More Than Just Games:



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More Than Just Games: Canada & the 1936 Berlin Olympics

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Unit Overview

The Vancouver 2010 Olympics provide an opportunity to reflect upon past Olympics and consider the role of international politics in sport. This unit is motivated by many critical questions surrounding the responsibility of athletes, participating nations, and host nations to recognize human rights. The 1936 Olympics were held in Berlin, Germany, amidst the systematic persecution of all human beings that Hitler labeled un-German; yet 49 nations, and over four thousand athletes participated in these Games. This unit addresses the paradox that exists between human rights and ‘games.’ Specifically, the unit outlines the historical context of the 1936 Olympics, the role of the Olympics in Hitler’s Holocaust, the international compliance, and the voices that stood in opposition. More Than Just Games uses the Berlin Olympics as a catalyst to examine the political and social issues that have been exposed during other Olympic Games. These lessons consider the moral obligation of the Olympic Committees to stand up for international human rights; it challenges those that claim politics can be separated from sport.

This unit is designed to compliment the Social Studies, History, Sociology or English curriculum. However, as each lesson can be taught in isolation, the content of these lessons can be used in any classroom that is examining the Olympics, past or present. For example, as image analysis features in many of the lessons, it could also be woven into photography or art classrooms. More Than Just Games offers a wide variety of activities intended to meet the needs of diverse learning styles.

Lesson 1: Veneers & Souvenirs

This lesson looks at the historical background of the events surrounding the 1936 Olympics. Hitler and the Nazi party used Olympic propaganda to perpetuate the myth of the ideal Aryan and the villainous Jew. Yet, during the hype leading up to the Games, they concealed anti-Semitic policies from the international community. The objective of the lesson is to challenge students to consider the role of human rights in choosing a host city for the games; as such, students outline the criteria that they consider most relevant in choosing a city for the Olympics.

Lesson 2: A Ringing Dilemma

Beginning with the choice for Berlin as the host of 1936 Summer Games, this lesson outlines anti-Semitic practices within Germany prior to the games. Students will consider the prevalence of anti-Semitism in Canada, as well as the responses of various groups of people in Canada. As this lesson presents diverse perspectives within Canada, the students consider the responsibilities and consequences of participating in the Games through a class debate.

Lesson 3: Athletes Banned Together

Using the theme of athletes as activists, this lesson considers the political and social roles that athletes play in their sports, and in the Olympic Games specifically. The lesson investigates the life and actions of Jewish athlete Bobbie ‘Fannie’ Rosenfeld. Students consider Rosenfeld’s participation in sport through the lens of gender activism. Then, they use her later career as a reporter as a framework for examining Jewish athletes who chose to attend and those who chose not to attend the 1936 Olympics.

Lesson 4: Silent Applause

After examining the choice of individual athletes to attend the Games in Lesson 3, students are asked to examine the impact of countries supporting Hitler through their participation in the Games. Was it possible to participate in the Olympics without supporting Nazi Germany? Through an analysis of primary and secondary sources, students consider the international awareness of Hitler’s policies. Finally, students prepare a public awareness campaign about the human rights discriminations that were occurring prior to, and during, the Olympic Games.

Lesson 5: Reflections

Beginning with an image that is critical of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, this lesson re-visits the pressing question of human rights responsibilities and the Olympics. Using four iconic images from past Olympics, students develop their skills in photo analysis and partake in an activity in which they become museum curators. The lesson ends with students designing their own image in order to question some of the political, social and environmental concerns surrounding the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

More Than Just Games was created by Jonathan Friedrichs & Shannon Moore

in conjunction with the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre

2009

More Than Just Games:

Historical Background of the 1936 Olympics

On May 13, 1931 Berlin was officially chosen by the International Olympic Committee to be the host city of the 1936 Summer Games. Less than two years later, on January 30, 1933, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany. Within months Hitler had transformed the country into a dictatorship. Hitler openly blamed the Jews for causing the majority of Germany’s problems. Soon after coming to power, Hitler and the Nazis introduced a series of anti-Jewish laws that excluded Jews from partaking in most aspects of German life. Jews lost their jobs, Jewish children were banned from German schools, Jews were forbidden to enter certain public places, and Jews were prohibited from joining German sports teams. In 1935 Hitler introduced the Nuremberg Laws, which took German citizenship away from Jews and made it illegal for Jews to marry non-Jews. In addition to the persecution of Jews, Hitler also persecuted people with disabilities, blacks, gays, Gypsies (Roma) and most other people he deemed to be un-German.

Hitler’s racist views stemmed from his belief that Germans of pure blood were the most superior race of people on earth-- the so-called “Aryan Master Race.” He believed that the racial purity of the “Master Race” could only preserved by purging the country of all non-Aryans. Because of Hitler’s racial ideology, he was initially against the Olympics as he was opposed to the idea of blacks and Jews competing side-by-side with Aryans. The Nazi ideals of racism and conquest were contrary to the Olympic ideals of uniting the world’s people through peaceful sportsmanship. However, he soon realized the great propaganda value that the Olympics offered. Hitler had risen to power largely on the promise that he would restore the strength and honour that Germany lost following World War I. The Olympics would be Germany’s grand “coming out” party to the world. Hitler came to view the Berlin Olympics as a “war without weapons” (Large, 2007).

Several Jewish groups in Canada, the US, and elsewhere discussed boycotting the Berlin Olympics. These groups believed strongly that athletes should in no way support a country with such extreme human rights abuses. Hitler’s racist policies were at total odds with Olympic ideals. Facing pressure from these groups, the IOC considered moving the Games out of Germany. However, Hitler made just enough concessions to convince the IOC to keep the Games in Berlin. Leading up to the Games, he ordered the removal of several anti-Jewish signs in and around Olympic sites, he staged phony Jewish sports events for visiting members of the IOC, and he also permitted a half-Jewish athlete, Helene Mayer, to compete for Germany in the Summer Games. Because of these minor concessions, the IOC agreed to keep the Games in Berlin.

The Berlin Olympics were the largest to date. Over 4000 athletes from 49 countries around the world competed, overshadowing all previous Olympic Games. The Opening Ceremonies alone were striking, capped off with the release of 20 000 birds wearing coloured ribbons and showcasing the last leg of the Athens-to-Berlin torch relay, a tradition created by the Nazis (Hogan et al., 2003). Although some Jewish athletes from other countries won medals, and the African-American track and field star, Jesse Owens, made headlines by winning four golds, the 1936 Berlin Games were still a triumphant success for Hitler. The German team won more medals than any other country and Hitler successfully duped the world into thinking that Germany was more peaceful and tolerant than had been reported in newspapers around the world.

