The Olympic Medal: It's All Greek to Us!
This lesson plan uses an EDSITEment-created Greek alphabet animation to help students "decode" the inscription on the Olympic medal. Because the
Olympic medal is both a familiar and mysterious object for students, it presents
an ideal prompt to build basic literacy in the Greek alphabet. Thus, this lesson
uses the Athens 2004 medal inscription as an elementary "text" to help students
practice reading Greek and to help reinforce the link between ancient Greek
culture and the Olympic games.
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