3. History of the country.

To understand how is the country which you are studying it is very important to know what has happened in the past (the war, the governments, the kings, society problems, how rich they were....) In this task we are trying to look for some information about the history of the country which you have chosen.

ACTIVITY 1: Verbs in the past.

First we are going to learn a bit of grammatical aspects of the PAST TENSE, or just have a quick review. It will be really useful for the final activity of this task.

Play with 22 Irregular Verbs

The Past Tense Explanation

Past tenses worksearch.

Verbs Y5 English

You will also find more information and activities about the past tense in your English teachers' blogs:

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ACTIVITY 2: Looking for information

You will look in the web about some historical facts of the country, it is very important to know:

• When was the country created?
• Did it suffer any war?
• Important Kings (if there have been any)
• Did anyone invade the country? When?
• When was its Constitution created?
• Any important recent fact.

This websites can be useful for you:

• History of England(timeline) and History of England (wikipedia)
• History of Ireland (timeline) and History of Ireland
• History of USA
• History of Canada
• History of New Zealand
• History of South Africa
• History of Australia
• History of Wales I
• History of Wales II
• History of Jamaica I and History of Jamaica II

ACTIVITY 3: Create a TIMELINE.

With all the historical facts you have looked in the last activity you will create a TIMELINE in the Popplet. You will start with the first historical fact in the left part and then ads the rest in a line. Each square should contain at least:

• The date of the fact.
• A picture of the fact.
• A really short description about the fact.

ACTIVITY 4: Final Task

The final product of this task will be the third part of you Tourist guide of the Country. In your guide you will embed a video that you will record with the Screen-o-Matic in which you will explain your timeline (Don´t forget to create your script).

• You make a script (Start, nub, ending). When you will finish the script, your teacher will check the script to rec the video.
  • START :
    • Hello , our names are...
    • We are going to explain the history of ...
    • We have created a timeline in which we have included the most important history facts.
  • NUB : (Remember to use the quesions and the answers)
    • First of all, ...
    • Secondly, ...
    • Thirdly, ...
    • Then, ...
    • Next,...
    • Finally,...
  • ENDING:
    • Farewell.