Notting Hill Carnival & Multicultural Britain
- A Taste of Notting Hill Carnival listen and answer the questions
- Why do people like the carnival
- Why were police present at the event?
Vocabulary
costumes
clothes worn for a certain type of activity
sound systems
electrical equipment used to play music, recordings and announcements
revellers
people at a party or celebration
donned
put on (clothes)
downpours
heavy rain showers
3. The origins of the Carnival
Borough – Costumes – Parade – Taylor – Stitches – Riots – Looted – Pour into – West Indian Communities – Contagious – Diverse – Flock –
Watch the video and answer the Questions:
When did the carnival start?
Who was the founder?
What does the tailor think about the Carnival?
How long does it last?
When can young people go?
How do people feel about the carnival?
4. Let’s think about:
- Have you ever visited or lived somewhere with a different culture?
- How multicultural is the place where you live?
- Is there more immigration to or emigration from your country?a. Match the words at the top with the descriptions below.
immigrants / settled / refugees / multicultural / overseas / cultures
_____________ Includes people with different beliefs and customs
_____________ Abroad; from distant countries
_____________ People who come to a new country to live there
_____________ People who leave their country because it is not safe to stay there
_____________ Collections of beliefs, customs and shared stories
_____________ Comfortable in a situation; no desire to move
b. Listen to the video and answer the following questions
1. Where did the first wave of refugees come from?
- a) India
- b) Somalia
- c) Jamaica
5. Britain had an Empire made up of colonies all around the world. These same colonies represented a true force during the Second World War. During, one of Churchill’s speeches on the Eve of Britain’s entrance into the war, he literally “armed half of the world and send it to war”. Once the had ended, and Britain desperately needed forces to rebuild the country, people from colonies were called from the Mother country to help.
The first wave of immigrants started with the arrival of a troop ship from Jamaica called the ‘Empire Windrush’. The people who came to Britain from the West Indies came to be known as the Windrush’ generation.
It was an invitation.
An invitation to come
“Help re-build the Mother country” It seemed like an opportunity Jobs for everyone
A better future for our children Then home again
Just a few years
We left the blue skies The sun, the sea, the light And then the shock The cold and damp The grey skies
The cold stares
The cold grey stares
The ship arrived on June 22nd 1948 No band played a welcome
492 hopefuls stepped ashore Hopefuls
With our British passports in our hands We thought the journey had ended
It was just beginning
We came for a few years
We stayed a lifetime and more Hopefuls with our British passports in our hands They didn’t think we were British
And now our children know no other
This is their home
And ours
St. Valentine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YguF1pcBWYI
Ask students to read the information within the table, explain any unknown vocabulary (e.g. pagan, fertility, sacrifice, feasting, mating period). Play the video again.
Students’ task is to match the people or events with other information form the table.
Example 0 : People give each other gifts and flowers on 14th February
|
0. People |
gifts and flowers |
14th February |
|
1. A priest |
a. official Valentine’s day |
I. sacrifice and feasting |
|
2. Pope |
b. Roman Gods |
II. The Mother of the American Valentine |
|
3. Pagan fertility festival |
c. send the first Valentine’s greeting |
III. mating period |
|
d. a poem |
IV. to honour the priest |
|
|
5. Esther Holland |
e. send hand written cards |
V. a woman |
Answers: 1-c-V, 2-a-IV, 3-b-I, 4-d-III, 5-e-II
Once students have the correct answers they should create sentences e.g:
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A priest send the first Valentine’s greeting to a woman.
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Pope made the Valentine’s day official as he wanted to honour the priest.
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A pagan fertility festival that honoured Roman Gods was celebrated by sacrifice and feasting.
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Geoffrey Chaucer wrote a poem about mating period.
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Esther Holland started sending hand written cards and was named ‘The mother of the American Valentine’.
Iserisci le parole in grassetto:
fallen – blindness – executed – conducted – held – associated – honour – birds – rituals – influenced – popularity
According to a Christian legend, there was a priest, who ___________ marriages that were against the orders of the Roman emperor. As a consequence he was ___________. However, before that he’d _____________ in love a woman whom he’d cured from _____________. The last contact he’d ever made with her was a love letter signed ‘ From your Valentine’. This message is said to be the first ever Valentine’s greeting.
A Christian Pope made the 14th February an official St Valentine’s day in the______________ of the priest of the same name.
There was a pagan fertility festival ___________ between 13th and 15th February that honoured Roman Gods and its founders through various ____________ such as sacrifice and feasting.
It was not until Middle Ages when the day was______________ with romance and love. Geoffrey Chaucer, an English poet, presented this aspect in his poem, in which we can find the connection of the beginning of the mating period of ____________ with love.
In 1800 Valentine’s day started growing in _______________ and soon everyone was sending hand written notes to each other. Esther Holland ,______________ by the British cards tradition, was the first to design a Valentine’s card, no wonder she was named the Mother of the American Valentine’s.
Procrastinación
Procrastinación…. a quien no le pasa eso?
Los Signos
Son muchas las acciones de cada día, algunas de ellas representan, y constituyen, la que se llama RUTINA.
Algunas de esas acciones pueden ser las siguientes
despertarse (e > ie)
levantarse
vestirse
ponerse (si comporta come la prima persona di hacer) una corbata
desayunar
ir al trabajo
llegar al trabajo
empezar a trabajar / hacer fotocopias
Tomar apuntes
escribir al ordenador
comer
tener una reunión
volver a casa (o>ue)
escuchar el contestador
calentar la cena (e>ie)
escribir mensajes
encontrar nuevas personas (o>ue)
cenar
desvestirse (e>i)
acostarse (o>ue)
¿Cómo es el protagonista? descríbelo fisicamene
¿Cómo te parece que es?
¿Cuáles son las acciones que hace todos los días?
¿Cuándo es que las cosas cambian?
Happy Knowledge 