Greek Olympic games project
A foot race in ancient Greece Would a day of "Greek Olympics" work for you? Here are some suggestions for that. Maybe the most important difference between our own Olympics [...]
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Horse or bike race project – Central Asian fun
Kids with challenges ride special bikes in this bike race project (Wheels to Succeed) A Central Asia project As you can see from reading the Alpamysh, horse racing was a [...]
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Ancient Chinese games – board games and martial arts
Women of the Tang court playing double land (about 800 AD) - Ancient Chinese games Where did Chinese games come from? In ancient China, as in other places, both board [...]
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Swimming in Ancient China – Chinese Games
Zhou Dynasty swimmers (Sichuan bronze vessel, ca. 750 BC) The very first people to arrive in China from Africa about 50,000 BC probably already knew how to swim. People in [...]
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Swimming in Qing Dynasty China
The first lifeguards were in China The Qing Dynasty rulers of China came from Central Asia; they weren't swimmers. Under their rule, very few people in northern China could swim. In 1708, [...]
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Central Asian games – wrestling, polo, archery
Wrestlers from Samarkand (Uzbekistan, 600s AD) People in Central Asia played games that helped them get better at skills they would need in their lives. They needed to ride horses [...]
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Playing jacks – Central Asian games project
Girls playing jacks with knucklebones Playing jacks To get a better idea what it was like to be a kid in Central Asia, try playing some of the games that [...]
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Central Asian board games
Kids playing knucklebones (Burma) Central Asian people played a lot of active games, but they also played games sitting down. Because Central Asian people spent a lot of time herding cattle and [...]
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Lungs project – Using your lungs to float – Biology and Evolution
Caribbean woman swimming with two children: lungs project Your lungs as swim bladders Your own lungs still can act a little like swim bladders. Here's a lungs project: When you [...]
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How to Play African Games
Playing cats-cradle: play African games What materials do I need? Many of these African games require no equipment at all to play, just some dirt and stones. Go someplace where [...]
