British eating habits: let's have a tea party!

AN INTRODUCTION

Typical British eating habits
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/food/
http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/foodculture.html

UK food in Britain

http://youtu.be/D53ENG2op8w

TEA

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to 

the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Henry James

The history of tea in Britain:

http://www.history.uk.com/history/history-tea-britain/

Legends on the origins of tea:
http://www.tching.com/2012/03/legends-on-the-origins-of-tea-from-china-japan-and-korea/

A short history of tea in England
http://youtu.be/saTcXkXx7Pc

Afternoon tea and high tea:

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/food/tea.htm

The history of afternoon tea:

http://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/afternoon-tea/

http://www.afternoontea.co.uk/information/history-of-afternoon-tea/

English tea: a list of Dos and Don'ts:

https://www.finedininglovers.com/stories/english-tea-tips-rules/

SOME RECIPES

Afternoon tea recipes:

http://britishfood.about.com/od/introtobritishfood/tp/afternoontearecipes.htm

Scones recipe:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Perfect-English-Scones/

Classic cucumber tea sandwiches:

http://coffeetea.about.com/od/foodmeetsdrinks/r/Cucumber-Tea-Sandwiches-Recipe.htm

SOME VIDEOS

English afternoon tea sandwich recipe

http://youtu.be/Vpb4Lb1m4CU

How to make English scones

http://youtu.be/4UnepnO2Uww

Proper etiquette for afternoon tea

http://youtu.be/vSBpIc5raxg

How to throw a tea party

http://youtu.be/A9Jpu7TPRiY

STUDENTS' TASK

You want to have a tea party. Make a list of the things you need, describe how you make a proper British tea and tell something about the etiquette you have to follow.

Some songs to talk about world hunger and poverty

October was World Hunger Action Month!

http://www.stophungernow.org/articles/world-hunger-month-2011-10-04

May, 28 2015 will be World Hunger Day

http://youtu.be/IX8w__WR9Xc?list=PLHpm1ZOoHs84l9PKWWqix-kLyBCi6P12k

https://www.youtube.com/user/WorldHungerDay

http://www.thehungerproject.co.uk/getinvolved/worldhungerday/world-hunger-day-purpose/

http://www.thehungerproject.co.uk/song/

What causes hunger?

http://www.wfp.org/hunger/causes

http://eschooltoday.com/hunger-and-malnutrition/causes-of-hunger.html

https://www.freedomfromhunger.org/world-hunger-facts

What can we do to reduce world hunger?

http://www.wikihow.com/Take-Action-to-End-World-Hunger

http://borgenproject.org/10-ways-stop-world-hunger/

Many artists in the world composed songs about world hunger and poverty to help raise awareness about theese issues.

SOME CLASSICS

Band Aid was a charity supergroup  featuring mainly American, British, and Irish musicians and recording artists.  It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for anti-poverty efforts in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year.

http://www.inthe80s.com/xmaslst.shtml

Band Aid - Do they know it's Christmas?

USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) was the name under which 44 predominantly U.S. artists, led byMichael Jackson and Lionel Richie, recorded the hit single "We Are the World" in 1985. The song was a U.S. and UK number one for the collective in April of that year. This super group was inspired by Bob Geldof's Band Aid.

http://www.usaforafrica.org/

Usa for Africa - We are the world

"Heal the World" is a song from Michael Jackson's hit album, Dangerous, released in 1991.

The video shows poor children living in Africa.

Michael Jackson - Heal the world

"Imagine" is a song written and performed by John Lennon in 1971. 

He asks us to imagine a world at peace 

without borders, hunger and wars. 

Is he a dreamer?

John Lennon - Imagine

"Another Day in Paradise" is a song performed by  

Phil Collins, 

released in 1989. It is about  the problem of hunger and homelessness. 

When someone asks for our help in the street, 

do we pretend not to hear?

Phil Collins - Another day in paradise

Village Ghettoland is a song by Stevie Wonder 

about poverty and marginalization, released in 1976. 

Stevie Wonder - Village Ghettoland

STUDENTS' TASK

Answer the following questions:

Which song do you prefer? Why? 

