#1 Second Competition for Teacher Generated Materials / Cultural Symbol / Grade 4
Overall Objective: Ss will learn vocabulary to describe national symbols of
Overall Objective: Ss will learn vocabulary to describe national symbols of
Different
countries
Language Objectives: Ss will learn
vocabulary of symbols of USA,
The UK and Georgia and
use them
Civic Education Objective: Ss will describe a national site as a
Cultural symbol.
Cultural symbol.
Curriculum Connection: დ. II.3,
დ.II.4, დ.II.6, დ.II.12, დ. II.13, დ.II.15, დ.II.16.
Class Context and Needs: Elementary level learners
Class Context and Needs: Elementary level learners
Materials: Handouts, pens, pencils,
blackboard, chalk, projector,
colored sheets of paper, glue, small
cards of national symbols.
Activities: warm up (singing Georgian anthem),
Ask and answer activities,
True or False activity,
Matching activity,
Silent reading activity,
Presentation- (making hats)
Overall Objective: Ss will learn vocabulary to describe national symbols
of different countries.
Language Objective: Ss will be able to describe national symbols of USA,
The UK and Georgia.
Civic Objective: Ss will be able to describe a national site as a
cultural symbol.
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Stage
of Lesson
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Activity
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Time
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Warm Up
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Ss sing the anthem
of Georgia.
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2m
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Activity 1
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T asks Ss which national symbols they know. Then
T shows flags of different countries
and Ss name them.
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2m
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Activity 2
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T shows the USA
flag and let Ss listen to the USA anthem, Ss explain the meaning of each symbol and colors on the flag.
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2m
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Activity 3
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T shows pictures
of other symbols of America, which are on the wall, T points to them one by
one and Ss name them and tell some more information about them.
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2m
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Activity 4
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T gives handout 1,
Ss do matching task individually, then T checks answers on the blackboard.
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3m
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Activity 5
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T shows the map of
the British Isles and then a slide show about the Great Britain and Northern
Ireland and about the origin of the UK flag. Ss listen to the UK anthem at the same time.
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5m
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Activity 6
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T gives handout 2
- charts. Ss fill them individually then check them with their partner and
then T checks them.
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7m
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Activity 7
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T shows a
slideshow about London sights, T gives handout -3 and Ss do True or False
task. T checks
them on the blackboard.
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7m
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Activity 8
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Ss speak about
Georgian national symbols and the legend about Tbilisi, T gives handout 4 and Ss look through them. Then Ss answer the
question (handout 4) according to the text , then T checks answers.
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10m
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Activity 9
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T devides the class into three groups (I- the
USA group, II – the UK and III -Georgia
group). In each group Ss prepare presentation (they stick given small symbol
cards of appropriate country to the hats, which they had made before).
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5m
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Assessment
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Formative
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1. Read the statements.Write true or false.
1)You can travel through London on the river
Thames. ---
2)Inside the
tower there is a clock. -----
3)River
boats go under the London Eye. -------
4)Tower
Bridge opens and ships pass through.-------
5)Admiral Nelson’s
column is in front of the Backingham palace.-------
6)The statue
of Queen Victoria is in the middle of Trafalgar Square.--------
How Tbillisi got its name
Tbillisi is the capital of Georgia. There is legend about it.
The place where Tbillisi is now, was covered with thick woods. Once, when he king was hunting he wounded the pheasant. It fell into a hot spring. By the
time king came to pick the pheasant up, the bird was boiled.
“Tbili” is the Georgian word for
“warm”. The king built a town
in this place and called Tbillisi.
legend - ლეგენდა
wounded – დაჭრა
was covered – იყო დაფარული pheasant – ხოხობი
was
hunting – ნადირობდა was boiled – იყო მოხარშული
Mother of Georgia
It is the emblem of Georgia. It is a
figure of a woman, she is wearing the Georgian national dress. She is holding a bowl of wine in her left
hand and a sword in her right hand. The bowl of wine means that Goergians
welcome friends with wine. The sword means that Georgians meet their enemies with a
sword.
sword - ხმალი
means - ნიშნავს
bowl -
თასი
enemies - მტრები
QUESTION (How Tbilisi got its name)
1) What is the capital of Georgia?
2) What was there on the place,where Tbilisi is now?
3) What happened while hunting
4) How the city got its name
QUESTION (Kartlis Deda) Mother of Georgia
1) What is “Mother of Georgia”?
2) What is she wearing?
3) What is she holding?
4) What does the sword mean?
5) What does the bowl mean?
Put the words and phrases in the right column:
Thistle, St. Andrew, Scotland, red griffon, Wales, St. George, red cross on white field, Northern Ireland, rose, white X-shaped cross on blue field, England, St.David, shamrock, daffodil, red X-shaped cross on white field, St. Patrick.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Country
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Flag
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Saint Patron
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Floral Symbol
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England
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White X-shaped cross on blue field
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St. Andrew
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Red griffon
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Daffodil
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Northern Ireland
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St.Patrick
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