History of the Olympics
(8.29) Coach Chrestman’s Mississippi Studies classes have been learning about the history of the Olympics and the impact Native Americans have had on our great state. Combining the two topics today, students learned about Native American Jim Thorpe. Jim Thorpe is considered one of the greatest athletes of all time, winning two gold medals in the 1912 Olympics. He won gold in the decathlon and pentathlon. Some of the events in the decathlon and pentathlon are shot put, discus and javelin. Students got the opportunity to see what those throwing elements were in class today.