Unit4HistoryandTraditions

Period2

ReadingandThinking

Step1:Lead-inWatchthevideoandanswerthequestions:EnglandScotlandNorthernIrelandWalesCanyounamethecapitalcitiesofthecountriesoftheUK?2.TheUKconsistsoffourcountries,whatarethey?LondonPredictionWhat'sinaname?Fromthetitle,wecanguessthepassagemainlytalksabout_______________________________________

______________________________________________.Lookatthetitleofthepassage,whatdoyouthinkthepassagewillsaythechangesofthenameoftheUK,andmaybeitisaboutthehistoryofthecountryReadthetextandanswerthequestionsWhatarethefourcountriesoftheUnitedKingdom?Whichtwowerethefirsttobejoinedtogether?ThefourcountriesoftheUnitedKingdomareEngland,Wales,Scotland,andNorthernIreland.EnglandandWaleswerethefirsttwotobejoinedtogether.ReadthetextandanswerthequestionsAccordingtothetext,whataretwochiefadvantagesofstudyingthehistoryofacountry?Tohelpyouunderstandmoreaboutthecountryanditstraditionsandtomakevisitingitmoreenjoyable.ThenationalflagABCD?ParagraphPara.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5MainIdeasThesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenfourcountrieswithintheUKLearningthecountry’shistorymakesyourjourneymoreenjoyableGettingtoknowBritishhistoryhelpsyousolvethepuzzle

ThehistoryoftheUKhelpsustolearnmoreaboutthecountryandtraditionsHowwegetthefullnameofthecountryMatchthemainideawitheachparagraph.PassageStructureAnalysisthetopicTheformationandnamesoftheUKThesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweentheUK’s4countriesThefourgroupsofpeopleinthehistoryoftheUKandthechangestheybroughtThesignificanceofstudyingthehistoryofacountryEngland+WalesEngland+Wales+Scotland(GreatBritain)GreatBritain+NorthernIrelandGreatBritain+Irelandinthe16thcenturyinthe18thcenturyinthe19thcenturybelinkedtobejoinedtobeaddedtoHowdidUKcomeintobeing?inthe20thcenturybreakawayfromDothefourcountriesworktogetherinallareas?Para3SimilaritiesanddifferencesSimilarities:_____;________;________________Differences:___________and__________systems;___________________andeven______________forcompetitions.currencyflagmilitarydefenceeducationallegaltheirowntraditionsfootballteamsReadingtip3:Givingexamples(forexample;like)canhelpreadersunderstandthepointmoreeasilyandmoreconvincing.Furtherthinking:Howdoesthewriterdevelopthisparagraph?When?Whathappened?Whatchanged?RomansarrivedtownsandroadsAngo-SaxonscamelanguageandthewaybuildinghouseVikingscame11thcentury16thcentury18thcentury19thcentury20thcenturynamechangedto“UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland”1stcentury5thcentury8thcenturyNormansconqueredEnglandaftertheBattleofHastingsWaleswasjoinedtoKingdomofEnglandScotlandwasjoinedtoEnglandandWalesIrelandwasaddedthesouthernpartofIrelandbrokeawaycastlesbuilt,legalsystemchanged,andnewwordsfromFrenchintroduced“KingdomofGreatBritain”formed“UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIreland”formedvocabularyandnamesoflocationsacrosstheUKReadagainandfinishthetimelinechart.--Groupwork(9mins)

CompletetheconversationabouttheUKusingthephrasesintheircorrectforms.aswellasbelongto addtojointobreakawaykeepyoureyesopenA:IcanneverrememberwhattheUKmeans!There'sEngland,Britain,_________GreatBritain!B:Well,ithelpsifyourememberthattherearefourcountriesthat_________theUK.That'swhyit'scalledtheUnitedKingdom.A:Fourcountries?Imusthavebeenasleepinthatpartofourhistoryclass!SothefirstcountrywasEngland,andtheotherswere_________that?B:Yes,right.FirstEngland,thenWales,thenScotland.ThelastcountrywasIreland,butlaterthesouthernhalfdidn'twanttobe________theUnitedKingdom.A:Oh,Iremembernow!Thesouthernpart__________fromNorthernIreland,right?B:Yes,yougotitwellremembered!But__________________inhistoryclassnexttime!aswellasbelongtoaddedtojoinedtobrokeawaykeepyoureyesopenPost-reading(15mins)

TheUnitedKingdom,GreatBritain,Britain,England-manypeople________(confuse)bywhatthese

differentnamesmean,________(get)toknowalittlebitaboutBritishhistorywillhelpyousolvethepuzzle.

Fromthe16thcenturytothe19thcentury,Wales,ScotlandandtheKingdomoflrelandwerejoined________(create)the

UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandlreland.Inthe20thcentury,thesouthernpartof

lrelandbrokeaway________theUK,________resultedin

thefullname:theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernlreland.Thefourcountriesthatbelong________theUKworktogether

insomeareas.However,theyalso

havesome________(different).Almost

everywhereyougointheUK,youwillbesurroundbyevidenceoffourdifferentgroupsofpeople________tookoveratdifferenttimes.

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