Topic: Europe and the world at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries – a repetition lesson

Target group

7th‑grade students of elementary school

Core curriculm

XXIII. Europe and the world in the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Student:

3 . explains the reasons, scope and consequences of the colonial expansion of European countries in the 19th century;

4 . lists new political ideas and cultural phenomena, including the beginnings of mass culture and moral changes;

XXIV. Polish lands under the partitions in the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Student:

5 . explains the social and national aspects of the revolution in 1905‑1907.

General aim of education

The student repeats knowledge and vocabulary regarding the subject: Europe and the world at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries

Key competences

• communication in foreign languages;

• digital competence;

• learning to learn.

Criteria for success
The student will learn:

• you will talk and discuss topics from the given themes;

• you will consolidate the material from the lessons: you will consolidate the material from the lessons: „A city. The pros and cons of urbanisation.”, „The capitalist society with its cultural background”, „Everyday Life in the Industrial Civilization at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century”, „Shock. Russo‑Japanese War and its aftermath”, „Test of strength. Revolution 1905‑1907 in Russia and the Polish lands”;;

• you will consolidate the vocabulary learned during the lesson.

Methods/techniques

• activating

  • discussion.

• expository

  • talk.

• programmed

  • with computer;

  • with e‑textbook.

• practical

  • exercices concerned.

• exposing

  • exposition.

Forms of work

• individual activity;

• activity in pairs;

• activity in groups;

• collective activity.

Teaching aids

• e‑textbook;

• notebook and crayons/felt‑tip pens;

• interactive whiteboard, tablets/computers.

Lesson plan overview

Before classes

1. Before the planned repetitive lesson, the teacher asks all students to recall the material of the e‑textbook from the Europe and the world at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and the selected ones, to prepare a crossword, based on the generator included in the abstract, for colleagues to work during the lesson.

Introduction

1. The teacher states the subject of the lesson, explains the aim of the lesson and together with students determines the success criteria to be achieved.

2. The teacher reminds the participants of the classes what subject area the lesson will concern.

Realization

1. Students display interactive crosswords on the interactive board. The task of the others is to guess individual passwords. After each crossword, students assess the questions based on the technique of lights (whether they are clear, logically formulated). The teacher assesses questions in terms of language and provides feedback.

2. Exercise 1. Asking questions. Students use the form to write questions addressed to a friend in order to check the understanding of the text being heard.

3. Exercise 2. Students, using the generator included in the abstract, prepare a test question for a friend based on a text fragment.

4. Students carry out the exercise. They look at the painting and, based on their knowledge, indicate the decade it depicts.

5. Expanding and enriching English vocabulary in the issues covered in the lesson - students perform language exercise included in the abstract.
   The teacher makes sure that the task has been correctly completed and gives feedback.

Summary

1. The teacher chooses one student by random method and asks him or her to explain in own words the meaning of a given word or concept learned during the lesson.

Homework

1. Write a short note about the topics covered in the lesson.

The following terms and recordings will be used during this lesson

Terms

Texts and recordings

Europe and the world at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries – a repetition lesson

Links to lessons: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5

Links to the abstracts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5