Презентация "Pages of History Linking Past and Present"

Pages of History: Linking Past and Present

• Подготовила: учитель иностранных языков Петрова В.М.
• МБОУ «Центр образования Опочецкого района»
• СП «Гимназия им. А.Д. Петрова»

• What’s this?

HOW MANY INVENTIONS MANKIND CREATED! HOW MANY ACHIEVEMENTS IT CULMINATED! SOMETIMES THEY WERE USEFUL, SOMETIMES THEY WERE NOT. BUT NOW WE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT THEM ANYMORE. The topic of our lesson is

• Great
• INVENTIONS.

The aim of the lesson:

• by the end of the lesson you will be able to produce a coherent utterance about the creations of mankind using new information

Questions for discussion.

• -What motivates people to make new discoveries and inventions?
• - What about the world? Is it changing for the better or for the worse?
• - What are the greatest inventions in the world?

Let’s make this basket full with your ideas! Match English words with their Russian equivalents.

• 1) to culminate in sth a) замедлиться
• 2) spread of ideas b) иметь книги
• 3) groundwork c) в большом масштабе
• 4) to slow down d) ассоциироваться с ч-л
• 5) to be associated e) в свою очередь
• with sth f) состоятельный
• 6) on a large scale g) завершаться ч-л
• 7) to own books h) быть наполненным ч-л
• 8) to be filled i) фундамент, основы
• with sth j) распространение идей
• 9) wealthy
• 10) in its turn

It’s time to have a rest. Listen to me and do everything I say. Fasten your seatbelts! Secure all baggage underneath! Put the table trays in the upright position! Look to the left! Look to the right! Put your hands up! Put your hands down! Close your eyes! Express the same idea using the new words.

• In my thoughts I connect summer with holidays.
• You’re moving too fast. Could you lessen the speed, please?
• The book is full of references to the past.
• For many centuries education was a privilege of the rich.
• These preliminary talks laid the base for the meeting between the two leaders.

Arrange these sentences in the correct order, according to the events, that are described in the text

• Man lays foundations for the future development.
• Man begins cattle breeding and cultivating land.
• Man creates dangerously powerful inventions.
• Man makes first steps on the road of progress.
• Man gets the basics of learning.
• Man makes progress in industry and transport.
• Man finds a new interest in exploration.

1. Man makes first steps on the road of progress. 2. Man begins cattle breeding and cultivating land. 3. Man gets the basics of learning. 4. Man finds a new interest in exploration. 5. Man makes progress in industry and transport. 6. Man creates dangerously powerful inventions. 7. Man lays foundations for the future development. TRUE OR FALSE.

• 1) The use of fire was a step without which no subsequent development (of man) would have been possible.
• 2) The Egyptians used writing to record language as spoken by contemporary men.
• 3) After the time of Romans, the speed of discovery slowed down.
• 4) The 18th century culminated in the Industrial Revolution.
• 5) The 19th century was the age of machine and electricity.

Test Yourself! Choose the suitable title for each paragraph. There is an extra one.

• Man Lays Foundations for Future Development.
• Man Begins Cattle Breeding and Cultivating Land.
• Man Explores Prehistoric Civilizations.
• Man Creates Dangerously Powerful Inventions.
• Man Makes First Steps on the road of progress.
• Man Gets the Basics of Learning.
• Man Makes Progress in Industry and Transport.
• Man finds a New Interest in Exploration.

Check your answers.

• 1) Man Makes First Steps on the road of progress.
• 2) Man Begins Cattle Breeding and Cultivating Land.
• 3) Man Gets the Basics of Learning.
• 4) Man finds a New Interest in Exploration.
• 5) Man Makes Progress in Industry and Transport.
• 6)Man Creates Dangerously Powerful Inventions.
• 7) Man Lays Foundations for Future Development.
• Extra - Man Explores Prehistoric Civilizations.

Fill in the table. What discoveries and important innovations you would put under these categories.

1. The first prehistoric strokes of genius.
2. Primitive farming.
3. Laying foundation for sciences.
4. The Renaissance breakthrough.
5. From science to new technologies.
6. The age of electricity.
7. The age of high technologies.

Innovations

• What associations with this word do you have?

• WELL-DONE!