Essential UK

Essential UK provides lesson plans, materials, activities and useful links based on contemporary United Kingdom topics and issues

London Olympics 2012  
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Theme: Olympic games
Lexical area:
Sport

And the Romans came  
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Theme: Museums and their interactive features.
Lexical area: Adjectives to describe opinions and exhibitions.
Cross curricular links:
Science, History, Cultural Studies.

Innovation nation  
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Theme: Inventions and the impact of technology on our lives
Lexical area: inventions, definitions, comparatives and superlatives.
Cross curricular links: Science and technology, Social Science, Personal and Social Education

Spring into science  
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Theme: National Science week, Spring and climate change in the UK
Lexical area: The seasons and vocabulary for talking about the weather. Words associated with Spring and nature.
Cross curricular links: Science, Geography, Cultural studies.

About a novelist  
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Theme: The author Nick Hornby and tastes in books and films.
Lexical area: Adjectives to describe books or films, types of story and the language to describe future ambitions.
Cross curricular links: Literature.

Sporting traditions  
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Theme: Sporting traditions in the UK, sports linked to regional customs.

Lexical area: Sports, rules.
Cross curricular links: Sports Education, History, Social Science.

Spirit of adventure  
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Theme: Taking a gap year. Attitudes towards adventure and exploration.
Lexical area: Expeditions, adventurous pursuits and job related vocabulary.
Cross curricular links: Personal and Social Education, Geography.

Driving  
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Theme: Driving and cars. Attitudes towards cars in city centres.
Lexical area: Driving and street vocabulary.
Cross curricular links: Social science, environmental studies.

Chocolate  
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Theme: Chocolate
Lexical area: Food

News  
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Theme: News
Lexical area: News and the media
Cross curricular links: Media studies

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