1. Welcome to the Cross-Cultural Rhetoric Workshop1

2. OLYMPIC RHETORIC

3. 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

4. Olympism today?

5. The First Olympic Flame
Berlin
The First Olympic Flame

6. London

7. Rome

8. Montreal

9. Seoul

10. Barcelona

11. Sydney

12. Salt Lake City

13. Torino

14. Beijing

15. Vancouver – 2010

16. “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

17. Today’s activities FIRST: 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!