. Including
social, economic,
short and long
term.
 Lesson Objectives
• To understand why London won the bid.

• To think about the role of young people,

from around the world being inspired by
sport in securing the London bid for the
2012 games.

• To examine how people will benefit from

the Games as the vision suggests
 So are the Olympic games
value for money?
• Now you understand a range of benefits
from hosting the Olympic games….

• Do you think they are value for money?

 The cost of the Olympics-
are these value for money?
• London 1908 394,000 1908 dollars.

• London 1948 742,268 pounds sterling, about 12 million 1982

dollars
TASK:
Using what you know
• Mexico 1968 $ 175 million dollar budget about potential
benefits of the
Olympics…
• 1984 Los Angeles - $ 546 million
Tick if you think that
• 1988 Seoul – $4bn the Games could have
been value for money,
cross if you think
• Beijing 2008 – $500 million they weren’t.

Pick one and explain in

detail why.