This lesson gives students the opportunity to find out more about England. It is one of a collection of four Destination UK lesson plans that look at the four countries that make up the UK. They will have the chance to read about England and find out a little about its people, culture and icons.

Note this is an old plan, so the webpage it links to is no longer available. You can print out the texts from the worksheets below though.

Topic: England

Level: Intermediate and above

Timing: 60-90 mins

Aims:

• To develop all four communications skills
• To revise language of describing places

Plan components

Lesson plan: guide for teacher on procedure including worksheet tasks and answers to tasks.

Download lesson plan 145k pdf

Worksheets: exercises which can be printed out for use in class. The worksheet contains:

• Six tasks based around England and English culture

Download worksheets 82k pdf

For more information about this topic you can visit these sites:

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/about.shtml 
• http://www.icons.org.uk/

Jo Budden, Teacher, Materials Writer, British Council, Spain

The plans and worksheets are downloadable and in pdf format. Where indicated, there is also audio available to be downloaded. Audio is supplied in mp3 format. If you have difficulty downloading the materials see the download section of the Help page.

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All the materials on these pages are free for you to download and copy for educational use only. You may not redistribute, sell or place these materials on any other web site without written permission from the BBC and British Council. If you have any questions about the use of these materials please email us at: teachingenglish@britishcouncil.org

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