The Victorian age was marked by many changes and it is important to learn about the origins of the first stamp which is linked to the social, technological changes which took place during the long reign of Queen Victoria.
Watch the video and be ready to refer about it. What do you know about the mail system in Italy? When did it develop? Why do you think new means of transport and the stamps are so important in the history of Britain?
My dear students,
I would like you to read some pages from the famous Diary written by a young teenager- Anne Frank. If you have the time, just check online and listen to her voice, but I know that some of you will prefer to read it.
I read it when I was your age and I discovered the hopes of a person who wanted to live and enjoy life. She did not survive the bad experience in the concentration camps but she is still with us, thanks to her diary.
Here you can find an interesting document about the voice of this girl who is still talking to us in the XXI century:
Here you can find some texts in English taken from her Diary : read them and if you have the time try to tell me about your experience in reading them. Post your ideas or write to me by explaining why we must read Anne’s book. What kind of message does she have for us today?
Watch this video with an interview with a survivor from the Holocaust. Write down some notes about it and watch it a second time if you have not understood- check the subtitles.
Be ready to give some information about what you have learnt about this woman in class.
Listen to this podcast and read the text of the transcript if you find some difficulties
Now search online about Italy and the Holocaust : what did you learn about the people who were sent to concentration camps? Were they many or fewer compared to countries like Poland and Germany?
You can use this link https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/
Report the information to your friends in class.
We have studied the simple past and we have learnt about it : it tells us about events that happened in the past
Jack married Susan in 2009
Marion left the book on the table yesterday
Now read this sentence : it tells us about events that have happened but we do not say when they happened
Juliet and Marion have just married
I have lost my key : how can I enter my house?
Subject+ have/has + past participle
Subject + have/has + not + past participle
…… have/has + subject + past participle?
Now watch these videos and focus on the key words we use in English when we have the Present Perfect :
We are back at school and I am sure you are all a bit tired since you have spent your holidays while doing a lot of things ……….. Eating a lot of sweets, skiing and meeting friends. Maybe you spent your nights out…..
Now school has started again and we all have to do a lot of things in the next days.
First of all, in some days you will get your school report and some of you will have to work to better some performances in English.
Meanwhile I wish you all Welcome Back to School, we will manage and have great days together!!
Struggling to get out of bed this morning. pic.twitter.com/E4CFgeWzAd
— PEANUTS (@Snoopy) 8 gennaio 2018
Happy New Year . 2018 should be the year of Peace . Think about the innocent people suffering in a war they didn’t start. pic.twitter.com/qrQYtMSk3G
— Bana Alabed (@AlabedBana) 31 dicembre 2017
📹 WATCH @UNICEF‘s beautiful story that let’s YOU self-explore on how much of a child YOU are.
Happy 2018 🎉🎉🎉 pic.twitter.com/cljvJ340Zd— UNICEF Education (@UNICEFEducation) 31 dicembre 2017
2018 is the European Year of Cultural Heritage!
Cultural Heritage is more than monuments: it’s about our shared stories and experiences, our food, our books, our traditions. #EuropeForCulture pic.twitter.com/Vb4KYgKns8— European Commission (@EU_Commission) 1 gennaio 2018
Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅🏼 pic.twitter.com/eOUTocAfIc
— PEANUTS (@Snoopy) 25 dicembre 2017
The first snow has covered the Alps and the chain of mountains in the Appennines.
Temperatures are reaching 0°. I have always loved autumn for the beauty of the leaves on the trees. I feel cold and love lying in bed while reading a good book or surfing the web.
It’s getting cold outside and when I wake up in the morning I can see that days are getting shorter and colder. However, there’s some magic in these days. It’s the winter season with the beginning of a new month which is characterized by hopes and family gatherings from 24th December to 6t January in Italy.
It’s December today! pic.twitter.com/1v57H5JCOk
— PEANUTS (@Snoopy) 1 dicembre 2017
There is some magic in the markets where people meet and buy presents for their children and relatives. It is winter time, but we are looking forward to some days to spend together with our best friends.
Bundle up. pic.twitter.com/aISu7tawPm
— PEANUTS (@Snoopy) 2 dicembre 2017
Watch these two videos about Vera Brittain:
You can find more information online about this woman who spent most of her life to fight war as a solution to solve problems among nations. She published her autobiography and also poems:
Watch the video about WW1: write down some notes about the main events that took place from 1914 to 1918- use these questions to help you
https://www.theatlantic.com/projects/world-war-i-in-photos/
http://www.grandeguerra100.it/
https://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/research/online-exhibition/index-online-ww1-exhibition.htm
