Showing posts with label UK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UK. Show all posts
Is Britain a Divided Country?
Is Britain a divided country?— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) October 5, 2016
If it were a nation of 100 people, this is what it would look like. pic.twitter.com/AUFzsFJQac
What is BOXING DAY?
Boxing Day is observed every year on December 26.
Many historians think the holiday’s name is derived from the church practice of opening alms boxes the day after Christmas and distributing money to the poor.
Why give Christmas gifts the day after Christmas? Because the servants spent Christmas and Christmas Eve trying to pull off big holiday dinners for their masters.
Like most Western holidays, Boxing Day has become pretty commercialized. With big sales and bigger crowds, Boxing Day is the British answer to Black Friday.Heathrow Airport Christmas Ad
1. What can you see in this ad?
2. What is the ad for?
3. How do you know?
4. Is it easy to tell?
5. Is the ad effective?
6. How?
7. Does it make you want to buy this product or service?
Conversation Questions
- What do you think of advertisements?
- What is the best advertisement you have seen?
- What types of ads don’t you like?
- What is the most shocking advertisement you have seen?
- What is the funniest advertisement you have seen?
- What makes an ad memorable?
- Where do you encounter advertisements?
- Why do companies advertise?
- What is a slogan? Do you know any?
Halloween Quiz & Activities
Halloween Quiz
Halloween Interactive Reading Activity
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Watch the video and answer the following questions:
- Where and when did Halloween start?
- Who were the first people to celebrate Halloween?
- When was New Year's Day celebrated 2,000 years ago?
- How did Halloween get its name? The word comes from medieval England's All Hallows' ___.
- Why did people start wearing costumes on Halloween?
- How did it become an American festivity?
- What's the name given to carved pumpkins?
- Why do people trick-or-treat on Halloween?
Click here if you want to watch the 6th annual 'Hey Jimmy Kimmel I Told My Kids I Ate All Their Halloween Candy.' #YouTubeChallenge
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History For Kids
Travel Back in time and enter ancient worlds, meet famous people and discover fascinating facts by exploring a wide selection of historical games and activities on BBC History For Kids.
Check out this History For Kids video collection below.
Check out this History For Kids video collection below.
So You Want to Work in the UK
Trabajo en Reino Unido is the title of a very interesting post you can read in http://edulcoro.blogspot.com.es/, one of the best blogs devoted to academic and vocational counselling published in Spain. It offers practical advice, lots of links, and priceless recommendations for your career.
Trabajar en Europa is another blog worth visiting.
UK: Four Nations
Do you know the names of the different countries that make up the United Kingdom?
What is the population of Great Britain? How many people live in London?
Where are the laws of the UK debated and created?
Did you know that the Scottish Parliament was designed by Spanish architect Enric Miralles? Sadly he died at 45 in 2000.
Click on the following link to find out the answers to the questions above.
Watch the second video and try to answer some more questions:
- Where does the Prime Minister live?
- Where does the Queen live?
- Can you name any famous cities in Britain other than London?
- Two reasons why Liverpool is a very well-known city.
- Why are Oxford and Cambridge famous? 2 reasons
- How many National Parks are there in Britain?
- Stonehenge is perhaps a ............, or a ......., or a .........
- How many people in Wales speak Welsh?
- Trains go through the Channel Tunnel to ..........in ....... and to ............. in ......
Glastonbury Festival 26th -30th June 2013
People travel from all over the world to experience this 33-year-old event. The first festival took place on a farm in a small village called Pilton, which is near the town of Glastonbury in Somerset, UK. It was held in September of 1970 and was called Pilton Festival - approximately 2,000 people attended.
The man who created the festival, Michael Eavis, was inspired by a nearby festival he had visited. The following year, a stage shaped like a pyramid was built and 12,000 people attended. There was not another festival until 1979.
There have been festivals held on most years since 1981 and all the profits are given to charities. It is now formally known as the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and is set in 700 acres of farmland. There are around 25 different stages, fields, and tents where music, theatre, comedy, dance and lots more is all performed.
Can you find Glastonbury on the map?
The man who created the festival, Michael Eavis, was inspired by a nearby festival he had visited. The following year, a stage shaped like a pyramid was built and 12,000 people attended. There was not another festival until 1979.
There have been festivals held on most years since 1981 and all the profits are given to charities. It is now formally known as the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and is set in 700 acres of farmland. There are around 25 different stages, fields, and tents where music, theatre, comedy, dance and lots more is all performed.
Listen to this catchy song below and find out where the band Of Monsters and Men are from.
Holland versus The Netherlands explained at last!
One of the things that often confuse my students is the difference between United Kingdom and England. Likewise, the difference between Holland and the Netherlands confuse students. Let's see if the video below help them out to understand the difference once and for all. Thx to Richard Byrne for the tip, the video and part of the wording :-)
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