101. History games are the largest sporting event ever held in the history of Alaska Symposium,held in association with the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer games. http://www.specialolympics.org/Special Olympics Public Website/English/About_Us/

document.write(' '); English About Us Special Olympics began in 1968 when Eunice Kennedy Shriver organized the First International Special Olympics Games at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The concept was born in the early 1960s when Shriver started a day camp for people with mental retardation. She saw that individuals with mental retardation were far more capable in sports and physical activities than many experts thought. Since 1968, millions of children and adults with mental retardation have participated in Special Olympics. Important Special Olympics Milestones June 1963 Eunice Kennedy Shriver starts a summer day camp for children and adults with mental retardation at her home in Maryland to explore their capabilities in a variety of sports and physical activities. 20 July 1968 Together with the Chicago Park District, the Kennedy Foundation plans and underwrites the First International Special Olympics Summer Games, held in Chicago 's Soldier Field, with 1,000 athletes with mental retardation from 26 states and Canada competing in athletics, floor hockey, and aquatics.

102. BrainPOP Olympics Movie Brings History To Salt Lake City Prompted by the question, In history we are learning meeting the founder of the WinterGames, and having To license the Olympics Movie Please call Yves Saada http://www.brainpop.com/general/pressreleases/olympics.weml

NEWS RELEASE BrainPOP Olympics Movie Brings History to Salt Lake City New York, NY. January 3rd, 2002 BrainPOP the leading creator of educational animated, movies for kids, announces a new OLYMPICS movie to present the history of the Olympic Games and explain how the modern day Olympics came about. BrainPOP movies tackle Science, Health, Technology and Current Event topics using a tone and visual style that is fun and informative for both kids and adults. With schools on Winter Break and The Torch Relay underway, BrainPOP's newest movie is about The Olympic Games. Prompted by the question, In history we are learning about The Olympics, can you give me some facts? BrainPOP characters Tim and Moby travel to Ancient Greece and back, tracking the evolution of the modern Olympic Games, meeting the founder of the Winter Games, and having some adventures of their own along the way. BrainPOP President/Acting CEO Chanan Kadmon commented on making the BrainPOP Olympics movie in time for The Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, "How the Olympics came about, and what they mean today, is a perfect topic for BrainPOP. Aside from being the premier world sporting event, the Olympics bring the International community together and that is especially important this year." BrainPOP Health, Science and Technology movies are widely used as part of the science curriculum in schools and on educational websites such as

103. Historical Atlas Of The 20th Century .. will take you page by page through a specific subject, such as AmericanHistory or Warfare. Which is it? 19001999 or 1901-2000? general Trends http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm

Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century First Placed Online: 18 October 1998 Last Updated: 25 March 2003 Always Under Construction Support This Site Broad Outline The Basics How To Use This Atlas Start What's New? FAQ ... Links (if you don't find what you want on my site, try these.) History Site of the Fortnight Matthew White's Homepage Detailed Table of Contents The Basics: How To Use This Atlas: Many of these maps are interactive. If you click on a place, you might zoom in and get more detail. Then again, you might not. Try it. Similarly, if you click on the legend to a map, you might get a more detailed explanation of the topic. Clicking on the arrows... ... will take you page by page through a specific subject, such as American History or Warfare. Clicking on the Contemporary Context button bar... ... will zoom out to show what's happening in the world at this time in a specific field of human activity. The icons symbolize Cities, Government, War, International Relations, Living Conditions and Economics , respectively. Although this atlas is non-linear in overall design, its backbone is probably the series of maps illustrating national political systems, so this is probably

104. BSSH ... GENERAL INFORMATION http://www2.umist.ac.uk/sport/bookshops.htm

Specialist Sports History Bookshops - New and Second Hand AUSTRALIA: Melbourne Sports Bookshop Melsportsbooks.com FRANCE: La Mémoire du Sport, 103 rue de Paris, 94220 Charenton-le-Pont, tel. 33.1.4893.1010 ; fax 3 .6585 ; librairie@polymedias.fr ; and website www.polymedias.fr Le Sportsman, 7 rue Henri-Duchêne, 75015 Paris, tel. 33.1.4579.3893 ; fax 33.1.4889.7996 ; yvespin@infonie.fr FNAC CANADA Wilfred M. Defreitas, (Golf) P.O. Box 883, Stock Exchange Tower, Montreal, CANADA H4Z 1K2, CANADA GERMANY: Lorych Books, (Olympic Games) Rathausplatz 8, D-4630, BOCHUM, Germany GREAT BRITAIN: SPORTSPAGES (Sport) Cambridge Circus Shopping Centre, Charing Cross Road, LONDON WC2H OJG Sport in Print, (Sport) 3 Radcliffe Road, West Bridgeford, Nottingham, NG2 5FF The Tennis Bookshop, (Lawn Tennis) West Chalmers, West Gate, Moyles Court, Ringwood, Hants BH24 3NF Windsor Books International Wigley Books, (Angling) Moorewood House, Defford Road, Pershore, Worcs. WR10 1JE Martin Wood, (Cricket books) 2 St. John's Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3LW HOLLAND Bilderdijkkade 23A-huis 1053 VB Amsterdam The Netherlands Phone: 0031-20-618.43.20

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