Elizabeth II

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Queen Elizabeth II

Through the years

Agenda

-Riddle of the week

-Goals

-Bit of business: Sign up sheets for flexuren and for the presentations

-The legacy of Queen Elizabeth II

-Goals review

Homework for the week: Complete exercise 8b and submit on Itslearning (and study past tenses)

This week: Diagnostic Listening & Viewing test (bring own device + earbuds!)

Flexuur for past tenses on Friday in the first hour in room 213

Riddle of the week

What is always in front of you but cannot be seen?

What do you know about Queen Elizabeth? When you think of her, what images come to mind? What major events in history did her seven-decade reign over Britain include?

1940

What is going on in this image? What does this image say about her life and legacy?

Image 1

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret making a broadcast to the children of the Empire during World War II, in October 1940.

Elizabeth was destined to be Queen from her birth.

1. True
2. False

1953

What is going on in this image?

1. Her coronation
2. She is becoming the head of the church
3. Her wedding
4. She is knighting someone

Image 2

Queen Elizabeth II after her June 1953 coronation ceremony, in Westminster Abbey, London.

Why do you think the queen, and the royal family in general, is so fascinating to so many?

1960

How many children did she have?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

Which castle is in the image, where she also passed away?

1. Westminster
2. Buckingham
3. Balmoral
4. Windsor

Image 3

Queen Elizabeth and her children during a picnic on the grounds of Balmoral Castle, in 1960.

03:15

What kind of image was she trying to uphold for the media?

04:39

What had harmed the monarchy's image?

1. Elizabeth was a woman
2. The death of Princess Diana and how it was handled
3. The death of the Queen's father

07:29

The monarchy has been central to Britain's sense of what?

1. Itself
2. Herself
3. The colonies
4. Her children

A timeline of her life

1926 - Born in Mayfair, London

1936 - Heir apparent after uncle abdicates

1947 - Elizabeth marries Prince Philip

1953 - Crowned Queen of England

2015 - Elizabeth becomes longest reigning monarch

2022 - The Queen passes away

What is Elizabeth known for?

Her work ethic

How she unified the country 

British identity - sense of itself

No political opinions expressed

Sense of duty

How is this “a moment of reckoning” for Britain? What do you know about what the nation is facing right now, beyond the death of the queen?

What did you learn that you didn’t know before? Did anything surprise you?

Want to know more?

Follow the BBC's coverage at https://www.bbc.com/news/uk/the_queen