History of Britain

Introduction

The history of Britain shaped the language people speak in the British Isles nowadays.

Task

In grops of three, the students will have to make a presentation to the rest of the class using a power point file about one of the topics below:

  • The three students will speak at the presentation;
  • The information will suit the topic they have to present;
  • Each slide in the presentation  will have only relevant information (no more than 3 or 4 points).
Process

CHOOSE ONE OF THE TOPICS BELOW AND FOLLOW THE LINKS TO GET THE INFORMATION YOU NEED:

1) PREHISTORY

Periods of Prehistory and Stohehenge

Prehistoric Timeline

Prehistoric Britain - Barrows, stone circles, henges, and such

2) STONEHENGE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf7xwHFuH2o

The Secrets of Stonehenge

Stonehenge Facts

3) DRUIDS

Druids

Who Were the Druids?

Who were the Druids? Historic UK

A day in the life of an ancient Celtic Druid

The Druids: What Do We Really Know?

4) THE CELTS

Celtic Britain

Top 10 FASCINATING Facts About the CELTS

Who were the Celts?

5) BOUDICCA

The Queen Boudica

Barbarians Rising: Boudica, Warrior Queen

Boudica: Warrior Queen Who Wiped Out London

Boudicca's Revolt (Boadicea)

6) THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN

Romans in Britain

Roman Britain

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/story-of-england/romans/

Late Roman Britain

7) KING ARTHUR

The truth of King Arthur

Legendary king of Britain

King Arthur's Britain

King Arthur

8) ANGLO-SAXONS

Top 10 of the anglo-saxons

Early Anglo-Saxon Britain

Alfred the Great

Anglo- saxons

9) SUTTON HOO

The Sutton Hoo ship burial

Sutton Hoo ship burial

The Ghostly Treasure Ship of Sutton Hoo

10) THE VIKINGS

Why the Vikings Disappeared

878: A Tour of Viking Britain

The vikings

11) BAYEUX TAPESTRY

Bayeux Tapestry

Seven ages of Britain BBC

Bayeux Tapestry video

Bayeux Tapestry.org

12) THE NORMANS

Who were the Normans? Invasion of England and consequences.

The Norman Invasion of England

Norman Conquest of England

13) MAGNA CARTA

Explore English: What is Magna Carta?

Magna Carta History

Magna Carta Britannica

Magna Carta British Library

Magna Carta, de Montfort and the emergence of Parliament

Evaluation
FLUENCY

Speech is slow, hesitant & strained except for short memorized phrases; difficult to perceive continuity in speech; inaudible.

0 puntos

Speech is frequently hesitant with some sentences left uncompleted; volume very soft.

0.25 puntos

Speech is relatively smooth; some hesitation and unevenness caused by rephrasing and searching for words; volume wavers.

0.5 puntos

Smooth and fluid speech; few hesitations; a slight search for words; inaudible word or two.

0.75 puntos

Smooth and fluid speech; few to no hesitations; no attempts to search for words; volume is excellent.

1 puntos

Pronunciation and accent

Pronunciation is lacking and hard to understand; No effort towards a native accent

0 puntos

Pronunciation is okay; No effort towards a native accent

0.25 puntos

Pronunciation is good; Some effort at accent, but is definitely non-native

0.5 puntos

Pronunciation is good; good effort at accent

0.75 puntos

Almost perfect, very few mistakes

1 puntos

Vocabulary

Weak language control; vocabulary that is used does not match the task

0puntos

Weak language control; basic vocabulary choice with some words clearly lacking

0.25puntos

Adequate language control; vocabulary range is lacking

0.5puntos

Good language control; good range of relatively well-chosen vocabulary

0.75puntos

Almost perfect: wide range of vocabulary

1puntos

Grammar

Frequent grammatical errors even in simple structures; meaning is obscured.

0puntos

Frequent grammatical errors even in simple structures that at times obscure meaning.

0.25puntos

Frequent grammatical errors that do not obscure meaning; little variety in structures

0.5puntos

Some errors in grammatical structures possibly caused by attempt to include a variety.

0.75puntos

Accuracy & variety of grammatical structures

1puntos

Content

Description is so lacking that the listener cannot understand

0puntos

Description lacks some critical details that make it difficult for the listener to understand

0.25puntos

Adequate description; some additional details should be provided

0.5puntos

Good level of description; all required information included

0.75puntos

Excellent level of description; additional details beyond the required

1puntos

Organisation

Disorganized; the information does not have a logical order

0puntos

A little organized, but it is difficult to follow the presentation because the ideas are not well interconnected.

0.25puntos

Generally organized; almost all information is presented in a logical order

0.5puntos

Well organized, the information is sufficient.

0.75puntos

Well organized; the information is presented in an easy-to-follow, logical, and clear manner

1puntos

Visuals

Almost no information displayed. No use of pictures. Many spelling mistakes.

0puntos

The font is too small. Did not use graphics. Have too many spelling errors

0.25puntos

The font is small. Uses irrelevant graphics. Have some spelling errors

0.5puntos

The font is appropriate. The graphics are related to the presentation. Few spelling errors.

0.75puntos

The font is big and easy to read. The graphics reinforce the presentation and increase audience understanding. No spelling errors.

1puntos

Presence

He/she doesn't want to present.

0puntos

Presents with lack of enthusiasm.

0.25puntos

Presentation with certain presence. Keep eye-contact.

0.5puntos

Correct body language, gesture, eye-contact.

0.75puntos

Perfect interaction with the audience.

1puntos

Overall Impression

Not appealling. Very boring, Not good at communicating.

0puntos

Mostly boring, though it has some interesting points.

0.25puntos

Communication decays. Interesting at certain times,

0.5puntos

Interesting, pleasant to listen.

0.75puntos

Very interesting. Good communication. Pleasant to listen.

1puntos

Team work

No collaborative.

0puntos

Cooperates with little effort

0.25puntos

Involved in the project result.

0.5puntos

Very Involved in the project success.

0.75puntos

Leading the group

1puntos

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