Iryna Kravchuk,

Topic: TRAVELLING

Subtopic: The Seven Wonders of the World: Ancient and New

LEVEL - INTERMEDIATE

Objectives: to develop students’ skills and habits of prepared and unprepared speech; to teach students to express their opinion; to develop students’ skills in reading; to develop students’ skills in listening; to develop students’ skills in writing; to broaden students’ outlook; to teach students to respect the historical heritage; to encourage students to take care of historical heritage.

Materials and aids: recording of different pieces of music, a tape-recorder, pictures of the wonders of the world, PP presentation “The Seven Wonders of the World: Ancient and New”

PROCEDURE

I. INTRODUCTION. WARM UP

T: Do you know the seven wonders of the ancient world?Can you match every picture with its name?How many wonders of the world can we see today?

(Teacher prepares pictures of the seven wonders of the ancient world for this purpose)Suggested answers

1. The Pharos, lighthouse of Alexandria2. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon3. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia4. The Colossus of Rhodes5. The Pyramids of Egypt6. The Tomb of Mausolus7. The Temple of Artemis

T: Can you show the seven wonders of the ancient world on the map?

II. PRACTISE1. Function file

Complete the function file

Wonder Date of construction Builder Notable

featuresDate of destruction

Cause of destruction

??? 2650-2500 BC Egyptians

Built as the tomb of Fourth dynasty Egyptian pharaoh Khufu.

Still standing -

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

600 BC ??? Diodorus described multi-levelled gardens reaching 22 metres (75 feet)

After 1st century BC

Earthquake

high, complete with machinery for circulating water. Large trees grew on the roof.

??? 550 BCLydians, Persians, Greeks

Dedicated to the Greek goddess Artemis, it took 120 years to build. Herostratus burned it down in an attempt to achieve lasting fame.

356 BC Arson

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

??? Greeks

Occupied the whole width of the aisle of the temple that was built to house it, and was 40 feet (12 meters) tall.

5th-6th centuries AD

Unknown, presumed destroyed by fire or earthquake.

Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus

351 BC Persians, Greeks

Stood approximately 45 meters (135 feet) tall with each of the four sides adorned

??? Damaged by an earthquake and eventually disassembled by European

with sculptural reliefs. Origin of the word mausoleum.

Crusaders

Colossus of Rhodes 292-280 BC Hellenistic

Greece

A giant statue of the Greek god Helios roughly ¾ths as large as today’s Statue of Liberty in New York.

224 BC ???

??? 3rd century BC

Hellenistic Egypt

Between 115 and 135 meters (383 - 440 ft) tall it was among the tallest man-made structures on Earth for many centuries.

AD 1303-1480 Earthquake

2. Reading and speakingT: How well do you know the wonders of the ancient world?

Pre-reading task1. Work in small groups.How many of the following questions can you answer?

- What’s the oldest of the seven wonders?- Is the Great Sphinx at Giza one of the wonders of the ancient world?- Could the Hanging Gardens of Babylon fly?- Could real love overdo everything, even gravitation?- Who was the first to create monumental sculpture?- What wonder of the ancient world is famous for the art works that

embellished it?- Where did the word “mausoleum” come from?-

2. Preface each question above with one of the following according to what is true for you. Remember the word order for making indirect questions.

I think I know… I’m not sure… I don’t know…I’ve no idea… I wonder… It seems to me…

3. Discuss your answers with your peers. Which of the questions interest you most of all? Why?

While ReadingT: Read the answers to the questions. How much of the information have your

class already known?

THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

The Great Pyramid of Khufu (c. 2600 BC). This was the greatest of the Egyptian pyramids, which served as burial places of the pharaohs, particularly during the Old Kingdom. Some lists included all of the pyramids and the Great Sphinx at Giza as well. The Pyramids of Egypt, built at Giza during the 4th Dynasty (c. 2680-c. 2544 BC) are the oldest of the seven wonders and the only ones remaining relatively intact today.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, perhaps built by King Nebuchadnezzar II about 600 BC, were a mountain-like series of landscaped terraces. The king may have intended them to remind his Median wife of her native mountains.

The Statue of Zeus (c. 450 BC) was a 12-m (40-ft) portrayal of Zeus seated on a throne. Plated with gold and ivory, it was crafted by Phidias of Athens, a Greek sculptor. The statue was placed in the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, Greece.

