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Focus on Scotland today
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LESSON 1TASK 1
Scotland is a beautiful and rather prosperous country, but it's not independent. It has been united with England for over 300 years. First, work together as a team and watch what the Scots say about the English. Why?
Next watch a video of the film 'Braveheart'. Who was William Wallace?
TASK 2
Next, let's learn and/or revise the basic facts of Scotland. You can find useful web pages below.
Complete the sentences.
1. The area of Scotland is .......... which makes it about ......... the size of the Netherlands.
2. The population of Scotland is ........
3. The biggest city is ......... but the capital is ........
4. The national symbols are .....
5. Today the main industries are electronic technology, ....
6. Scotland has been united with England since ......
7. Scotland has its own parliament since .......
8. Devolved Scottish parliament is responsible for social work services, ......................
9. The First Minister of Scotland is ......
10. He is ............ old and ........................party.
TASK 3
Now, find arguments for and against Scottish independence.
1) Watch the videos why to vote 'yes' or 'no' to independence,
2) read the article 'Proud Scots - but would they want to go it alone?' ,
3) study the poll results showing how many Scots and Britons are for Scottish independence.
ARGUMENTS FOR
1.
2.
...
ARGUMENTS AGAINST
1.
2.
...
LESSON 2
TASK 4
The fourth step is to make a game. It can be a crossword, puzzle, quizlet flash cards, etc. An example of a quiz, hangman. Decide who of you does it, the others start with a Powerpoint Presentation (ppp).
TASK 5
The fifth task is to make a presentation of 8-15 slides to give an overview of Scotland's way to independence.
Include the following information:
- Scotland - facts
- History - W. Wallace, 1601, 1707
- SNP, Alex Salmond
- Arguments for independence
- Arguments against independence
- Your opinion
- Conclusion, predictions
- Fun sites
- Sources
You can do it in Google docs and share your ppp with the other members of your team to get one. Don't forget to add your game to it as well. Finish it together.
TASK 6
Evaluate the contribution of each team member on a scale of 1........10 (almost nothing ..... excellent).
LESSON 3
Every team makes a presentation and watches others' presentations.
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