The document outlines criteria that the International Olympic Committee considers when selecting a city to host the Olympic Games, such as environmental friendliness, legacy plans, public support, and quality of sporting venues. It then provides details of London's bid for the 2012 Olympics and asks students to evaluate the bid based on these criteria, such as by rating different aspects of the bid. Students are also tasked with making a decision about how to spend funds to enhance London's bid and maximize its chances of winning.

1. IOC tickbox
Writing frame
Decision making task

2. Learning Outcomes:
6/7: To evaluate the factors that made London’s Olympic bid successful. To assess
the advantages and disadvantages of Paris’ bid. To evaluate in detail your own bid
proposal for London 2012.
5: To explain why London’s Olympic bid was successful. To assess advantages and
disadvantages to Paris’ bid. To explain your decisions in your own bid proposal.
4: To identify and assess reasons why London’s Olympic bid was successful. To
identify advantages and disadvantages of Paris’ bid. To describe how your own bid
proposal for London.
Aim: Why was London’s Olympic bid successful?
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Mini starter: What do you think the International Olympic Committee (IOC) look for in a
successful bid?
Homework due 15th May: Research Paris’ Olympic bid – see handout.

3. Starter!
How environmentally
friendly the games will be
Legacy (What remains
AFTER the Games)
The ‘Spirit’ of the
Olympics
Transport Links
The quality of sporting
venues
Public support for the
Olympics
A well-known city/
Famous landmarks
When the IOC decides which city should host an
Olympic games, they judge a city against several criteria:
Task 1: Make a list ranking the criteria above in order of importance when making
your decision.
Task 2:
6/7: Do you think it is possible for any of these to be viewed as the most
important? Why?
5: Explain why you chose your top 3 criteria – tell me what makes them so
important
4: Tell me why you chose your top criteria – what makes them the most important?
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London’s bid summary + tick boxes next

4. London’s bid
Task 1: Read details on London’s Olympic bid. A paragraph
is written for each of the IOC selection criteria. Using your
judgement, you need to rate London’s scores for each of
these criteria on a scale of 1-5.
Task 2:
6/7: Provide a detailed explanation as to why you gave
specific marks out of 5 for the strongest two and weakest
two aspects of London’s bid
5: Provide a detailed explanation behind your scoring for 3
aspects of London’s bid
4: Say why you gave the strongest and weakest aspects of
London’s bid those marks.
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5. News just in – London has won its
bid to host the Olympic games!
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Task 1: Using the information from the previous task, write
a news report why London’s bid was successful.
6/7: Evaluate London’s Olympic bid to explain in detail why
you think it was successful.
5: Explain why you think London’s Olympic bid was
successful
4: Describe why you think London’s Olympic bid was
successful
Decision making exercise next

6. Olympic Dragon’s Den!
You have £1 billion to spend on
enhancing London’s bid!
What should you spend it on? You have
4 choices (you can only pick one)

7. Option 1: Transport legacy
Transform London into a
cycle-friendly city for
during and after the
games.

8. Option 2: Community legacy
Build 800 temporary
hotels which can be
converted into
permanent
community centres
after the games

9. Option 3: Environmental legacy
Install enough solar
panels to provide power
for all of the Olympic
park, during and after the
games for over 40 years.

10. Option 4: Cultural legacy
Fund weekly music,
dance and art tuition
for 160,000 children
and teenagers for 5
years after the games.

11. Its decision time!
You need to spend the money on what you think the IOC want, not what
you would prefer! You will have to look back at what their criteria are for
choosing a host city and decide which of the options would be most likely to
win the bid for London! Be prepared to present your ideas!
6/7: Using a wide range of information from the handout, evaluate all 4
choices, explaining in detail which option you think would best support
London’s 2012 bid.
5: Using information from the handout, explain in detail how 3 of the options
would improve London’s bid for the Olympics. Choose which option you think
would best improve London’s bid and say why.
4: Using information from the handout, describe how 3 of the options would
improve London’s bid, then chose which one you think is best.
Sentence starter: “Option 1 would benefit London’s Olympic bid because…”
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12. Which did you pick?
Option 1: Transport legacy
Option 2: Community legacy
Option 3: Environment legacy
Option 4: Cultural legacy

13. Presentation time…

14. Plenary
• Write down one fact you have learned today about London’s
Olympic bid
• Write one strength of London’s Olympic bid
• Write down one weakness of London’s Olympic bid
• Why do you think London’s Olympic bid was successful?
• Write down as many of the IOC selection criteria that you can
think of