Lesson 8: The Olympic Games

Send In Activity 8:
Option B: Make a Cartoon Strip

Make a three panel cartoon strip on the Ancient Olympic Games. Your cartoon strip should focus on one of these topics:

• Training for the Olympics
• Cheating in the Olympics
• How winners were treated

Note: Athletes in the Ancient Olympics competed naked. Please clothe the athletes in your drawings though!

(10 marks)

Marking Guide

Your cartoon strip:

• contains three panels, each having a coloured illustration and a text bubble.
• accurately describes some aspect of the Ancient Olympics.
• is carefully drawn.

Helpful Web sites:

These websites will give you more ideas on how to complete this activity.

Greek cartoons:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/landmarks/ancientgreece/classics/classics.shtml

http://www.athenai.com/Themi/


Make a cartoon online:

http://www.stripcreator.com/make.php

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