- •Theme “Great Britain: Introduction”
- •Theme “Great Britain: Introduction” Part 1
- •Introduction
- •Theme “Great Britain: Introduction” Part 2
- •Additional Material
- •Theme “Physical Face, Rivers and Lakes”
- •Theme “Flora and Fauna”
- •Theme “Climate and Weather”
- •Theme “Mineral Resources”
- •Tests Geographical position of the uk
- •Choose the right variant.
- •Match the name of the mountains and its highest peak.
- •Give short answers to the questions.
- •Social system:
- •Theme “History of the British Isles” Part 2 Roman Invasion
- •Theme “History of the British Isles” Part 3 Anglo-Saxon Invasion
- •Linguistic traces:
- •Theme “History of the British Isles” Part 4
- •Vikings' Raids
- •Theme “History of the British Isles” Part 5 Norman Conquest
- •Theme “History of the British Isles” Part 6 Great Britain: Unification of England, Wales and Scotland. Colonisation of Ireland.
- •Ireland:
- •Theme “Modern Population of the uk: Ethnic Composition, National and Linguistic Differences”
- •Immigration:
- •Additional Material Text for Reading and Discussion The importance of not being English
- •S cotland
- •Tasks to the text
- •Tests The history of the British Isles
- •Test II
- •1. Choose the right variant.(10 points)
- •2. True or false? Correct the false sentences(20 points)
- •3. Give short answers to the questions .(20 points)
- •4. Write a short summary on one of the following topics.(20 points)
- •Theme “British People” Part 2 Meals. Food
- •Theme “British People” Part 3 Customs and Traditions
- •Theme “British People” Part 4 Holidays:
- •Tests Traditions and customs of the British
- •Theme “Commonwealth of Nations”
- •1. History of the Commonwealth
- •2. Present-day Commonwealth
- •Structure of the Commonwealth
- •4. Commonwealth Organisations
- •Theme “State System of the u.K.” Part2 British Constitution
- •U nwritten Constitution
- •Theme “State System of the u.K.” Part 3 British Parliament: History, Composition and Functions
- •P arliament
- •Theme “State System of the u.K.” Part 4 Procedure of Passing a Bill in British Parliament
- •Theme “State System of the u.K.” Part 5 British Government
- •Theme “State System of the u.K.” Part 6 Political Parties in the u.K.
- •Theme “State System of the u.K.” Part 7 Electoral System in the u.K.
- •Theme “State System of the u.K.” Part 8 Devolution in Britain
- •The Political System of Great Britain
- •Political System of Great Britain.
- •Theme “The British Educational System” Part 2 Nursery and Primary Education
- •Theme “The British Educational System” Part 3 Secondary School
- •Theme “The British Educational System” Part 4
- •Independent (Public) Schools
- •Theme “The British Educational System” Part 5 Post-school and Higher Education
- •The Educational System of Great Britain.
- •Today state schools are divided into following types:
- •Public schools.
- •Higher and Further Education In Great Britain
- •Reading comprehension check
- •Assignments
- •Additional Material
- •The British Economy.
- •The north-south divide
- •British Transport.
- •Additional Material The British Media: The Press, Radio and Television.
- •Introduction
- •Say if the sentences are true or false.
- •Answer the questions
- •Complete the sentences.
- •Show on the map/ describe the position of the following geographical names.
- •Points for discussion
- •The relief.
- •Say if the sentences are true or false.
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Complete the sentences.
- •Flaura and Fauna.
- •Climate and weather in the uk.
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Complete the sentences.
- •Points for discussion
- •Cards for speaking
- •Mineral resources in the uk.
- •Say if the sentences are true or false.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Complete the sentences.
- •Guess the mineral resource according to the description.
- •The history of the British Isles
- •Iberians, Celts. Roman invasion. Anglo-Saxon invasion.
- •Say if the sentences are true or false.
- •Match the tribe with the influence they had. Put c- Celts, a – Anglo-Saxons, r – Romans.
