- •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.
The Anglo-Saxons developed trade with Europe (largely due to the fact that they accepted Christianity and the Roman Church). They exported: wool, cheese, hunting dogs, pottery, metal goods. They imported: wine, fish, pepper, jewelry, etc.
Linguistic traces:
names of the days of the week (after the Germanic gods): Tuesday (Tig - the god of war), Wednesday (Wodin - the supreme God, the god of kings), Thursday (Thor - god of storm), Friday (Frei/Frigga - the goddess of nature and love);
place-names of the Anglo-Saxon origin, e.g. with the endings -ing ("family") (Reading, Hastings), -ham ("farm") (Birmingham, Nottingham), -ton ("settlement") (Southampton, Kingston), etc.
Theme “History of the British Isles” Part 4
Vikings' Raids
The 8th - 9th c. witnessed the arrival of the Danes/Vikings/Norsemen/ Scandinavians to the British Isles. The term "Vikings" means "pirates" or "people of the sea inlets". They came from Norway and Denmark first only raided the British Isles.
In 865 they realised that the quarrelling Anglo-Saxon kingdoms could not keep them out and they invaded Britain.
King Alfred of Wessex was the only one who held out against the Vikings. He was a military genius, a great strategist, a brave warrior and a wise statesman. He turned villages into fortified towns and founded the English Fleet to fight the Vikings at sea.
878 - the Treaty of Wedmore was signed by the Vikings and king Alfred. According to the treaty England was divided into 2 parts:
Wessex (the territory that was ruled by Alfred);
Danelaw (the Vikings' territory where they built walled settlements called "burghs" (compare Edinburgh, etc.).
In Danelaw the Danes and the English soon intermarried and intermixed.
10th c. - the Vikings renewed their raids moving westwards. The Saxon kings preferred to give them the "Danegeld" (the money to make the Vikings stay away) rather than fight with them.
11th c. - king Canute (the leader of the Danish Vikings) became king of England and England became a part of the Northern Empire (comprised Norway and Denmark) for a short period. But after his death in 1035 England regained political independence under Edward the Confessor (a Saxon).
Edward was brought up in France and had a lot of French advisors and favourites. He was very religious (that's why he was called the Confessor) and built a church almost in every village of the country, the most famous being that of Westminster in London. The rumour has it that probably he appointed William, the Duke of Normandy, his successor. Edward died in 1066.
Theme “History of the British Isles” Part 5 Norman Conquest
After the death of Edward the Confessor the Anglo-Saxons proposed their own king - Harold Godwinson (of Wessex) but William (who was supposedly appointed the successor of Edward) did not want to give up the English throne. So he assembled a big army and went to England.
1066 - the Battle of Hastings took place. William won the battle and got the name of William the Conqueror. He became king of England and was crowned in Westminster Abbey. Since then all kings and queens of England have been crowned there.
The Normans (north men) were actually the Vikings who settled in Northern France and soon started to speak French and became Christians.
Norman Life:
1. William introduced military feudalism and centralisation of the power, i.e.:
All the land was owned by the king and was his personal property;
The vassals (Norman nobles) got lots of land from William in return for the military and other services ("homage") and loyalty. Soon 4 000 Saxon lords were replaced by 200 Norman ones.
"Oath of Salisbury" - William made all landowners (lords) to take an oath of fealty directly to him so that they could not unite against him and challenge his power. The lords were not allowed also to keep big armies - so they were unable to fight with each other or against the king. Thus England became one and indivisible.
William introduced the system of primogeniture - a system according to which the eldest son inherited all the lands and riches of his father after his death.
Domesday Book (1086) - William wanted to know exactly how much land and wealth he owned to be able to know how much he could ask in tax. So he ordered a census to be held to collect all the necessary information. This information was registered in the so-called Domesday Book that was actually the first census in England and in Europe.
During the period of the Norman rule the linguistic situation in England was as follows:
English was the language of common people who lived in villages;
French was the official language of the country - the language of the administration, of the king's court, of the law courts, of the army, of the school, the language of the townspeople;
Latin was the language the church and learning.