English speaking countries culture lesson series lesson 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Today

Talk about weekend

This week’s assignment

Finish part 1 of the assignment

Tell us about your weekend

Assignment about English speaking countries

1st: test your knowledge

How many states are there in the USA?

1. 51
2. 32
3. 50
4. 52

What is the shamrock (klavertje) a symbol of?

1. Ireland
2. England
3. Australia
4. Scotland

Where is the Statue of Liberty?

1. Dublin
2. London
3. Washington
4. New York

Where do the Aboriginals live?

1. England
2. Australia
3. USA
4. Canada

What countries have English as their first language?

The assignment

In groups of 3 or 4:

Do research on an English speaking country of your choice

- 3 important moments in history

 -3 main tourist attractions

- 3 Traditional foods / drinks

- 3 national holidays / traditions

- 3 fun facts

- Create an eye-catching poster about the country

- Write a script for presenting this poster

- Present the poster to each other

This will be graded

What tense (welke tijd) do you use for facts?

What tense (welke tijd) do you use for situations that started in the past and are still happening/still have influence?

What you hand in at the end of the week:

• Poster
  
• Script for presentation
  
• Presentation (mondeling)
  

What you will be graded on

• The presentation
  
• The poster (creativity)
  
• Language use
  
• Attitude (werkhouding)
  

At the end of this lesson:

You have a group

You have a country

You have found and written down information on all the topics + handed this information in in classroom

Make groups of 3/4 and sit in those groups

Countries to choose from:

One group per country!

• USA
  
• Canada
  
• England
  
• Scotland
  
• Ireland
  
• Australia
  
• New Zealand
  
• Jamaica
  

At the end of this lesson:

You have a group

You have a country

You have found and written down information on all the topics + handed this information in in classroom

Classroom --> schoolwerk --> Research English speaking country