Разработка урока квеста по теме «Unusual Britain»
Цель: познакомить учащихся 5-7 классов с традициями Великобритании. Закрепить и углубить знания по этой теме
Задачи:
-подготовить вступительную презентацию, чтобы заинтересовать участников
- подготовить материалы для изучение
- подготовить задания для этапов квеста
- провести итоговое тестирование
Организация:
Приветствие.
Hello, dear students. Today we’d like to share with you interesting facts about traditions and customs of British. Let’s start our quest from the presentation. Attention on the screen, please.
Divide into 3 teams, please. Each of the team has a map, you have to go in according to your map, and make task. After each task you will get the word. In the end, when you will have enough words, you can make a sentence from them. Are you ready. Let’s start!
Ведущий надевает шапку машиниста поезд и предлагает учащимся отправиться к первой станции.
Tea station
Task 1.
Each has only 5 minutes to study the information about tea traditions in Great Britain. After that, students have to answer some questions (true / false). Each correct answer brings 1 part of puzzle. Solve this puzzle, team get a word and can move to the next station.
The afternoon tea tradition starts in seventeenth century. | British drink only black leaf tea. |
There are special teapots, cups, milk jugs and other thing for correct tea-drinking. | They don’t mix African and Ceylon teas. |
British don’t eat any sweets during afternoon tea drinking. | British add three teaspoon of tea per person plus one for the pot |
English make tea break even in the middle of working day. | British brew for three up to five minutes |
Lemons must be on the table. | British pour cold water onto the leaves and heat it. |
Word from puzzle - dessert
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ext
"Afternoon tea" in Great Britain is a real tradition.
It is a custom that was established by the seventh Duchess of Bedford in the 19th century.
At the time, lunch was taken early and supper very late so the duchess made a habit of taking tea in the afternoon between three and four o'clock together with a light meal.
She began inviting her friends to join her and therefore started a tea fashion enjoining an immediate success.
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hen "afternoon tea" was established, it gave rise to many artefacts, utensils, cakes... The tea caddies, tea-cosies, tea balls, tea strainers, sugar bowls, milk jugs, tiny porcelain teacups, silver teapots, scones with jam and cottled cream, typical cakes, muffins, crumpets, are all creations to bring out the best in tea, both in its the serving and in its drinking; all essential part of the English way of making tea.
Today, as in the 19th century, friends or family are still invited around for tea even if tea is drank several time a day with tea breaks on work place as well.
On elegant tea meeting, milk, sugar and lemon are always provided to everyone's tastes.
Tea is prepared following five cardinal rules that are typically British and are most suited to the type of tea that is drunk in England, strong broken leaf black tea, usually a mixture of African and Ceylon teas:
• warm the teapot with boiling water
• add one teaspoon of tea per person plus one for the pot,
• pour hot water onto the leaves,
• brew for three up to five minutes,
• stir once and serve.
Wedding station
Task 2.
British have very interesting wedding tradition, which you can see in these pictures and can read in these describing cards. To get a word on this station you have to match pictures and descriptions.
In Britain, man gets down on one knee when he is asking for bride’s hand in marriage, while the bride stands. The man is holding an open ring box in their hand, which represents the engagement ring and she accepts to wear the engagement ring. The exact origin of this custom is unknown, but there is an idea, that this is from the Middle East around 3000 years ago. Kneeling in front of someone is a sign of respect, loyalty, and obedience, and it is usually done in front of a person of a higher rank, such as the Queen. |
Present at weddings around the world, throwing rice at the bride and groom in the UK started in the early 20th century as a wedding ritual that would bring fertility to any marriage. Usually, the wedding couple are pelted with rice during their wedding ceremony to wish them prosperity, good health and many children. Most commonly white rice it is used because it represents purity, but some weddings throw confetti or flowers. |
The bridesmaids tend to all wear the same dress. The reason why bridesmaids match, according to history, has nothing to do with looks or decor or beautiful photos, and everything to do with safety. As in ancient Rome so nowadays it’s a way to emphasize a bride. |
Vows are an incredibly meaningful—and personal—part of a wedding ceremony. They provide the contractual (both formal and informal) basis that will guide the newlyweds through their shared life together and set the tone for what is to come. While there are many creative variations of the lifelong promises, some couples prefer to recite powerful, centuries-old wedding vows from many different faiths and cultures. These tried-and-true words set a strong foundation for a lifetime of unity and marital bliss together. |
Of all the wedding traditions, one of the more baffling is the idea of having a 'wedding breakfast'. It sounds like you and your guests should be tucking into cafe on toast or scrambled eggs with salmon. In fact, the wedding breakfast is the meal you have after the ceremony and is unlikely to take place in the morning. It's your main eating event of the day, and is usually followed by the wedding speeches. From round tables to a long banquet set-up or a casual outdoor dining experience, couples are coming up with increasingly creative ways to enjoy their wedding meal. |
Honeymoon history is a bit gloomy, just like many wedding traditions. Wedding historian Susan Waggoner says the honeymoon "dates from the days of marriage by capture when, after snatching his bride, the groom swept her away to a secret location, safe from discovery by her angry kin." And there he would keep her until "the family would either give up the search or the bride would become pregnant, making all questions of her return moot." The word "honeymoon" itself is derived from the Scandinavian practice of drinking mead, or fermented honey, during the first month of the marriage (measured by one moon cycle) in order to improve the likelihood of conception. The word also showed up in the 1500s "as a term to warn newlyweds about waning love." The message was clear: "As the moon wanes, so shall your love." |
A flower girl is typically the youngest person in the wedding party and precedes the bride down the aisle. The tradition dates back to ancient Rome, where the flower girl carried wheat and herbs for the bride and groom. The interpretation of this tradition got a little looser and a little weirder around the Elizabethan era when the inclusion of children in the wedding party itself was more a reflection of how the culture idealized childhood, seeing kids as “symbols of hope and innocence.” Since the flower girl walks down the aisle before the bride, she's meant to represent a younger, more innocent version of the bride and the transformation from child to adult. |
Pet station
Task 3
British love animal very much and almost each person has a pet. Look at this word snake. Find all animal that British people have as pets.
5 million dogs live as pets in Great Britain. |
Cats are popular too. In people’s houses live 4 million cats. |
About 3 million parrots are kept by British. |
More than a million rabbits have British as a pet. |
In the UK there are a bit less than 900 thousand fish. |
British people keep more than 1500 reptiles. |
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Sentence: Learn English traditions!
Thank you for your work, we hope you recognize something interesting about the Great Britain. Read, watch and study English traditions and you will understand the English language better. Good luck!