Anglia: Theme Park POSTER (2)

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

The iconic theme parks

What makes theme parks special?

Why do we want to go to these parks?

Ask the students what they did in the previous lesson.

Goals of this lesson:

• Learning more about iconic theme parks
• Researching what makes certain parks special
• Describing the experience of a ride

Follow-up Questions:

What does iconic mean? (refer to Dutch word and how it looks similar)

What does certain mean?

What is your favourite ride (and where)?

Follow-up Questions:

Why is it your favourite ride? --> 

Is it the atmosphere, the looks, the thrill, the replayability?

This lesson:

1. Learn more about the most well-known theme parks
2. Research what makes them special
   
3. Describing what a ride feels like

Iconic Theme Parks

Some parks are just very well-known!

They are famous for a reason...

But what are those reasons?

We are going to find out!

Start-up:

Most of you might recognize these logos just by their first letters alone. They are iconic for the theme park. 

When thinking of these theme parks, certain rides should pop into your mind first... Now why is that? Why are these famous?

Doing some research!

Toverland

Give the parks a 

score of 1-5 on:

1. Atmosphere

2. Story

3. Looks

4. Target audience

AND

What is their biggest selling point?

Do this together with the class first. Afterwards they have to do it on their own.

If the ride does not have any history or story, see if the students look for it themselves. 

Disneyland Paris

Efteling

Walibi

Give the park a 

score of 1-5 on:

1. Atmosphere

2. Story

3. Looks

4. Target audience

AND

What is their biggest selling point?

So... what plays the biggest role?

1. Go to www.menti.com (or click this link)

2. Fill in the code: 2225 6585

3. Choose which of the categories had the highest score.

Let's find out what makes these parks so iconic!

Make a Menti with all the categories and have them vote on what they gave the highest score. 

Discuss with the class why those categories got the highest scores. Is there any correlation between them?

Note: The code changes every 2 days.

Theme Park Vocabulary

Let's see if you know the names of the rides & attractions!

1. Click here for the crossword puzzle

2. Click on "start" (not identify yourself)

3. Click on the rows to fill in the words

Done? Work on Ex. 4

Afterwards:

Check the answers by filling them in together with the class.

Have you learned any
new words or things this lesson?

Ask when and where they learned the word during the lesson.

Next time:

We are going design our own theme parks!