Lesson aims
Students learn about the role of
primary sources in studying history.
New language
primary source, tools, statue,
jewelry, board game, history book, writer,
What did people use (this tool) for? How did people
play (this board game)? Ancient Egypt, Egyptian
Recycled language
simple past tense, materials,
What’s (this jewelry) made of?
Materials
CD2
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Real objects from this unit
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DVD or photographs of old objects/primary sources
from your students’ country/region (from museum
leaflets or websites)
|
A projector and computer with
internet access (optional)
Warmer
•
Play
Describe and guess
(see page xv) with real objects
from this unit and include materials in your descriptions,
e.g.,
I can read this. It’s made of paper and card. It can
help me to spell better
. (
Dictionar
y)
Student’s Book page 66
What do primary sources tell us about life in
the past?
•
Point to the photograph and ask
What can you see?
(
A sculpture/statue.
)
What’s it made of?
(
Stone.
)
How
old is it? Which culture is it from?
Present
Ancient Egypt
and
Egyptian
. Tell students that the sculpture/statue is
around 4,000 years old.
•
Then ask
Where can you see old things?
(
At a historical
site or in a museum.
)
Ask if anyone has been to a
historical site or visited a local/national museum.
Encourage students to tell the class what they saw. Use
the photograph to present the term
primary source
.
•
Then ask the opening question
What do primary sources
tell us about life in the past?
Accept any guesses, then
say
Let’s find out
.
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