After the Olympics were over, however, Hitler aggressively renewed his pursuit towards genocide. Hitler revived his campaign against Jews and all other people living in Germany that did not fit the Aryan ideal. With the invasion of Poland in September 1939 and the advent of World War II, the Nazi campaign of racism and anti-Semitism was spread throughout the continent, culminating in the Holocaust and the devastating mass murder of millions of Europeans.

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More Than Just Games: Lesson 1

Veneers and Souvenirs

|Notes |Lesson Details |

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| |PART 1: A Become a Member of the IOC |

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| |Instructions: In groups of 4 or 5, students are to imagine they are part of the International Olympic Committee|

| |and will be creating a set of criteria for selecting host cities. These criteria should consider a number of |

| |factors, such as social responsibilities and international human rights. |

| |Teachers: Possible criteria might include geographical location, city infrastructure/adequate sports |

| |facilities, human rights and social issues, economic issues, environmental impact. |

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| |Students will then brainstorm the motivations behind becoming an Olympic host city. For example, what were the|

|PART 2 |motivations behind Vancouver’s bid to host the 2010 Winter Games? |

|Teacher Resource: |Student Resources: Lesson 1: Handout 1 |

|Athlete Bios | |

|1. Rafael Nadal: No. 1 ranked |PART 1: B 1936 Berlin Summer Games |

|Spanish tennis player. 2008 Olympic | |

|gold medal winner. |Instructions: In the same IOC groups, get students to brainstorm answers to the following questions: Why was |

| |Hitler enthused about hosting the 1936 Berlin Olympics? What were his motivations for hosting them? What was |

|2. Dara Torres: JEWISH American |he hoping to accomplish? |

|swimmer. Winner of 12 medals over 5 |Teacher: Hitler had two main goals for the Berlin Olympics |

|different Olympic Games. |1. Hitler came to power partly on the promise to restore strength and honour to the German people after it had |

| |been lost following World War The Berlin Olympics were to be an immense show of strength and to serve as |

|3. Shawn Green: JEWISH American |Germany’s “coming out” party to the world. |

|all-star baseball player. |2. He wanted to prove his racial theory that Aryans of “pure blood” were the most superior race of human |

| |beings. It was imperative to Hitler that the German Olympic team win more medals than any other race or |

|4. Kerri Strug: JEWISH American |country to show that Aryans were the strongest, healthiest and most athletically fit people in the world. |

|gymnast. 1996 Olympic gold medal | |

|winner. |Student Resources: Lesson 1: Handout 1 |

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|5. Dirk Nowitzki: German all-star |PART 2: A Pictures of Contemporary Athletes |

|basketball player. NBA MVP in 2007. | |

| |Instructions: As a class, look at the nine pictures of contemporary, |

|6. Marty Turco: JEWISH Canadian NHL |successful athletes. Have students guess which five athletes are Jewish. |

|all-star goalie. |Teacher: As there will be a range of answers, students will learn there is no one look for Jews. There are |

| |brief athlete bios in the left margin. |

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|No. 1 ranked Serbian tennis player. |Then show the Nazi propaganda pictures of the physical appearance of Jews contrasted with the physical |

| |appearance of the Aryan ‘master race’. Ask students to consider the different way the Jews and Aryans were |

|8. Kurt Angle: JEWISH American WWE |presented through Nazi propaganda. |

|wrestler. 1996 Olympic gold medal |Teacher: Students will learn there is no one look for any race or religion, yet propaganda and media images |

|winner. |often convince us otherwise. |

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|9. Tara Lipinski: American figure |Resources: Lesson 1: Handout 2; Lesson 1: Handout 3 |

|skater. 1998 Olympic gold medal | |

|winner. |PART 2: B Stereotyping in the Media Today |

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|Contemporary Athletes |Instructions: Distribute the Sports Columns handout to each student. For each sport provided on the handout, |

| |students will be directed to write down the first characteristics that come to mind around race, gender and |

| |physical appearance. Students will then answer the follow-up questions regarding the portrayal of race and |

| |religion in the media. |

|Nazi portrayal of Jews |Resources: Lesson 1: Handout 4 |

| |Optional Extension: Other than sport, consider the way that race is represented in other genres of media |

| |(music, movies, magazines…) Give examples of how racial stereotypes are perpetuated in these genres. |

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|Nazi portrayal of Aryans | |

| |PART 3 Historical Background of the 1936 Olympics |

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| |Instructions: Students will read the one-page historical background of the 1936 Berlin Olympics. After reading |

| |the passage, students will respond to the following questions: |

|PART 3 |In what ways did Hitler see the Berlin Games as an opportunity? |

| |What impeded the boycott movement? |

| |What means did the Nazis use to deceive the world during the Olympics? Were these methods successful? |

| |What role did the Berlin Olympics play in Hitler’s Holocaust? |

| |Students Resources: Lesson 1: Handout 5 |

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|Extension Activity 1: |

|Within the Historical Background of the Berlin Olympics, the image of 20 000 birds being released during the opening ceremonies is described. Using |

|a poem, free-write, sketch, or formal paragraph, outline how the Nazis freeing of the birds is an example of irony. Your response should discuss |

|irony, the symbolism of the use of birds and the historical context in Germany. |

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|Within the Historical Background of the Berlin Olympics the roots of the torch relay are traced to Nazi Germany. Knowing that the creation of the |

|torch relay is associated with the Nazis, do you think that this tradition should continue? Develop a statement of opinion in response to this |

|question and use three pieces of evidence/opinion to support your statement. These opinion pieces can be written as op. eds for the newspaper, |

|recorded as radio awareness ads, or filmed. |

More Than Just Games: Lesson 2

The Ringing Dilemma

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| |PART 1: A TIMELINE ACTIVITY |

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| |Instructions: Read the Timeline. Using classroom resources, library and/or the internet, add one to two |

| |points of your own to all timeline events. |

| |Resources: Lesson 2: Handout 1 |

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| |PART 1: B SOCIAL CLIMATE IN CANADA |

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| |Instructions: Using the handout that reviews four different groups in Canada, students are to connect each |

|1936 |group to one event on the timeline. Within these connections, students should consider how each group would |

| |have been impacted or would have reacted. |

| |Resources: Lesson 2: Handout 1; Lesson 2: Handout 2 |

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| |PART 1: C FOR OR AGAINST THE BERLIN OLYMPICS |

