Cross Curricular Resources: Learning and Teaching Resources on Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Introduction

The 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Beijing, and Hong Kong will co-host the Equestrian Events. Hong Kong, and the whole country as well, has been enthusiastically preparing for the 2008 Olympic Games. This great event will stimulate students’ interest in learning about the topic.

The Curriculum Development Institute recommends that schools make use of this valuable learning opportunity to help students broaden their horizons. To help schools capture this learning opportunity, a series of learning and teaching resources relating to the preparation of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Olympic spirit, Olympics and Chinese culture etc. have been developed. The design of the materials emphasizes enquiry learning and aims to widen students’ knowledge about the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, expand their perspectives on it, and enhance their awareness of issues related to this great event.

Teachers may download these materials from the web-links below. They may adapt the materials to fit the particular circumstances of their schools and students. Besides using these materials in the learning and teaching of individual subjects, teachers may also organize a cross-curricular learning activity such as “Project Learning Week on Beijing 2008 Olympic Games” through collaboration among different subjects and re-arranging teaching schedule if necessary.

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Integrated Humanities (S1-3)

Unit 1 - The history of the Olympic Games

Quiz

Unit 2 - The development of the modern Olympic Games

Unit 3 – China and the Olympic Games

Unit 4 - Elements of Chinese culture in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Unit 5- Hosting the Olympic Games

Unit 6 - What do the Olympic Games mean to us?

Video: Interview with an local athlete – Lau Kwok Kin, a fencer ( He has joined the Olympic Games held in Athens in 2004. He is also a Hong Kong fencing delegate to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games) Chinese Version Only

Unit 7 - Are the Olympic Games an example of sport commercialisation?

Unit 8 -Olympism: Is it fulfilled?

Course Outline

Teacher’s Guide

Integrated Humanities (S4-5)
What are the pros and cons of hosting the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games? Is it worthwhile to host this Olympic Games?
Powerpoint file

Travel & Tourism

Part 1: Introductory Exercise (An Overview of Beijing )

Part 2: Beijing’s Tourism History and Tourism Development related to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Part 3: Introductory Exercise: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Part 4: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games: Its Benefits to the Country

Part 5: The SWOT Analysis of Beijing’s Tourism Development after the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Part 6: Tourism and its relationship with the Three Concepts of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Part 7: Understanding Sports Tourism and Mega Events through 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Part 8: The 2008 Beijing Olympic equestrian events will be held in Hong Kong

Part 9: Beijing Olympics Games and the conservation of cultural heritage

Part 10: Introductory Exercise

Part 11: Symbols of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and Tourism Resources in the Provinces of China

Appendix

Appendix I: The three Concepts of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Appendix II: Rules for Debate Competition

An Overview of Beijing

Reference materials

Summary of Beijing’s 11th Five-year Plan for the tourism industry development

Which skill-oriented industries will be promoted by the Olympics?

Cultural tourism

The current development of Beijing’s convention and exhibition

Beijing Hotel Industry Supply Exceeds Demand after the Olympics

Beijing Olympics: The Most Expensive in History

The Olympic influence on the host country’s economic and social development

An Analysis of the Impacts Beijing of 2008 Olympics on the city’s Development

The positive influence of the 2008 Olympics to China’s sports tourism industry The economic development of the Olympics’ host city

“Green Olympics” Fulfills the Ideal of Sustainable Development

Sports tourism

An Overview of Newly-built Olympic Venues in Beijing

Reference sources of Beijing Case Study

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Cross Curricular Resources: Learning and Teaching Resources on Beijing 2008 Olympic Games