British culture

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This lesson contains 26 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 5 videos.

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Slide 1 - Slide

Today
- Introduction to British culture
- writing exercise 

Slide 2 - Slide

What do you consider
to be typically British?

Slide 3 - Mind map

Let's start....
with some general facts about the UK.
- Watch the video;
- Answer the questions on the board after;
- Some answers are not in the video.

Slide 4 - Slide

Slide 5 - Video

Northern Ireland is part of Great Britain
A
True
B
False

Slide 6 - Quiz

Britain is a
A
Democracy
B
Dictatorship
C
Monarchy
D
Republic

Slide 7 - Quiz

Who was the longest serving Prime Minister of the UK?
A
Margaret Thatcher
B
Boris Johnson
C
David Cameron
D
Nicola Sturgeon

Slide 8 - Quiz

Who is the current Prime Minister of the UK?
A
Boris Johnson
B
Liz Truss
C
Rishi Sunak
D
Theresa May

Slide 9 - Quiz

What is the British Flag called?
A
Union George
B
The Cross
C
Rule Britania
D
Union Jack

Slide 10 - Quiz

What do you call de "2e Kamer" in Britain
A
House of Commons
B
Room Two
C
Lower House
D
Government

Slide 11 - Quiz

Slide 12 - Video

What do you call de "1e Kamer" in Britain?
A
House of Rule
B
The First Room
C
House of Lords
D
Cabinette

Slide 13 - Quiz

Where do these two meet?
A
Houses of Parliament
B
The White House
C
Palace of Westminster
D
Downing Street

Slide 14 - Quiz

Symbols of the UK
Drag the flags and symbols to the correct country / region

Slide 15 - Slide

England
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland

Slide 16 - Drag question

Slide 17 - Video

What language family is spoken in Wales
A
Gaelic
B
Celtic
C
Latin
D
Nordic

Slide 18 - Quiz

Slide 19 - Video

In which city is the King's Guard present?
A
Windsor
B
Endinburgh
C
Bath
D
London

Slide 20 - Quiz

Slide 21 - Video

Where is Cockney spoken?
A
Manchester
B
Liverpool
C
London
D
Dublin

Slide 22 - Quiz

Which is written in British spelling?
A
Colour, flavour, metre, centre
B
Color, flavor, meter, center
C
Couleur, saveur, metré, centre

Slide 23 - Quiz

How many symbols were in the longest place name in Wales?
A
50
B
51
C
64
D
58

Slide 24 - Quiz

Memory-check: What are topics we talked about the last few lessons?

Slide 25 - Mind map

Writing
You have a friend in the UK who is very interested in coming to the Netherlands. Write an article about the Netherlands that he can read to get some more information. 
Write about:
- The country and why people like to visit it;
- Why the country would be appealing to a lot of people;
- What your opinion is about how things work here;
- What your favourite thing about living here is;

Use about 150 words for your story. When you are finished have a classmate read it and look at each others work. Do you agree on things? Did you want to country after reading about it?

Slide 26 - Slide