Today we found out about the Olympic flag as part of our China inquiry. We researched the Olympic flag on the internet by using key words from our questions and did a Google search. We had a reading activity to complete then we answered questions about the meaning of the flag. Click on the flag and follow the instructions to paint the rings from the colour palette.Read our information...
The Olympic Flag
The flag of the Olympic Games has five interlocking rings (blue, yellow, black, green, and red) on a white ground. The rings represent the five parts of the world that were joined together in the Olympic movement: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe. The motto of the Olympic Games is "Citius, altius, fortius" (meaning "Faster, higher, stronger").
The Ancient Olympics
The ancient Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC, and had only one event. Every four years, for 1,170 years, the Greeks held an Olympics, which continued to grow and change. The Olympic games were banned by the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II in the year AD 394.
History of the Olympic Flag
Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (1863-1937), a French educator and sportsman, revived the Olympic Games in 1896. He designed the flag of the Olympics in 1913-1914.
The flag was first used in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium. The Olympic flag is paraded during the opening ceremony of each Olympic Games. At the end of an Olympics, the mayor of the host-city presents the flag to the mayor of the next host-city. The flag will remain in the town hall of the next host-city until the next Olympic Games, four years later.
These were our questions
Why are the linked rings an Olympic symbol?
Why are the rings those colours?
What are the colours of each ring? Colour the picture correctly?
What does each ring stand for?
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