Which words have affected you the most?

Do you know any modern song about poverty or world hunger?

Immigration to the USA: Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.

In the late 19th century, people from many parts of the world immigrated to the United States for different reasons: famine, lack of jobs, rising taxes, or because they were politically or religiously persecuted. In fact, U.S.A. was perceived as the land of freedom and economic opportunity. 

At the beginning, the federal government left immigration policy to individual states but then, it decided to regulate the increasing influx of immigrants. In 1890, the president Benjamin Harrison decided that Ellis Island, in New York Harbor near the Statue of Liberty, would be a federal immigration station. It was operational from 1892 to 1954, more than 12 million immigrants entered the United States through “the golden door”.

In 1954 it was abandoned and it began to decay rapidly. In 1965 President Johnson declared Ellis Island part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument but only in the 1970s the Congress allocated a sum to repair it. In 1976 Ellis Island was reopened to the public.

Today you can take a ferryboat from Liberty Island and go on a one-hour guided tour retracing the steps of the immigrants.

                Surf my interactive Thinglink image and learn more. 

                                http://www.thinglink.com/scene/581896999171784706

Now surf the following sites to investigate 

some aspects related to immigration.

Immigration to the USA

http://spartacus-educational.com/USAimmigration.htm

Immigration to the USA, 1851-1900

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/immgnts/

U.S. immigration before 1965
http://www.history.com/topics/u-s-immigration-before-1965

USA immigration problems
https://www.numbersusa.com/problems

The White House website about immigration (watch the video!)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/immigration

STUDENTS' WRITING TASK

You are an immigrant at the beginning of the 20th century. Tell me why you are going to the USA, where you are from, which are your expectations. Describe your journey and what you felt when you first saw the "golden door" and "Lady Liberty".

The Victorian Era

The Victorian Age takes its name from Queen Victoria who ruled from 1837 to 1901. Victorian era was caracterised by stability, progress, social reforms, a rapid extention of colonialism but, at the same time, by great problems such as poverty and social injustice.

Surf the great BBC history site.

Victorians:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/

British History Timeline:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/timelines/british/index_embed.shtml

Then take a look at my interactive Popplet mindmap about some aspects of the Victorian age. Click on the image to open it, then scroll around, zoom, click on the links and watch the videos.

STUDENTS' TASKS

          Reading and Writing

1) Choose an aspect of the Victorian age that has particularly affected you. Surf the sites I suggested in my mindmap and write a report.

2) Imagine you are a Victorian child belonging to a poor family, forced to work in a factory. Describe your working day.

3) Which novel (of the two I talk about in my presentation) do you like the most? Why? 

                Listening

Watch and listen to the video "Life in Victorian Britain" from the mindmap. Take note of the main points of discussion and create your own mindmap.

                               Speaking

Work in pairs or small groups. Read the information about the Victorian etiquette and choose a social situation. Would you know how to conduct yourselves if you were Victorians? You can practice taking the  McCord Museum test. Then prepare a sketch.

October, 5th: The Beatles released "Love me do"... and a legend was born.

On October, 5th 1962 The Beatles released 

their debut single "Love me do".

The song was a hit!

"Love me do" - The Beatles

Now it's up to you!

"Love me do" karaoke

Now take a look at my interactive Thinglink image below. Move your cursor over the image and open the links. You will find information about The Beatles biography and their most famous songs. You can also do some fill in exercises while listening to some songs (to listen to the songs, click on the link under the image).

Here's a list in alphabetical order of The Beatles' songs. For each song you can have information, read the lyrics and listen to the music (or even watch a video):

http://www.songfacts.com/artist-the_beatles.php

If you need great worksheets click on this link:
http://www.eslprintables.com/worksheets_with_songs/the_beatles/

STUDENTS' TASKS

1) Watch the following video. It's an old Beatles' interview with fans. Do you think the fans' questions would be different today? What would you ask to the fab four?

The Beatles interview with fans - 1964

2) Create a Beatles' Fakebook page! Take a look at the Fakebook gallery just to get an idea and use the information you read in the biographies.

"The Beatles will exist without us."

George Harrison