Olympic Pictograms

WALT ... match the pictogram with the sport
... design our own pictograms for a partner to guess
...discuss the history of, and importance of pictograms

Can you name the Olympic sport from the pictograms?

What is a pictogram?

A picture or picture-like symbol representing an idea in primitive writing (eg hieroglyphics).
Pictograms were disconnected and fragmented drawings of simple objects and ideas such as man, woman, fire, food, tree, and shelter.

In art, we share our ideas with pictures, or images. "Talking" with images instead of words makes it easy for people from many different parts of the world to understand what we say, even if we all speak a different language. Because it's easy for people who speak different languages to understand pictures, the organisers of the Olympics use special pictures, called "pictograms", to tell everyone about the different sport activities.