This lesson contains 26 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 5 videos.
Lesson duration is: 60 min
Items in this lesson
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?