Olympic+Debate+Webquest

 Welcome to the Olympic Debate Webquest! Over the next few classes, we will learn about the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, and 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games in preparation for a debate. In this webquest, we will prepare to debate this statement. "Be it resolved that the 2010 Olympic Games are a positive investement for Vancouver, British Columbia, and Canada." Preparation must be done for both sides as the debate format may require each person to work from the "pro" and "con" positions.
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You might want to begin by looking at the official websites for each of the events. For the Montreal Olympics, two websites can be considered the official sites. The first, the official Olympic website for Montreal 1976 has limited information but much in the way of video content. The second, the official website of the Games of the XXI. Olympiad is founded and run by the Olympic commitee which ran the games and contains information about the games organization and after-effects. Finally, the official [|Vancouver 2010] Olympic Games website contains the best of both worlds. Also, to start your thinking off, you might want to look at this wiki debate about the costs and benefits of hosting the Olympic Games

To help guide you in this webquest and your preparation for debate, download this file and fill it out with information from the subsequent websites that you visit in the webquest.

To complete this worksheet, you should follow each of the links below in order to find information about each of the Olympic Games involved in the debate. Through these, you will find further links to articles and websites which should be useful in answering the questions presented to you.

1. Montreal 1976 Information

2. Vancouver 2010 Information