BRINGING BRITISH CULTURE TO LIFE

Bell International Institute, August 2007

Main Objectives:

• Make teaching English easier • Use more authentic materials in the classroom• Combine methodology with IT:

-find info

-give answers

-compare and contrast

-listening skills

-have fun with crossword puzzles

British HistoryList the following eras in the chronological

order:

• Iron age• Empire and Sea Power• Civil War and Revolution• The Tudors• Anglo-saxsons and Vikings• Normans• Victorian Britain

You find your answers on:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml

• Read your questions and find the answers on this webpage:

http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Britain/History/Middle.htm#MiddleAges

London Quiz

1. What is the population of London?

2. What is the ethnic mix of London?

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/pyramids/pages/h.asp

http://video.aol.com/video-search/id/594296968

http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/games/quizzes/index.shtml

Who are the Brits?

question 10

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1859070.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml

Newspapers

Some useful websites:http://www.guardian.co.uk/http://www.independent.co.uk/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/http://ft.com/home/ukhttp://metro.co.uk/pictures/weird(T can read/ dictate the story. Ss record/ write it and complete it with

the help of news online)

Listen to the two men speak. Can you remember who reads what newspaper?

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=yes+minister-who&search=Search

Whitey Brighty

Is a programme which explores what Britain would have been like without the mass immigration of the 50s and 60s.

New vocabulary:

Ars-end of the city groovy Bombay mix

Ex-pat House music/ d&b/ pastoral music

THANK YOU!