Did you know about this?

Many years ago  Rome  was the capital of a great empire, the Roman Empire and its territories were almost in every  country in Europe.

The Romans reached England and also London.

Today we can find what the Romans  had built  in the English Capital:

London's secret Roman wall

A secret bit of London's Roman wall that you can actually walk through

Posted by Londonist on Saturday, January 20, 2018

 

If you go to London you should visit and see these old ruins.

Enjoy the videos!

5 November in British History

Listening and  Viewing  Activity in English

 

Do this  listening and  viewing activity online.  Did you know about this  event?

Link online: https://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_high_intermediate.php?id=17083

Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night
Step 1

Watch the video. Try to understand the main meaning of the video.

Step 2

Watch the video a second time and then do the activities and questions about it.

Halloween : a long story that started in Ireland ….. is continuing now

Read and learn about  Halloween in this short  presentation online: how do you  celebrate Halloween in your town/ country?

Now watch the cartoon and be ready to say what happened to the young Berenstain Bears:

 Now watch online about the  easy dessert that you  can make to celebrate Halloween:

Ireland: what do you know about this island?

Brainstorming: questions about  Ireland 

Where is Ireland?  What languages do people  speak there ? Why?

What do you know about  Dublin?

Watch the video: what places in Dublin are described?

Now look at the map of  Ireland: what do you know about  the island and its main two political areas?  Why do we have   Ireland and Northern Ireland?

Map of ireland

Credits :  By Michael 1952 ((Michael,2009)) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Now google ” Bloody Sunday” : what kind of information did you find?

Homework

Did you know about it?  Now watch the video and be ready to report about what  you have learnt about the issue of  Bloody Sunday and  Ireland ( SPEAKING  ACTIVITY)