English speaking countries culture lesson series lesson 1

Today
Talk about weekend
This week’s assignment
Finish part 1 of the assignment

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This lesson contains 17 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

time-iconLesson duration is: 85 min

Items in this lesson

Today
Talk about weekend
This week’s assignment
Finish part 1 of the assignment

Slide 1 - Slide

Tell us about your weekend

Slide 2 - Slide

Assignment about English speaking countries

1st: test your knowledge

Slide 3 - Slide

How many states are there in the USA?
A
51
B
32
C
50
D
52

Slide 4 - Quiz

What is the shamrock (klavertje) a symbol of?
A
Ireland
B
England
C
Australia
D
Scotland

Slide 5 - Quiz

Where is the Statue of Liberty?
A
Dublin
B
London
C
Washington
D
New York

Slide 6 - Quiz

Where do the Aboriginals live?
A
England
B
Australia
C
USA
D
Canada

Slide 7 - Quiz

What countries have English as their first language?

Slide 8 - Mind map

The assignment
In groups of 3 or 4:
Do research on an English speaking country of your choice
- 3 important moments in history
 -3 main tourist attractions
- 3 Traditional foods / drinks
- 3 national holidays / traditions
- 3 fun facts
- Create an eye-catching poster about the country
- Write a script for presenting this poster
- Present the poster to each other
This will be graded

Slide 9 - Slide

What tense (welke tijd) do you use for facts?

Slide 10 - Open question

What tense (welke tijd) do you use for situations that started in the past and are still happening/still have influence?

Slide 11 - Open question

What you hand in at the end of the week:



  • Poster
  • Script for presentation
  • Presentation (mondeling)

Slide 12 - Slide

What you will be graded on


  • The presentation
  • The poster (creativity)
  • Language use
  • Attitude (werkhouding)

Slide 13 - Slide

At the end of this lesson:

You have a group
You have a country
You have found and written down information on all the topics + handed this information in in classroom

Slide 14 - Slide

Make groups of 3/4 and sit in those groups
timer
3:00

Slide 15 - Slide

Countries to choose from:
One group per country!
  • USA
  • Canada
  • England
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
  • Jamaica

Slide 16 - Slide

At the end of this lesson:
You have a group
You have a country
You have found and written down information on all the topics + handed this information in in classroom

Classroom --> schoolwerk --> Research English speaking country

Slide 17 - Slide