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| |Instructions: Using the four different groups in Canada outlined in Lesson2: Handout 2, students are to |

| |consider which of these groups would have been in favour of attending the Berlin Olympics, and which would have|

| |been opposed. In the space provided on the handout, students should indicate the opinions of the groups and |

| |the rationale for these opinions. |

| |Resources: Lesson 2: Handout 2 |

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|PART 2 |PART 2: A DEBATE |

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| |Instructions: Divide the class into two groups. One side will think of arguments for attending the 1936 |

| |Olympics. The other side will think of arguments for boycotting. Remind the students to consider all the |

| |groups that were examined in Part 1. Once students have finished preparing the arguments, choose to mediate |

| |the debate in the style you see fit. (ie. Teacher as mediator, using a talking stick, timed debates, |

| |opening/closing/rebutting time frames…) |

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| |PART 2: B Personal Response |

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| |Instructions: After the debate, students will write their own personal response to the issue of whether or not|

| |individual athletes or entire countries should have boycotted the Berlin Games. |

More Than Just Games: Lesson 3

Athletes Banned Together

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|PRE –LESSON |Instructions: Use the discussion questions from Lesson 3: Handout 1 with your class in order to promote |

| |thinking about athletes, social responsibility, and activism. |

|Opening Questions: |Resources: Lesson 3: Handout 1 |

|These questions are designed to get |Optional Connection: Use a current issue related to an athlete who is in the news as a result of something |

|students thinking about the |from their personal lives. For example, having students create a current events blog may get them talking and |

|responsibilities of athletes, and |thinking about the intersection of athletes and politics. |

|the role of politics in sport. |2009 example: Michael Phelps |

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| |PART 1: A Biography: Bobbie ‘Fannie’ Rosenfeld |

|Intro to Activism: | |

|The activities in Part 1 are |Instructions: Use the exhibit at the Jewish Women’s Archive to explore the biography of Bobbie ‘Fannie’ |

|designed to familiarize students |Rosenfeld. |

|with Jewish Canadian athlete Bobbie |Resources: |

|‘Fannie’ Rosenfeld and the concept |Student Resources: Lesson 3: Handout 1 |

|of athletes as activists. Students |PART 1: B Activism: Gender |

|will be looking at Bobbie Rosenfeld | |

|through these three categories: |Instructions: Following the format of the handout (Lesson3: Handout 1), students will discuss gender |

|biography |assumptions for males and females, discuss gender activism, and consider whether or not Rosenfeld was an |

|activism |activist. Then in the two subsequent sections, entitled From Athlete to Activist 1& 2, students look |

|3) impact |specifically at Bobbie Rosenfeld as a gender activist. |

| |Student Resources: Lesson 3: Handout 1 |

| |Optional Quote Connection: Rosenfeld’s father was heard saying, ‘Dat’s my girl, Fannie,’ while watching his |

| |daughter compete. Is making your parents proud important to you? What medium do you feel you have made a |

| |connection with your parents? |

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| |PART 1: C Activism: Impact |

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| |Instructions: Students are to answer two questions surrounding the impact of Rosenfeld’s career as an athlete |

| |and a reporter. Then, in the section entitled Reporting on the Reporter, students are to read two print |

| |sources/ examples of Rosenfeld’s writing and consider how she uses her role as a reporter to continue to |

| |challenge stereotypical gender roles. |

| |Student Resources: Lesson 3: Handout 1 |

| |Articles can be found at: |

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| |Jewish Women’s Archive: |

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|Class Connection: |Part 2 Pondering |

|Students are to consider the | |

|following questions: Which has more |Instructions: For this section students are going to be reflecting on the actions taken by international |

|of an impact, attending the Olympics|athletes in relation to the 1936 Olympics. Students will be looking at international athletes that attended, |

|or not attending the Olympics as a |boycotted, or were banned from attending. After looking at the short quotes pertaining to international Jewish |

|form of protest? |athletes, students are to consider: Which action, attending or not attending, has more impact as a form of |

|PART 2 |protest? |

| |Resources: Lesson 3: Handout 2 |

| |PART 2: A Biography: Choosing an Athlete |

|International Athletes | |

|Attended |Instructions: Students will first explore the library or internet to find out which international and Canadian|

| |Jewish athletes attended, boycotted, or were not able to attend the Nazi Olympics. The students have been |

|Helene Mayer |given a chart with some names on their handout (duplicated on the left) to get their research started. |

| |Resources: Lesson 3: Handout 2 |

|Boycotted |Further Instructions: After students have explored a multitude of Jewish athletes, and placed some more names |

| |on the chart, they are to focus on one Canadian athlete of interest. As they did with Bobbie Rosenfeld, they |

|Norman Connors |are to outline five elements of the athlete’s life. |

|Lillian Copeland |PART 2: B Activism |

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|Syd Koff |Instructions: After they have focused on an athlete, they are to create their own activist criteria to compare|

| |their athlete to. There is also a piece written by Sammy Luftspring and Norman Yak regarding their decision not|

|Unable to Attend |to participate in the games. Students should use the criteria they created to reflect on the statements made |

| |by Luftspring and Yak. |

|Gretel Bergmann |Resources: Lesson 3: Handout 2 |

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|Irving Maretzky |PART 3 Assignment Option |

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|Boycotted |Instructions: Students are to find a current athlete of their choice who is making a political statement |

| |outside of sport. They are to outline five elements of this athlete’s life, explain the issue that the athlete|

|Sammy Luftspring |represents and evaluate the work of this athlete according to the criteria created in Part 2:B. |

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|Henry Cieman, | |

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|Post Lesson Thinker: Should governments be allowed to ban their athletes from being political? |

|Canadian Olympic Committee President Dick Pound made crystal clear to the Canadian Olympians, “If it is so tough for you that you can’t bear not to say |

|anything, then stay at home.” USA basketball and Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said, “None of these athletes [has] a responsibility to be political. They have |

|the responsibility to represent their country.” |

More Than Just Games: Lesson 4

Silent Applause

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| |PART 1: A Opening Writing Activity: Inaction as Participation |

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|In the last lesson we looked at the |Writing Prompt: Choosing not to help when you know there is injustice occurring is actually choosing to |

|athlete’s choice not to attend as an|participate in that injustice. |

|act of resistance. In this lesson |Instructions: Using the prompt, have the students write their initial reactions to this statement. Either in |

|we will look instead at non-action |partners, or in a large group have students share their initial reactions. |

|as an act of compliance |Resources: Lesson 4: Handout 1 |

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| |PART 1: B Photo Activity: Inaction as Participation |

