History

• ENGLISH
• Secondary Education

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learners  WILL BE ABLE TO:

• know about the poet 'ELEANOR FARJEON'.
• recite poem with appropriate pause, intonation and pronunciation
• identify and relate to the idea and the theme of the poem 'History'.
• infer the meaning of unfamiliar words by reading them in context.
• share their responses to the questions based on the text.
• Root out a different perspective of history.
  
• Identify and appreciate poetic devices like contrast and symbolism.
  

What is history made up of?

ELEANOR FARJEON

Eleanor Farjeon (13 February 1881 – 5 June 1965) was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire. 

Please play the video of the poem on OUP.

"All down the ages
Like a great tide
Commoners walking
Where nobleman ride"
What is the rhyme scheme of the above stanza?

How does the poet indicate the difference in the status of commoners and noblemen? (Stanza 1)

"All down the ages
Like the great tide"
Choose the option which is closest in meaning to "ages"

1. Decline
2. a period of history.
3. Diminish
4. Retreat

Explain the phrase:-
‘Now in the sunshine, and now in the shade’.

Find the word in the stanza 2, which means same as “a system of words, letters especially for the purposes of secrecy.”

What are the different professions mentioned in Stanza 2.
How do you think each one of them contributes in making our history rich?

"Merchants make trade
And people make change"
Choose the synonym to the word "trade"

1. business
2. commerce
3. merchandising
4. All of the above

Poetic Device -Contrast

Contrast means difference, especially when that difference is very noticeable. It usually shows up in pairs: steak and salad, salt and pepper, table and chairs, hero and villain, etc.

 

Contrast often means “opposite”: for example, black is the opposite of white, and so there’s a contrast between black ink and white paper.

"Now in sunshine
Now in shade"
Identify the poetic device in the above stanza.

1. Contrast
2. Simile
3. Personification
4. Metaphor

Practice Mindspark regularly. 

SUCCESS CRITERIA
Now, I CAN:
share my responses to the questions based on the same.
Identify the poetic device in the poem.

1. Strongly agree
2. Agree
3. Not sure
4. I need some help.

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES

I WILL BE ABLE TO:

* identify and relate to the  central idea  of the poem 'History'

* identify the poetic devices used in the poem.

* share my responses to the questions based on the same.

"Studying history enables us to develop better understanding of the world in which we live."
Elucidate the statement.

Let's Explore

"Craftsmen and artists
Make manifold things"
Choose the option which is synonym to "manifold"

1. gigantic
2. oblivion
3. numerous
4. minority

We sometimes say "Rome was not built in a day "to suggest that a complicated task will take a long time and needs patience. Which two jobs seem to reflect this saying? Elucidate your answer.

Which phrase in Stanza 3 is similar in meaning to the "great tide" ?

"And people move onward
While history is made".
Why do you think the poet has used this phrase twice in the poem?

Identify the lines in Stanza 3 ,which suggest that history is not only made by kings but also by common people.

Symbolism is the use of words to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense.

Black is used to represent death or evil.

White stands for life and purity.

A bear might represent courage or danger.

A butterfly can symbolize great transformation.

A dog often stands for loyalty or devotion.

Now in sunshine
Now in shade
The word "shade" symbolizes_____

1. unhappy times
2. jovial
3. affable
4. amiable

"Commoners walking
Where nobleman ride"
Nobleman ride symbolizes_____

1. Poverty
2. wealth
3. Deprivation
4. dearth

Create a pictorial portrayal of the poem History.

Practice mindspark regularly.

SUCCESS CRITERIA- Now, I CAN:
* identify and relate to the idea and the theme of the poem History.
* identify the poetic devices used in the poem.
* share my responses to the questions based on the same.

1. Strongly agree
2. Agree
3. Not sure
4. I need some help.