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British Civilization : RESOURCES - Page 2

 

Information - Dictionaries -
Photos and Postcards - Facts -
Activities - Lesson plans - Interactive games - Webquests -
Movie clips / Videos - Poems

(Updated on 07/05/2011)

 


Related pages :

Geography : The United Kingdom
+ The United Kingdom : History + The United Kingdom : Traditions
+ The monarchy (Vocabulary and Activities)
+ School

 
 

 

Dictionaries :

 

Photos and Postcards :

 

  • CastleXplorer
    "Find all the castles in a region by using" an interactive map or "using the alphabetical list of castles."
    (castlexplorer.co.uk)

     

  • Photos (woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk) :
    Photos of North England - Photos of South England - Photos of South West England - Photos of Houses in England - Photos of Shops in England

  • How To Be British postcards (lgpcards.com)



Facts :

Activities :

  • Saxon Place Names
    "When settlers came to Britain, they built villages and towns and gave them names.
    Use your maps of Sussex and East Anglia to find places with the endings below in them..."
    (primaryresources.co.uk)

 

  • Britain and the British - interactive exercise
    ex : What is a double-decker?
    a. A bus
    b. A disco
    c. A taxi
    (a4esl.org)

  • Can you pass a citizenship test? (BBC)
    "The government is launching the citizenship test for foreigners who want to become British. If you want the passport, then you'll have to read Life in the UK, a special book, and sit a 45-minute test on society, history and culture..."

 

  • ICONS - a portrait of England (icons.org.uk)
    "On these pages you can explore our icons.
    Their stories are told with words and pictures, with sound and film and 3D imaging.
    You'll also find surprising ideas for things to make and do, places to go and even the occasional icon-related recipe..."

 

  • Our trip to England in 6 activities prepared by the 3 Euro :
    - Oxford: The University of Christ Church - Hampton Court
    - Shakespeare's life - Shakespeare's work - Shakespeare's time - The Globe
    (Renée Maufroid)

 


  • Hot Potatoes Exercises : The English speaking world (33 exercises) - (Michel Barbot)

  • UK Quiz : How much do you know about the United Kingdom? (woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk)
    (10 questions - langue simple)

  • TRUE OR FALSE FACTS ABOUT BRITISH LIFE (interactive) - (Isabel Perez)

  • British Culture - questions - "Learn about England and its culture from children who live there."
    (woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk)

  • UK icons - (British Council)

    "At the bottom are 9 things typical of the UK.
    Above are words associated with them.
    Can you put the words in the right boxes?"

  • Virtual journey of the United Kingdom (oxfam.org.uk)
    (sports, daily life, arts & crafts, music and dance, food &)
    with a     Quiz

 

 

Lesson plans :

  • What's the Black Country? - a lesson by Nik Peachey 
    "In the lesson, students have the chance to listen to someone from that area describing what they like about living there and a little about their life. Students also have the chance to reflect on their own part of the world and finally to do some intensive listening."
    (teachingenglish.org.uk)

 

 

INTERACTIVE games :

 

  • Where to next ?
    - "an interactive game that takes its users on a tour of six locations in Britain and Ireland...
    Travel round the British Isles in this audio quiz."
    (BBC)

 

 

Webquests :

  • "Les élèves sont amenés à remplir des minibooks qui sont téléchargeables en haut de chaque page.
    Les élèves mettent en commun à l'oral ce qu'ils ont trouvé et compris et ils utilisent ensuite leurs notes pour réaliser une trace écrite.
    A partir de la webquest N°3, il y a des documents audio et/ou vidéo."

  • Webquests UK (excusemyenglish.fr)
    "A collection of quests for French speakers who want to exercise their English."

  • Living in the UK - a webquest (BBC)
    Level: Intermediate / Upper Intermediate
    " In this lesson, learners read about the different countries of the UK, either online as a webquest or in paper form.
    They practise reading for specific information, and guessing the meaning of words from the context,
    both important reading micro-skills. There is an optional extension in the form of a role-play,
    in which groups of learners compete to persuade a professional couple to move to 'their' UK country."

  • About the United Kingdom - niveau 6ème (Valérie Nagel - Académie de Reims : Chaumont 52)
    - webquest conçue à partir de celle de Michelle Henry du même nom, avec une recherche sur Londres.
    Objectifs : "entraînement en vue de la validation du B2i niveau 1
    et objectif culturel : connaissance du Royaume-Uni"
    - with Crosswords (proposés par Michelle Henry)

 

  • London webquest with Teacher's Notes (onestopenglish.com)
    -     with Dickens, a listening exercise featuring the voice of Virginia Woolf and some lighter material with ghosts and dungeons.
    (onestopenglish.com)

 

Movie clips / Videos :

  • Links between our landscape and literature
    "From the London suburbs, through the rolling Cotswolds, and out to the rugged coastline of western Scotland - the UK's landscape has influenced authors for centuries.
    In turn, their literary works have helped define how we think of Britain both culturally and geographically..."
    (BBC)

  • T-Mobile What Britain Loves
    "Watch as some of the weird and wonderful things Britain loves come together to celebrate another thing Britain loves
    - a bargain in the form of the Full Monty Plan." 

 

 

 

  • Moving History (movinghistory.ac.uk)
    "This research guide to the United Kingdom s twelve public sector moving image archives presents
    detailed information on these fascinating and valuable film and television collections...
    The site includes: - sections describing each of the film archive collections and providing details on access
    - over 100 selected film clips to browse by theme or by archive
    - guidelines for research and examples of past research
    - links and contact points for further information."