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| |Instructions: Using the image of the Little Polish Boy, ask students to write down their initial reactions to |

| |the photo using the three question prompts on the handout. Have students share their responses in pairs. |

| |Resources: Lesson 4: Handout 1 |

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| |PART 1: C Poem Activity: Inaction as Participation |

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| |Instructions: As a class, read the poem, To The Little Polish Boy Standing With His Arm Up, by Peter Fischl. |

| |Have students answer the questions connected to the poem. |

| |Resources: Lesson 4: Handout 1 |

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|PART 2 |PART 2: A Opening Writing Activity: Inaction as Participation |

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| |Writing Prompt: Canadians should help people in other nations who are victims of human rights discriminations. |

| |Instructions: Have the students record their initial reactions to the prompt |

| |Resources: Lesson 4: Handout 2 |

| |Partner Connection: Start by sharing initial reactions. Then as a class, consider why some people think Canada|

| |should only be concerned with internal politics. Ask students if they can think of examples of Canada helping |

| |other nations/or failing to help other nations. |

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| |PART 2: B Inaction as Participation |

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| |Instructions: Students are to consider what was known in Canada and around the world about Nazi policies and |

| |practices. Using primary and secondary source documents from the handout, students will be looking to prove |

| |that Canadians were aware of the human rights discriminations being committed by the Nazi party. The suggested|

| |websites and primary source documents included on the handout are intended only as a starting place for |

| |research. Further research is encouraged. |

| |Resources: Lesson 4: Handout 2 |

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| |Statement: The Canadian government had discriminatory immigration laws |

| |Resources: Lesson 4: Handout 2 (Source 1) |

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| |Statement: There was anti-Semitism in Canada. |

| |Resources: Lesson 4: Handout 2 (Sources 2, 3 & 4, 5) |

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| |Statement: The attitude of the Canadian government at the Evian Conference was anti-Semitic. |

| |Resources: Lesson 4: Handout 2 (Sources 5 & 6) |

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| |Statement: The refusal of the SS. St. Louis to dock in Canada was an act of anti-Semitism. |

| |Resources: Lesson 4: Handout 2 (Sources 7a &7b) |

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| |Overall Question: |

| |The Canadian government/people knew about Nazi policies and human rights violations |

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| |PART 2: C A Concerto For You: Inaction as Participation |

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| |Instructions: For this activity students will be connecting to the ideas presented in Peter Fischl’s poem. |

| |Fischl wanted to make a concerto, a monument, a painting, a composition, so that the world would know and not |

| |be able to turn their heads away. The students will be creating a public awareness campaign that embraces |

| |Fischl’s ideas and passion. |

| |Resources: Lesson 4: Handout 3 |

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| |Optional connection: Make a video, radio ad, newspaper ad, or internet campaign about a human rights violation|

| |that is occurring in the world right now. |

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More Than Just Games: Lesson 5

Reflections

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| |Instructions: Using the image and the questions from the discussion section of the handout, consider the role |

| |of human rights in the Olympics. |

| |Resources: Lesson 5: Handout 1 |

| |2008 Olympics: |

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| |PART 1: A Basic Image Analysis |

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| |Instructions: As a class, look at the images and answer the basic, first impression prompts on each image. |

| |Resources: Lesson 5: Handout 1 |

| |1936 Olympics: |

| |1968 Olympics: |

| |1972 Olympics: |

| |2008 Olympics: |

| |Optional Connection: There has been a documentary film made about the famous 1968 Olympics podium picture. The|

|[pic] |film outlines the historical background, impact and stories of the athletes involved. |

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| |PART 1: B Research |

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| |Instructions: Divide your class into groups of three. Assign each group one Olympic image, there will be more |

| |than one group doing the same image. Students are to research the incident that the image represents and |

| |outline the historical context of the incident. |

| |Resources: Lesson 5: Handout 1 |

| |Recommended Time: One library or lab period |

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| |Optional Connection: Using the 1936 podium picture, is there a difference in the way the students view the |

| |American salute and the Nazi salute? Consider what each represents. |

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| |PART 1: C Creating An Exhibit |

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| |Instructions: Students will be using their research to help them create a museum wall hanging that includes a |

| |copy of their image and a ‘picture tag’. Students will be using their research templates to complete this task.|

| |Specific criteria for this activity is on the accompanying handout. |

| |Resources: Lesson 5: Handout 1 |

| |Further Instructions: Have the students display their wall hangings. In their curator groups, have the |

| |students proceed through the class, as if wandering through a museum, and take notes about each image on the |

| |walkabout portion of their handout. |

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| |Optional Activity: Have students find an image of their own choice from the Olympics outlined above, or from an|

| |Olympics of their choice. Then follow the steps of filling in the research template, creating an exhibit, and |

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| |walkabout. |

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| |PART 2: A Vancouver 2010 Research |

|Vancouver 2010 Olympics | |

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| |Class discussion: Brainstorm the social, environmental, and economic conflicts surrounding the 2010 Vancouver |

| |Olympics. Have the students record these ideas on the brainstorm charts on the handout. The brainstorm is |

| |intended to help guide the students’ research for the next step. |

| |Instructions: Using newspaper articles or the internet, have the students do further research into some of the|

| |issues related to the 2010 Olympics. Ensure students have filled in a few examples in each category (social, |

| |environmental, and economic). They will be using them for the drawing activity. |

| |Resources: Lesson 5: Handout 2 |

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| |PART 2: B Vancouver 2010 Political Cartoon |

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| |Instructions: Students will be using a blank Olympic podium template to create political cartoons that focus |

| |on the social, environmental and economic conflicts. |

| |Resources: Lesson 5: Handout 3 |

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| |The cartoon represents at least one of the issues related to the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. |

| |provide a 2-3 sentence written explanation of the issue you are |

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| |neatness and originality |

| |uses either symbolism, satire, caricature, exaggeration, caption, |

| |labels, thought balloons or word balloons. |

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| |Optional Activity: Using the same assignment criteria, students can create their own cartoon without the podium|

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|PART 1: A Become a Member of the IOC |

Instructions: Imagine you are members of the International Olympic Committee, and you need to construct a clear set of criteria for selecting an Olympic host city. You must:

▪ Use five different pieces of criteria

▪ Consider the responsibilities of the city to its citizens

▪ Consider the responsibilities of the host country to the international community

▪ Consider the appropriateness of the city for an event of this magnitude

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Now, choose a city that you think best meets your criteria.

