1936 Summer Olympics

High school (ages 12+)
Sports & Games

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/1936-summer-olympics

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is 1936 Summer Olympics known for?First Olympic Games to be televised and extensively filmed
2. What is the location?Berlin, Germany
3. What is the year held?August 1 to August 16, 1936
4. What was special about the stadium at the 1936 Berlin Olympics?The new Olympic Stadium could hold 100,000 people, much bigger than the 1932 Los Angeles venue. It was built to show how strong and organized Germany was.
5. Why were the 1936 Olympics shown on TV and radio?They were the first Olympics to be televised, and radio broadcasts reached 41 countries. This helped share the games and show Germany to the world.

Propaganda: Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
Antisemitism: Hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews.
Aryan Race: A pseudoscientific concept used by Nazis to describe a supposed master race, typically of Northern European descent.
Leni Riefenstahl: A German filmmaker and photographer commissioned to document the 1936 Berlin Olympics.