Where's Big Ben?: a trip around historical architecture of London

The Task

Students� task is based on organizing their own travel agencies. They are expected to advertise their offer of trips around London very heavily. They should be aware that the number of possible customers depends on the quality of their services.

This task encourages students to search for information about well-known historical places around London. Students must carry out some basic research on the curiosities about the best spots to visit.

The class should be divided into 3 groups. Each group will have to prepare a poster (a sort of commercial) with a short description of the places worth visiting, and a leaflet with an offer of an organized trip around London. Those groups are sort of makeshift travel agencies. They will have to prepare some short presentations, in order to sell their products and persuade others to choose their offer.

Here is the list of the monuments and the most famous places in London:

1. Trafalgar Square

2. National Gallery with its famous stores of paintings

3. Picadilly Circus

4. Hyde Park and Buckingham Palace

5. St. James' Park

6. the Houses of Parliament

7. Big Ben and Westminister Abbey

8. Tower Bridge

9. the Tower of London and St. Paul's Cathedral

10. Fleet Street

11. Covent Garden

The groups:

 Group A: focuses on Trafalgar Square, National Gallery, the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben

Group B:  focuses on Westminster Abbey, Hyde Park and Buckingham Palace, St. James' Park

Group C: focuses on Fleet Street Piccadilly Circus Covent Garden

           However, students are mostly welcome to study the map and add their own propositions.