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Brainstorm the motivations behind becoming an Olympic host city. For example, what were the motivations behind Vancouver’s bid to host the 2010 Winter Games?

More Than Just Games: Athlete Images

Lesson 1: Handout 2

More Than Just Games: Nazi Propaganda

Lesson 1: Handout 3

Nazi portrayal of Jews

Nazi portrayal of Aryans

All images from this handout are referenced at the end of the unit.

More Than Just Games: Sports ‘Columns’

Lesson 1: Handout 4

Fill in the blank spaces below by writing down the first characteristics that come to mind for each sport. If someone were to say to you “What does a typical hockey player look like?” what traits would you come up with? What are a typical hockey player’s race, gender and physical appearance? If you know the name of a famous athlete of that sport write it down as well and see how closely it matches your descriptions.

|SPORT |RACE |GENDER |PHYSICAL APPEARANCE |FAMOUS ATHLETE |

|Hockey | | | | |

|Basketball | | | | |

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|Karate | | | | |

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|Table Tennis | | | | |

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|Figure Skating | | | | |

|100 Metre Dash | | | | |

|Boxing | | | | |

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Follow-Up Questions

|1) Choose 3 of the sports listed above and describe why you came up with your descriptions. |

|2) Do you think the media’s portrayal of athletes in newspapers, magazines, ads, or TV influenced what you wrote down? |

|3) The Nazis used propaganda to portray Jews negatively and Aryans positively. Do you think propaganda is used in society today to portray |

|certain races or religions well and others poorly? Explain using specific examples. |

More Than Just Games: Historical Background of the 1936 Olympics

Lesson 1: Handout 5

On May 13, 1931 Berlin was officially chosen by the International Olympic Committee to be the host city of the 1936 Summer Games. Less than two years later, on January 30, 1933, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany. Within months Hitler had transformed the country into a dictatorship. Hitler openly blamed the Jews for causing the majority of Germany’s problems. Soon after coming to power, Hitler and the Nazis introduced a series of anti-Jewish laws that excluded Jews from partaking in most aspects of German life. Jews lost their jobs, Jewish children were banned from German schools, Jews were forbidden to enter certain public places, and Jews were prohibited from joining German sports teams. In 1935 Hitler introduced the Nuremberg Laws, which took German citizenship away from Jews and made it illegal for Jews to marry non-Jews. In addition to the persecution of Jews, Hitler also persecuted people with disabilities, blacks, gays, Gypsies (Roma) and most other people he deemed to be un-German.

Hitler’s racist views stemmed from his belief that Germans of pure blood were the most superior race of people on earth-- the so-called “Aryan Master Race.” He believed that the racial purity of the “Master Race” could only preserved by purging the country of all non-Aryans. Because of Hitler’s racial ideology, he was initially against the Olympics as he was opposed to the idea of blacks and Jews competing side-by-side with Aryans. The Nazi ideals of racism and conquest were contrary to the Olympic ideals of uniting the world’s people through peaceful sportsmanship. However, he soon realized the great propaganda value that the Olympics offered. Hitler had risen to power largely on the promise that he would restore the strength and honour that Germany lost following World War 1. The Olympics would be Germany’s grand “coming out” party to the world. Hitler came to view the Berlin Olympics as a “war without weapons” (Large, 2007).

Several Jewish groups in Canada, the US, and elsewhere discussed boycotting the Berlin Olympics. These groups believed strongly that athletes should in no way support a country with such extreme human rights abuses. Hitler’s racist policies were at total odds with Olympic ideals. Facing pressure from these groups, the IOC considered moving the Games out of Germany. However, Hitler made just enough concessions to convince the IOC to keep the Games in Berlin. Leading up to the Games, he ordered the removal of several anti-Jewish signs in and around Olympic sites, he staged phony Jewish sports events for visiting members of the IOC, and he also permitted a half-Jewish athlete, Helene Mayer, to compete for Germany in the Summer Games. Because of these minor concessions, the IOC agreed to keep the Games in Berlin.

The Berlin Olympics were the largest to date. Over 4000 athletes from 49 countries around the world competed, overshadowing all previous Olympic Games. The Opening Ceremonies alone were striking, capped off with the release of 20,000 birds wearing coloured ribbons and showcasing the last leg of the Athens-to-Berlin torch relay, a tradition created by the Nazis (Hogan et al., 2003). Although some Jewish athletes from other countries won medals, and the African-American track and field star, Jesse Owens, made headlines by winning four golds, the 1936 Berlin Games were still a triumphant success for Hitler. The German team won more medals than any other country and Hitler successfully duped the world into thinking that Germany was more peaceful and tolerant than had been reported in newspapers around the world.

After the Olympics were over, however, Hitler aggressively renewed his pursuit towards genocide. Hitler revived his campaign against Jews and all other people living in Germany that did not fit the Aryan ideal. With the invasion of Poland in September 1939 and the advent of World War 2, the Nazi campaign of racism and anti-Semitism was spread throughout the continent, culminating in the Holocaust and the devastating mass murder of millions of Europeans.

|May 13, 1931 |

|International Olympic Committee chooses |

|Berlin to host 1936 Summer Games |

|January 30, 1933 |

|Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of |

|Germany |

|March 20, 1933 |

|Nazis build the first permanent |

|concentration camp at Dachau |

|April 1933 |

|Jews excluded from government, national |

|sports teams, and many professions |

|September 15, 1935 |

|Nuremberg Laws passed in Germany |

|1935 |

|Canadian Jewish Congress identifies 12 anti-Semitic groups in Canada |

|1934-1936 |

|Canadian Jewish Congress unsuccessfully |

|pushes for Canada to boycott the Games |

|Summer 1936 |

|Removal of anti-Semitic signs around Olympic sites |

|August 1936 |

|Summer Olympics in Berlin |

|August 1936 |

|The Canadian Olympic team wins 9 |

|medals—among them, Jewish basketball player Irving Meretsky |

More Than Just Games: Perspectives

Lesson 2: Handout 2

PART 1: B SOCIAL CLIMATE in CANADA in the 1930s

The perspectives of four different groups or individuals are indicated below. Connect these groups to the events on your timeline. Consider how each group would have been impacted or would have reacted to one event on the timeline.

