UnitTwoHistory

Lesson3ABriefHistoryoftheUKSupplementaryReadingLearningObjectivesStarterTextsLessonReviewCaseStudy

FindouttheinfluenceofBritishhistoryonotherEnglish-speakingcountries.AcquireageneralideaabouttheBritishhistory.LearnaboutthemajorstagesandimportantfiguresinBritishhistory.LearningObjectives

StarterTalkaboutthefollowingpicturesandthespecialperiodsrelatedtothem.

StonehengeOneofthewondersoftheworld,whichisbelievedtohavebeenbuiltfrom4000BCto2000BC.Nowasaworldheritagesite,StonehengeandallitssurroundingsremainpowerfulwitnessestotheoncegreatcivilizationsoftheStoneandBronzeAges.

ShakespearesGlobeTheatreAtheatreinLondonassociatedwithWilliamShakespeare.Itwasbuiltin1599byShakespearesplayingcompany,theLordChamberlainsMen,andwasdestroyedbyfireonJune29,1613.AsecondGlobeTheatrewasrebuiltonthesamesitebyJune1614andclosedin1642.

Alegendaryfigureinthe5thcenturyADinBritishhistory.Accordingtothelegend,ArthurgatheredacompanyofknightswhosattogetheratArthur’scastle.Hecreatedthefamous“roundtable”atwhichallwouldhaveequalrighttobetheking,senseofdemocracy.HeunitedtheBritish,andwithhismagicalsword,Excalibur,drovetheSaxonsback.KingArthur

TextsPre-reading:GiveabriefintroductionofthehistoricperiodsoftheUKbyreferringtothefollowingchart.Text:ABriefHistoryoftheUK

HistoricPeriodsTimeMajorIncidentsRomanPeriod43—410ChristianitywasbroughttoBritainNormanRule1066—1381MagnaCarta;BlackDeathTransitiontoModernAge1455—1688TheWarofRoses;EnglishRenaissanceRiseofBritishEmpire1688—1900IndustrialRevolution;ColonialExpansionFallofBritishEmpire1914—1945WWI;WWII;GreatDepressionPre-reading:GiveabriefintroductionofthehistoricperiodsoftheUKbyreferringtothefollowingchart.

TransitiontotheModernAge(1455-1688)Rise