Voicethread+Script+Moscow+1980+5


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 * [[image:file:///Volumes/I%20HEART%20YOU/BY%20RADIO%20ROVER%20-%20FLICKR.jpg]][[image:file:///Users/student/Desktop/Nick%20Grabowski.jpg]][[image:Sonny_and_Sandy.jpg align="center"]] || Hi I'm Carly and I'm Anna. Today we are here to talk about the 1980 Olympics. Where were the 1980 Olympics held, Anna? The 1980 Olympics were held in Moscow, Russia. (Which at the time was controlled by a communist party called the USSR.) See, the problem was that this was during the cold war and there was tension between some countries. ||
 * [[image:Nick_Grabowski.jpg]] || At this time, the USSR had just invaded Afghanistan. Anna, did you know that this event along with the tension caused many countries to boycott the Olympics? Well, actually, yes i did. President Jimmy Carter proposed in January 1980 that the Moscow Olympics be canceled or postponed unless Russia removed its troops from Afghanistan. President Jimmy Carter pressured the United States Olympic Committe (USOC) to officially withdraw in April. Germany and Japan did the same with their atheletes. ||
 * [[image:BY_RADIO_ROVER_-_FLICKR.jpg width="369" height="516"]] || This withdrawal let to 61 other countries boycotting the Olympics. About 5,000 athletes participated, representing 81 countries. The 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow were most memorable for the largest boycott of an Olympics! thank you for telling me all those interesting facts, Carly! No, Thank you Anna! Goodbye adios that was our show! ||