|Member of the Canadian |Prime Minister William Lyon |

|Jewish Congress |Mackenzie King |

|The CJC was an advocacy group for Jewish rights in Canada. They |Was not publicly sympathetic to the Jewish plight at home or |

|reported on anti-Semitic groups in Canada. They pushed the |abroad. |

|Canadian government to boycott the Olympics due to Germany’s | |

|anti-Jewish laws. | |

|Jewish Canadian Olympic athlete |Non-Jewish Canadian Olympic athlete |

|Jewish athletes wanted to compete internationally in their sport |Olympic athletes have devoted their entire lives to training and |

|but were torn between giving up their dreams and participating in|excelling in their sport. |

|Hitler’s Olympics. | |

PART 1: C FOR OR AGAINST THE BERLIN OLYMPICS

Consider which of these groups would have been in favour of attending the Berlin Olympics and which would have been opposed. In the boxes below, indicate the opinions of the groups and the rationale for these opinions.

|Member of the Canadian |Prime Minister William Lyon |

|Jewish Congress |Mackenzie King |

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|Jewish Canadian Olympic athlete |Non-Jewish Canadian Olympic athlete |

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More Than Just Games: Athletes Banned Together

Lesson 3: Handout 1

PRE-LESSON DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

|1. Do you think athletes have a responsibility to uphold a |3. Can you think of any examples of athletes who have |

|particular image, as they are often role models for youth? |successfully carried through with a cause? |

|2. Do you think athletes should use their fame to pursue social,|4. If you were a professional athlete, what cause, if any, would|

|political or environmental causes? |you promote? Explain. |

|PART 1: A Biography: Bobbie ‘Fannie’ Rosenfeld |

Choose five aspects of Bobbie Rosenfeld’s life to highlight. These are the five events that

you feel are the most relevant to her life.

|Event |Explanation: Expand on the event & why it is important |

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|Resources to start your research: |

|Jewish Women's Archive. "JWA - Bobbie Rosenfeld - Biography." (January 18, 2009).|

|Jewish Women's Archive. "JWA - Bobbie Rosenfeld - Timeline." (January 18, |

|2009). |

|PART 1: B Gender Activism |

"If any single individual epitomized women's sport in the 1920's, she did." (JWA)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: In groups/partners list the societal expectations for gender

|Societal expectations for males |Societal expectations for females |

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SPORT SPECIFIC:

|In what ways does sport have the potential to disrupt gender |In what ways does sport solidify gender assumptions? |

|norms? | |

|In what ways did Rosenfeld challenge stereotypical gender roles? |

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From Athlete to Activist 1: Read the quote about Rosenfeld and then consider the question:

Many watching this performance realized that Rosenfeld could have continued her push forward and won another medal. Instead she, "stayed at Jean's shoulder to the finish and then let Jean finish fourth, taking fifth for herself." As the team manager Alexandrine Gibb remembered it, "Bobbie Rosenfeld's sportsmanship in this event was one of the high spots of the games....In the annals of women's athletics, there is no finer deed than this." (JWA).

|Student Questions: Do you read this story at all through gender? |

|Is being a ‘good sport’ a form of activism? |

From Athlete to Activist 2: Using five statements made by Rosenfeld, students are to consider: In what ways did Rosenfeld use sport as a medium for activism?

|"No longer are we athletes the pretty maids of yesteryear. Our perfect 36's are being ruined, our features are becoming quite |

|'Frankensteinish,' shout these croquet and pat-ball advocators, all because we are no longer satisfied with being just a 'rib of Adam', but |

|we have elected to hurl the discus, throw the javelin, run and jump as 'Adam' does...."(JWA) |

|“The modern girl is a better worker and a happier woman by reason of the healthy pleasure she takes in tennis, hockey, lacrosse, swimming, |

|running, jumping and other sports. The sacrifices which girls have to make to keep themselves fit are all for the good. They work better |

|because they play better. When one sees the well-filled playing fields today, one has no fear for the future of Canadian womanhood...."(JWA)|

|“The girl athletes have successfully crashed the sacred sanctum of men's sports realms. The sporting public likes them and wants |

|them..."(JWA) |

|“Would all this ballyhoo of leathery-limbs, flat chests, physical injury, be a direct result of male resentment to the female intrusion of |

|their athletic circle? Can it be that they just 'can't take it?'"(JWA) |

|“Athletic maids to arms!...We are taking up the sword, and high time it is, in defense of our so-called athletic bodies to give the lie to |

|those pen flourishers who depict us not as paragons of feminine physique, beauty and health, but rather as Amazons and ugly ducklings all |

|because we have become sports-minded...” (JWA) |

|PART 1: C Activism: Impact |

Link: What long lasting impact do you think Rosenfeld’s involvement in sport would have? How did her activism continue in her career as a reporter?

Reporting on the Reporter: Students are to read the two print sources/ examples of Rosenfeld’s writing and consider how she uses her role as a reporter to continue to challenge stereotypical gender roles.

More Than Just Games: Athletes Banned Together

Lesson 3: Handout 2

|PART 2 PONDERING |

After looking at the short quotes pertaining to international Jewish athletes, consider: Which action, attending or not attending, has more impact as a form of protest?

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|Attended |Boycotted |

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|Hoping ‘to show what a Jew could do,’ and ‘to use [her] talent |Herman Neugrass, American sprinter, speaking to New Orleans |

|as a weapon against Nazi ideology,’ Margaret Lambert (nicknamed |Times-Picayune: “ I feel it to be my duty to express my |

|Gretel) wanted to compete in the 1936 Olympics for Germany. |unequivocal opinion that this country should not participate in |

|Though she tied the German high-jump record, she was not allowed |the Olympic contests, if they are held in Germany” (Large, 2007).|

|to compete. Lambert emigrated to the United States in 1937. The | |

|stadium she was not allowed to enter as an athlete in 1936 is now| |

|named for her. | |

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|PART 2: A Biography: Choosing an Athlete |

Instructions: Explore the library or internet to find out which international and Canadian Jewish athletes attended, boycotted, or were not able to attend the 1936 Olympics. Start by looking at athletes who have been included on the chart below. Record your additions on the chart.