The Temple of Artemis (356 BC). This large and beautifully ornamented temple was built at Ephesus in Greece c. 550 BC by Croesus, king of Lydia, and rebuilt in 356 BC. It was famed for the art works that embellished it. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus combined great size with elaborate ornamentation, was destroyed by the Goths in AD 262.

The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (c. 353 BC), monumental tomb of the Anatolian king Mausolus was built by his widow Artemisia. It was a huge marble tomb built for King Mausolus of Caria in Asia Minor. Its walls rose straight up to a form a platform which supported 36 columns and a pyramid, topped by a chariot drawn by four horses. The name “mausoleum” for a large burial monument is taken from King Mausolus. Only fragments remain.

The Colossus of Rhodes (280 BC) was a 30-m (100-ft) statue of the Greek sun god Helios. Built of bronze, reinforced by iron, it stood at the entrance to the harbour at Rhodes. It was destroyed about 55 years later.

The Pharos of Alexandria (c. 280 BC) was a lighthouse, more than 134 m (440 ft) tall, that stood on an island at the entrance to the harbour at Alexandria, Egypt. It was built for Ptolemy II of Egypt on the island of Pharos off Alexandria. A fire burned at the top as a signal to ships on the Mediterranean. The Pharos has been called “the archetype of every modern lighthouse”. It was destroyed in the 14th century.The remains of the Pharos lighthouse were discovered in 1995.

Post-reading Work in groups.T: Here are seven questions, one for each text. Which question goes with which text? What do the words in italics refer to?

a) What stood on an island at the entrance to the harbour at Alexandria, Egypt?

b) Where did the Colossus of Rhodes stand?c) When did it serve as burial places of the pharaohs?d) Who seated on a throne?e) Why was it built for King Mausolus?f) Why have the king intended them?g) What was destroyed by the Goths in AD 262?

2. Find the following numbers in the text. What do they refer for? Make a sentence about each number.2600 600 1995 353 12 2680-2544

14 262 30 280 55 550

3. PROJECT WORKProducing a class poster1. Make a list of some questions about the wonders of the modern world that you would like to ask.2. Check round the class to see if anyone can answer your questions.3. Choose at least two questions and research the answers. You could go to an encyclopedia. Write the answers in a similar style.4. Complete them into a poster for your classroom wall.

QUIZTHE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD:

ANCIENT AND NEW

1. Name one of the biggest religious sculptures in the modern world.(Christ the Redemer)

2. A woman that loved the sea, had a temple which was named in her honour. Name the temple.

(Artemida’s Temple)3. It’s a mother of a toy that children like. What’s this?

(Pyramids of Egypt)4. It was made as a remind of native mountains. It only belonged to one

woman and hung down from the roof. What was it?(Semiramida’s Hanging Gardens)

5. It was built as a symbol of eternal love. What’s this?(The Taj Mahal)

6. The statue of the god of gods in the ancient world. Name it.(Statue of Zeus)

7. A trip by ship is dangerous. But they still sailed, because they had an assistant. What was it?

(Alexandria’s Lighthouse)8. What statue was created in honour of the Sun’s God Helios?

(The Colossus of Rhodes)9. What wonder of ancient world rejuvenates people?

(Pyramids of Egypt)10.It was a hot-house in the air. What’s it?

(Semiramida’s Hanging Gardens)11.Whose body was the first to be kept in mausoleum?

(The Anatolian king Masolus)12.What’s the single architecture image can be seen from the space?

(The Great Wall of China)13.What’s the biggest city of the Inca Empire?

(Machu Piccu)14.“A rose-red city half as old as time”. Name it.

(Petra)15.We go to the circus, but people in the Roman Empire went to the…..

(Colosseum)16.What’s the centre of the Maya civilization?

(Chichen Itza)

III. SUMMING UP. HOME ASSIGNMENTT.: Make a project devoted to one of the wonders of the world. For information and pictures use Internet and be ready to present your project in the classroom.

SOURCES

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киндерсли, 19994. Encyclopedia Britannica 20015. http://en.wikipedia.org6. news.bbc.co.uk7. news.nationalgeographic.com8. www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/07/06/seven.wonders9. www.new7wonders.com10.www.panorams.dk11.www.time.com/time/photogallery