- •Put the following events in the chronological order
- •Answer the following questions
- •The Danes, the Normans. Formation of the uk
- •Say if the sentences are true or false.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Complete the sentences.
- •What happened at this time?
- •Population. Linguistic differences.
- •Say if the sentences are true or false.
- •Answer the questions
- •Complete the sentences
- •Traditions and customs of the British Holidays of the British.
- •Political and state system in the uk. The Development of the State system in the uk.
- •2. Match the events with the times and ages.
- •The Queen of England. State system of the uk.
- •Complete the sentences.
Theme “History of the British Isles” Part 6 Great Britain: Unification of England, Wales and Scotland. Colonisation of Ireland.
Wales:
Wales was the 1st to be conquered by England. The Welsh tribes were constantly fighting with one another. That's why they were so weak and could not fight back the English.
William the Conqueror allowed his lords to win the land in Wales by conquest. During the 11th -13th c. the Normans raided Wales and intermixed with the Welsh. Thus soon they were well integrated in the Welsh society though the newcomers never felt safe in Wales because of the Welsh opposition.
Thanks to the Normans who started the invasion of Wales, it did not cause much trouble to Edward I to conquer Wales in the 1284 (13th c). But the Welsh did not want to be rules by an English king. They wanted a Prince of Wales who would satisfy the 3 conditions. He should:
be born in Wales;
be of royal blood;
not speak English or French.
Edward I gave them one - his baby son. Edward brought his pregnant wife to Wales, so his son was born in Wales, in Caernarfon Castle (the first condition). Surely he was of royal blood (the second condition) and did not speak neither English nor French as far as he was just born and did not speak any language yet (the third condition). Thus, thanks to the wisdom of Edward, in 1301 his son became the first Prince of Wales. The ceremony took place in Caernarfon Castle and was called "Investiture". Since that time the eldest son of a ruling king or queen has usually been made Prince of Wales (now - William).
The Welsh continued to struggle for independence but in the 15th c. the English throne passed to Henry VII of the Welsh House of Tudor. In the 16th c. his son Henry VIII brought Wales under the English Parliament which meant the complete loss of independence.
Scotland:
Scotland remained independent for quite a long time. The Scottish were more persistent than the Welsh in their opposition. The most famous opposition leaders were William Wallace (13th c. ("Brave Heart")) and Robert Bruce (14th c).
The Scottish allied with the French to be able to resist the English.
In 1603, when Queen Elizabeth I of England died childless, the throne passed to James (Stuart) the 6th of Scotland. He became James I of England and struggled to unite the two countries. Nevertheless, Scotland continued to be independent during the 17th c.
In 1707, during the reign of Queen Anne, the final unification took place and England, Wales and Scotland became known as Great Britain (a political notion at that time, but not any more - now this is only the name of the largest island of the British Isles).
Ireland:
Ireland was the land of monasteries and the Celtic culture. It was divided into 5 kingdoms, one of them called Ulster (present-day Northern Ireland). It has never been invaded either by the Romans or by the Anglo-Saxons, but the Vikings often raided Ireland (they founded the city of Dublin).
1169 (13th c.) - Ireland was conquered by the Normans, but they governed mostly the east of the country.
16th c. - Henry VIII persuaded the Irish Parliament to recognise him as king of Ireland. Thus Ireland became the first English colony (did not border on England).
"Plantation of Ulster" - the lands in Ulster were sold to the English and Scottish merchants who were Protestants (unlike the native population who were Catholics) and soon formed the majority of the population in Ulster. The protestants being the majority were privileged (work places, governments, etc.). This fact laid foundation for the war between the Protestants and the Catholics in the region.
1801 - George the 3 rd united Ireland and Great Britain.
1918 - the Republicans won the elections in Ireland => they formed their own Parliament in Dublin, announced that Ireland was a republic and started guerrilla against the British in Ireland.
1921 - the British agreed to the independence of Southern Ireland but kept Northern Ireland for themselves. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland appeared on the political map of the world.