International Athletes

|Attended |Boycotted |Unable to Attend |

|Helene Mayer |Norman Connors |Gretel Bergmann |

| |Lillian Copeland | |

| |Milton Green | |

| |Syd Koff | |

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Canadian Athletes

|Attended |Boycotted |Unable to Attend |

|Irving Maretzky |Sammy Luftspring | |

| |Henry Cieman | |

| |Frank Stack | |

| |Norman 'Baby' Yack | |

Further Instructions: After you have explored a multitude of Jewish athletes, and placed some more names on the chart, choose one Jewish Canadian athlete of interest. As you did with Bobbie Rosenfeld’s biography, you are to outline five elements of the athlete’s life.

|Event |Explanation: Expand on the event & why it is important |

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|Activism |

Instructions: Would you consider the athlete you have chosen an activist? Why or why not?

Response Format: Create three pieces of criteria that you would use to identify an activist. Compare the athlete of your choice to this criteria.

|Criteria |Comparing Your Athlete |

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|On July 7, 1936, The Toronto Star printed a letter to the editor that read in part: |

|By Sammy Luftspring & Norman ‘Baby’ Yak |

|“We desire to advise you that we have decided not to take part in the boxing trials to be held in Montreal to select the Canadian Olympic team. It is a |

|matter of keen disappointment to us to turn down the opportunity of trying for the great honor and privilege of making a place on the Canadian team. |

|However, we have gone into the question very carefully with our families and friends in the community, and find that we cannot act differently from what |

|we have decided. We know that we, as Canadian boys, would be personally safe, and perhaps well received in Germany. But can we forget the way the German |

|Government is treating the Jewish boys in Germany? |

|We are making a personal sacrifice in refusing the chance, and we are sure that all true Canadian sportsmen will appreciate that we would have been very |

|low to hurt the feelings of our fellow-Jews by going to a land that would exterminate them if it could. We wish the Canadian team every success.” |

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|PART 3 Assignment Option |

|Instructions: Find a current athlete of your choice who is making a political statement outside of sport. You should: |

|outline five elements of this athlete’s life |

|explain the issue/cause/political statement that the athlete represents |

|evaluate the work of this athlete according to the criteria that you created |

|Post Lesson Thinker: Should governments be allowed to ban their athletes from being political? |

|The British Olympic Association told its teams in writing that they are forbidden to speak out “on any politically sensitive issues.” Other |

|countries have done the same. Canadian Olympic Committee President Dick Pound made crystal clear to the Canadian Olympians, “If it is so tough for |

|you that you can’t bear not to say anything, then stay at home.” USA basketball and Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said, “None of these athletes [has] a|

|responsibility to be political. They have the responsibility to represent their country.” And International Olympic Committee head Jacques Rogge has|

|also said that “political factors” need to be kept away from the games. |

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More Than Just Games: Silent Applause

Lesson 4: Handout 1

|PART 1: A Opening Writing Activity: Inaction as Participation |

Instructions: In a free-write, express your reactions to this statement. Consider whether you agree or disagree. Consider this statement in relation to a situation in the school, such as bullying. Consider this statement in relation to a situation in society, such as the use of racial slurs or racist language.

Choosing not to help when you know there is injustice occurring is actually choosing to participate in that injustice.

|PART 1:B Photo Activity: Inaction as Participation |



Initial Reactions:

1) Write down a list of words for all of the things that are seen in this image?

2) What stands out the most for you in the image? Explain.

3) What is your emotional reaction to the image? What emotional words would you

attach to this image?

|Follow-Up Question |

|Consider all of the people connected to this photo, including the photographer. Which of these people do you consider participants|

|in the Nazi actions? |

|PART 1: C Poem Activity: Inaction as Participation |

|To The Little Polish Boy Standing with his Arms Up | |

|-Peter L. Fischl |Standing with your Little hat |

| |on your head |

|To The Little Polish Boy Standing With His Arms Up |The Star of David |

|I would like to be an artist |on your coat |

|So I could make a Painting of you |Standing in the ghetto |

|Little Polish Boy |with your arms up |

| |as many Nazi machine guns |

|Standing with your Little hat |pointing at you |

|on your head | |

|The Star of David |And the World who said nothing |

|on your coat | |

|Standing in the ghetto |I'll make this painting so bright |

|with your arms up |that it will blind the eyes |

|as many Nazi machine guns |of the world who saw nothing |

|pointing at you | |

| |Ten billion miles high will be the monument |

|I would make a monument of you |so the whole universe can remember of you |

|and the world who said nothing |Little Polish Boy |

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|I would like to be a composer |Standing with your Little hat |

|so I could write a concerto of you |on your head |

|Little Polish Boy |The Star of David |

| |on your coat |

|Standing with your Little hat |Standing in the ghetto |

|on your head |with your arms up |

|The Star of David |as many Nazi machine guns pointing at you |

|on your coat | |

|Standing in the ghetto |And the monument will tremble so the blind world |

|with your arms up |Now |

|as many Nazi machine guns |will know |

|pointing at you |What fear is in the darkness |

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|I would write a concerto of you |The world |

|and the world who said nothing |Who said nothing |

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|I am not an artist |I am not a composer |

|But my mind had painted |but I will write a composition |

|a painting of you |for five trillion trumpets |

| |so it will blast the ear drums |

|Ten Million Miles High is the Painting |of this world |

|so the whole universe can see you Now | |

|Little Polish Boy |The world's |

| |Who heard nothing |

|I would write a concerto of you | |

|and the world who said nothing |I |

| |am |

|I am not an artist |Sorry |

|But my mind had painted |that |

|a painting of you |It was you |

| |and |

|Ten Million Miles High is the Painting |Not me |

|so the whole universe can see you Now | |

|Little Polish Boy | |

|Why do you think Peter Fischl wrote this poem? What is the message of the poem? |

More Than Just Games: Silent Applause

Lesson 4: Handout 2

Instructions: Using the primary and secondary sources on the following pages, consider the following statements. You should develop an opinion statement, in agreement or disagreement with the statements below, and then use specific pieces of evidence from the documents to support your opinion.

The Canadian government had discriminatory immigration laws.

|Opinion: |

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|Evidence: |

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There was anti-Semitism in Canada.

|Opinion: |

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|Evidence: |

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The attitude of the Canadian government at the Evian Conference was anti-Semitic.

|Opinion: |

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|Evidence: |

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The refusal of the SS St. Louis to dock in Canada was an act of anti-Semitism.

|Opinion: |

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|Evidence: |

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Overall Statement:

The Canadian government/people knew about Nazi policies and human rights violations.

|Opinion: |

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|Evidence: |

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|Anti-Semitism & Immigration Laws |

SOURCE 1:

[pic]

SOURCE 2:

[pic]

SOURCE 3:

[pic]

SOURCE 4:

|[pic] |

|Immigration Policy & The Evian Conference |

|SOURCE 5: |

[pic]

SOURCE 6:

[pic]

|The SS St. Louis |

SOURCE 7a & b:

More Than Just Games: Silent Applause

Lesson 4: Handout 3

Instructions: For this assignment, you will be connecting to the ideas presented in Peter Fischl’s poem. Fischl wanted to make a concerto, a monument, and a painting, so that the world would know and not be able to turn their heads away. Using Fischl’s passion and commitment to making the world see, you will be creating a public awareness campaign that outlines the human rights discriminations being committed by Hitler and the Nazis and that demands action.

