LONDON PROJECT (PART II: WEBQUEST)

Designed by
Isabel Gelabert Albertí and Joan Gelabert Vich
IES Arxiduc Lluís Salvador. Palma de Mallorca.

Adapted by Norbert Fusté.
Introduction
London is one of the most exciting cities in the world: culture, history, art, parks, museums, shopping, science, music, monuments and the language.
English is the most widely spoken language in the world, and many students go to England to study the language, but most students who are learning English as a subject in a Secondary School have never been to London. Unfortunately you might not be able to visit it, in person but somehow you can, virtually, of course, on this trip to London.
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Task


You join a team and work together trying to find out where your friend is in London. You move around sightseeing while you learn about history, art, culture....
Your team consists of:

- An art student
- A reporter
- A history student
- An engineer
Each member of the team will visit sites and answer the following questions:


 
Search with:
Google
Altavista
Yahoo

and others web searchers.
You can find a tourist map of London in:
www.england-london-hotel.com/england_map/london_map/

LONDON PROJECT (PART I )

INTRODUCTORY QUIZ


Find out some facts about the UK. Look at the website and answer the following questions. You will have to browse the site to find the information.
1. What is the nation's current favourite food?

2. Where is the ‘home’ of the sport golf?

3.What is the artist Chris Ofili famous for?

4. What song is sung on New Year’s Eve in the UK?

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/explore/journey/uk/ukindex.htm


GROUP PLANNING

The second exercise involves orientation. You have arrived at Heathrow Airport and want to travel to London Bridge. Look at the London Tube website and answer the following questions:

1.What line(s) do you take to travel from Heathrow (London city airport) to London Bridge?

2.Where do you change trains?

http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/im/SI-SE.html


READING COMPREHENSION

Now let’s go and explore one of London’s famous legends. Go to the Jack the Ripper walk website, and then follow the link to read the full history of the Jack the Ripper murders. Look at the text and try to put the following events in the correct order (in real time).
a) The killer was never found

b) Elizabeth Stride was killed

c) Mary Nicholl’s body was found

d) Louis Deimschutz disturbed the ripper

e) Catherine Edowes was attacked

f) Mary Nicholl’s throat was cut

g) Angry mobs attacked suspects
http://www.jack-the-ripper-walk.co.uk/


TIME OUT


Work in small groups (three to five). You are going to spend 24 hours in London. Where will you go? What will you do? Plan out your 24 hours. Be careful that you know how to get to each place (use the Transport Map from task two).
http://www.timeout.com/london/


LONDON WEB QUIZ
In this web lesson the rules are simple. Work in groups of two or three. The first team to answer all of the questions and get all of the information wins. Below there is a list of all websites used to get the information.

1. At what gate in which famous tower was the ghost of Sir Thomas Becket seen striking a wall with a crucifix?

2. What are the nicknames of the following London football teams: Crystal Palace and West Ham?

3. Which two tube stations beginning with a ‘w’ are best for going to the London Eye?

4. Name the dinosaur that lived in England in the Middle Jurassic period, which was carnivorous and could measure up to nine metres long.

5. What is the name of the pub in the London soap opera Eastenders?

6. What is ‘Kew Gardens’ and where can you find it?
BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/

The Tower of London - http://www.camelotintl.com/tower_site/index.html

Crystal Palace - http://www.c-palace.org/cp_home.htm

West Ham - http://www.whufc.com/page/Home

London Eye - http://www.londoneye.com/

The Natural History Museum - http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/nature-online/dino-directory/

Kew - http://www.kew.org.uk/