Read the excerpt the ancient city. the adult games started with the stadion, the 184-metre (200-yard) sprint. (this was the most prestigious of all the events at olympia: the winner gave his name to the olympiad, the four-year dating system.) this was followed by the long distance race of twenty or twenty-four lengths of the track (3680 metres/4024 yards or 4416 metres/4829 yards). the third track event, the hippios, was a middle distance race of six lengths, a little over 1000 metres (1093 yards). it was probably called the hippios, horse race, because the distance was the same as that run by horses. the author includes details comparing races to show thatraces were of different lengths. all races had the same prize. greeks favored long races. people ran in races against horses

Final exam: us history playlist project instructions: in lieu of a final exam you will have a project that is due thursday june 20 @ 11.59pm this exam is worth 60 points. you may choose to complete the traditional exam or this exam. they are worth the exact same score i will simply exempt one, and give you credit for the other you are to create playlist of songs from each era we studied this year you will have anywhere from 10.12 songs depending on how you view the year you may do it on powerpoint word prezi spotify, itunes or anything else you can think of assignment find a song that you can relate to a histoncal era we discussed in order to earn full credit you must submit the name of the song and artist 2 the lyrics to that song either a portion or all with the lyrics highlighted that you feel remind you of something we studied i will not go searching for these make sure you include them 3 a 3-5 sentence paragraph that explains why these lyrics remind you of the era we studied. this is your chance to make connections to what you have learned prove me to me you understand what was going on in the world during this time period see rubric for grading specifics these same songs mo mendy's example: see next page (note: the example is for a us history course you may not i would do an image like this yours would have more songo)