Assignment Criteria

|Your campaign must outline at least three specific human rights discriminations committed by Hitler and the Nazi |

|party. |

|Your campaign must find a way to get the public’s attention. Some ideas for your campaign: |

|Image |

|Letter to the public |

|Song |

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|Propaganda Poster |

|Newspaper column |

|Monument |

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|Rally |

|Public Awareness Day |

|Idea of Your Own |

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|You will be submitting a proposal and example of the materials you will be using. |

|Your campaign must outline three concrete expectations. These are expectations of: |

|the government |

|the people |

|immigration policies |

More Than Just Games: Reflections

Lesson 5: Handout 1

|Discussion |

1. What is the message of this image?

2. Do you think the human rights should be considered when choosing a country to host the Olympics?

|PART 1: A Basic Image Analysis |

Using the four images consider the following questions:

1. Describe what you see at the centre of each picture.

2. What are the prominent colours or shades?

3. Who/ What is in the background of each picture?

4. Where/from what distance is the photographer in relation to the main image?

5. What action is taking place?

6. What emotions or feelings does this image convey?

Berlin 1936 Mexico City 1968

Munich 1972 Beijing 2008

|PART 1: B Research |

After you have been assigned your image, in groups of three fill out the template below:

|Capturing The Incident |

|When: |

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|Where: |

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|Who: |

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|What: |

|Backwards Through Time |

|Trace the conflict backwards. What led to this incident? |

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|Sources |

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|Websites Used: |

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|PART 1: C Creating an Exhibit |

Assignment: Imagine that you are a museum curator, and your museum is hosting an exhibit of monumental/controversial Olympic images. As a curator, you must decide what text will accompany your image. What story do you want told?

Instructions: Using your research template, create a ‘picture tag’ to go with your image.

Your ‘picture tag’ should:

1. Be presented in good copy format

2. Be paired with a print of your image

3. Include a description of the image

4. Outline the historical context

5. Include a meaningful title

Walkabout Sheet

|Image Response |Questions |

|What Olympics? |Do you have any questions about the image that were not answered |

| |in the picture tag? |

|Incident: | |

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|Historical Context: | |

|What Olympics? |Do you have any questions about the image that were not answered |

| |in the picture tag? |

|Incident: | |

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|Historical Context: | |

|What Olympics? |Do you have any questions about the image that were not answered |

| |in the picture tag? |

|Incident: | |

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|Historical Context: | |

|What Olympics? |Do you have any questions about the image that were not answered |

| |in the picture tag? |

|Incident: | |

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|Historical Context: | |

|What Olympics? |Do you have any questions about the image that were not answered |

| |in the picture tag? |

|Incident: | |

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|Historical Context: | |

Post Walkabout Reflection:

1. After viewing all of the images, which do you consider to be the most significant? Explain.

2. What overall story do these images tell?

More Than Just Games: Reflections

Lesson 5: Handout 2

|PART 2: A Vancouver 2010 Research |

|Social |Environmental |Economic |

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Now, use the internet to add to this chart. Use the brainstorm as a guide for your research.

|PART 2: B Vancouver 2010 Political Cartoon |

Instructions: As many iconic Olympic images have taken place on the Olympic podium, you will be using a blank Olympic podium template to create a political cartoon for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. You can either use each step of the podium to represent a social, environmental and economic conflicts, or you can choose to focus on one of the categories.

Assignment Criteria:

|The cartoon represents at least one of the issues related to the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. |

|provide a 2-3 sentence written explanation of the issue you are trying to encapsulate |

|Image |

|neatness and originality |

|uses either symbolism, satire, caricature, exaggeration, caption, labels, colour, or light |

|and dark |

|Title |

|appropriate and original |

More Than Just Games: Reflections

Lesson 5: Handout 3

General References

Hogan, David J. (Ed.). (2003). The Holocaust chronicle: A history of words and pictures.

Lincolnwood, IL: International.

Large, David Clay. (2007). Nazi games: The Olympics of 1936. New York: W.W. Norton

Company & Company Inc.

Picture References for Lesson 1: Contemporary Athletes

Lesson 1: Handout 2 (References correspond with numbers on the photos)

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Picture References for Lesson 1: Nazi portrayal of Jews

Lesson 1: Handout 3 (References correspond with photos from left to right)

1. Yad Vashem Photo Archives

2. Yad Vashem Photo Archives



3. Yad Vashem Photo Archives



4. Photo from Der Stürmer



5. Yad Vashem Photo Archives



6. “Der Jude”



Picture References for Lesson 1: Nazi portrayal of Aryans

1. Volk und Rasse



2. Aryan Women



3. Torch Relay Poster



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Would you consider Luftspring and Yak activists?

What is the impact of using such exaggerated images?

Which stanza do you think has the most impact? Explain.

Instructions: Using the timeline points on the right hand side, add one or two notes of your own to the space on the left hand side. You may use the internet, classroom resources or the library to complete this task.

Source 1:

Timeline

Source 2:

CJC &

Jewish Children

Source 3:

UNRRA Letter

Source 4: Immigration Director

Source 5:

Immigration Policy & The Evian Conference

Source 6: Prime Minister King’s Diary

Source 7a:

Appeal to the Prime Minister

Source 7a:

The Path of SS St. Louis

Source 7a &b:

Discussion of SS St. Louis and letter to the government requesting entry for passengers

Why was Hitler enthused about hosting the 1936 Berlin Olympics? What were his motivations for hosting them? What was he hoping to accomplish?

1) In what ways did Hitler see the Berlin Games as an opportunity?

2) What might have resulted from a successful boycott movement?

3) What means did the Nazis use to deceive the world during the Olympics? Were these methods successful?

4) What role did the Berlin Olympics play in Hitler’s Holocaust?

More Than Just Games: Timeline

Lesson 2: Handout 1

Shirt says: Team Tibet ‘08

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