The Great Britain Project

These last couple of weeks we will work on a project about the three countries and 1 region making up the United Kingdom; Wales, Scotland, England and Northern Ireland. Your main task is to collect facts about specific topics of one of them and present it to your classmates.

You will present this in class together with the ones that have studied the same country but different topics. You'll need to make a short PowerPoint to aid you when you present your topics.

You need to connect and compare your findings with something similar in Sweden.

Timetable:

Start: week 20- final presentation week 23

Week 20 start by picking a country and 2 topics. Start gathering facts.

Week 21 continue work on your presentation

Week 22 after this week’s lessons your PowerPoint needs to be done and e-mailed to me. I will then combine it into a bigger one for each country!

Finish: Week 23 Present your PowerPoint in front of the class.

Countries/ Regions to choose from:

England

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

Topics you can choose from:

Geography

History

Traditions

Cities / Sights

Food

Sports

Famous People

Music / Art

*See list below for more info on what you could write about for each topic

Checklist:

· Find and gather facts about your 2 topics.

· Practise at home on presenting your facts.

· Create a PowerPoint on the facts you have collected. (Use pictures and only a little text)

· Present it to the class.

· Take notes and ask questions when listening to your classmates’ presentations.

Grading matrix:

Content

(innehåll)

Eleven diskuterar översiktligt några företeelser i olika sammanhang och områden där engelska används, och kan då också göra enkla jämförelser med egna erfarenheter och kunskaper.

Eleven diskuterar utförligt några företeelser i olika sammanhang och områden där engelska används och kan då också göra välutvecklade jämförelser med egna erfarenheter och kunskaper.

Eleven diskuterar utförligt och nyanserat några företeelser i olika sammanhang och områden där engelska används och kan då också göra välutvecklade och nyanserade jämförelser med egna erfarenheter och kunskaper.

Speaking/

Formulera sig i tal

I muntliga framställningar i olika genrer kan eleven formulera sig enkelt, begripligt och relativt sammanhängande.

I muntliga framställningar i olika genrer kan eleven formulera sig relativt varierat, relativt tydligt och relativt sammanhängande.

I muntliga framställningar i olika genrer kan eleven formulera sig relativt varierat, tydligt och sammanhängande.

Below you find a list giving some suggestions on what to focus on for each topic.

Geography –where is the country located, type of landscape, weather, population, flag, national parks, highest mountain, number of lakes etc…

History – here you can give information about interesting historic events, of which the U.K. has plenty! The battle of Hastings 1066 is a classic one for example. The plan to bomb the Parliament is another one, or why not tell the story about Henry VIII and his queens.

Traditions – Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Easter, Guy Fawke’s Day, Saint Patrick’s Day for example.

Cities / Sights – info on the biggest or most interesting cities in the country, famous places, Must see stuff in a few different cities. Don’t forget to mention why you choose specific cities!

Food – traditional dishes, deserts, drinks! What satisfies those British tastebuds?

Sports- what types of sports are popular? Cricket, Rugby, Polo, Tennis, Horse racing and of course football.

Famous People – writers, kings and queens, politicians, actors or inventors etc.

Music / Art – famous artists, painters and bands. Traditional folk music.

The Great Britain Project

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