Welcome to the Cross-Cultural Rhetoric Workshop

OLYMPIC RHETORIC

The Fundamental Principles of Olympism:

-- Balance of mind, body, and will

-- Promotion of a peaceful society and preservation of human dignity

-- Sport as a human right

-- Mutual understanding, spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play.

-- Combating all forms of discrimination

Olympism today?

Berlin - 1936 The First Olympic Flame

London - 1948

Rome - 1960

Montreal - 1976

Seoul - 1988

Barcelona - 1992

Sydney - 2000

Salt Lake City - 2002

Torino - 2006

Beijing - 2008

Vancouver – 2010

“I lift my glass to the Olympic idea, which has traversed the mists of the ages like an all-powerful ray of sunlight and returned to illumine the threshold of the twentieth century with a gleam of joyous hope.”

--Pierre de Coubertin

Today’s activitiesFIRST: Introductions in the small groups

SECOND: Analyze the videos that you watched or collected in preparation for today’s lesson

THIRD: Develop a sketch for a ad or promotional video

LAST: Re-join the groups in this virtual auditorium space and share your ideas

Have fun!