Дополнительная информация для учителей к учебнику "Happy English.ru" для 8 класса

[Алексей Конобеев]

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Unit 1. Let's keep in touch

Lesson 2,3. New's from St David's School. Lesson 4,5 No news is good news— как писать письма по-английски? Где найти онлайн-тренажер, обучающий писать письма? Как писать formal and informal letters? Где найти образцы formal и informal letters?

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Letter - tips on how to write a letter

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/ - an online letter generator, a wonderful activity to teach children how to write letters

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/e...s/letters.shtml - an online activity from BBC to teach children how to write letters

http://www.usingenglish.com/resources/letter-writing.html – tips on how to write formal and business letters

http://www.ehow.com/how_2214846_write-formal-letter.html – instructions for writing a formal letter

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/words/commercial_briefe.htm – an example of a formal letter

http://www.vocw.udn.vn/content/m11322/latest/ - suggestions, tips and some exercises in writing formal letters

http://www.freeonlineresearchpapers.com/co...ivor-programme- a sample formal letter

http://www.beautiful-american-living.com/w...al-letters.html – basic rules of informal letter writing

http://www.ehow.com/how_1371_write-informal-business.html – instructions for writing an informal letter

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/words/letters.htm – an example of informal letter

http://www.parapal-online.co.uk/resources/letters.html – model letters to learn how to write particular types of letter in English

http://www.xtec.net/~vfeliu/writing/infl2.htm - a sample informal letter

 

Lesson 6 Valentine's Day – Где найти информацию про обычаи, традиции, легенды, подарки, истории связанные с Valentine's Day?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine's_Day - encyclopaedia entry about St. Valentine's Day

 

http://www.history.com/minisites/valentine/ - videos, history, interesting facts and activities to celebrate Valentine's Day

http://www.theholidayspot.com/valentine/index.htm – ideas of gifts, cards and greetings for Valentine's Day

 

http://www.stvalentinesday.org/traditions-and-customs.html – information about Valentine's Day traditions and customs

http://www.new-age.co.uk/valentines.htm - Valentine's Day ideas, cards and gifts

http://www.stvalentinesday.org/legends-of-...ntines-day.html – legends of St Valentine's Day

http://www.gifts.com/ideas/valentines-day – the most popular Valentine's Day gifts

http://www.valentine-card.com/ - free collection of Valentine's Day cards, poems and jokes

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/valentines/cards.htm – free printable Valentine's Day cards

http://happyvalentinedaysms.blogspot.com/2...es-day-sms.html – collection of Valentine's Day SMS, stories, poems

http://crafts.kaboose.com/crafts-for-valentine-parties.html – crafts and activities to celebrate Valentine's Day

http://www.akidsheart.com/holidays/valntine/valgms.htm – Valentine's Day games for children online

 

Unit 2. The British Parliament.

Lesson 1,2 A surprise excursion – Где найти информацию о музеях Лондона, биографии Шекспира, принцессы Дианы, Пола Маккартни и Черчилля? Что находится в the National Portrait Gallery? Где найти информацию про И. Ньютона, Ф. Найтингейл и Чарли Чаплина?

http://www.hrp.org.uk/toweroflondon/ - the official website of the Tower of London

http://www.londonlogue.com/museums - brief information about the most popular museums in London

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_London - encyclopaedia entry about London museums

http://www.diddit.com/list-lpfvpp/museums-london-metro/ - people tell their stories about visits to London metro area museums

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare - encyclopaedia entry about William Shakespeare

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales - encyclopaedia entry about Diana, Princess of Wales

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney - encyclopaedia entry about Paul McCartney

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill - encyclopaedia entry about Winston Churchill

http://www.npg.org.uk/ - the official website of the National Portrait Gallery

http://www.npg.org.uk/collections.php – information about the collections of the National Portrait Gallery

http://www.npg.org.uk/about/history.php – history of the National Portrait Gallery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Port...United_Kingdom) - encyclopaedia entry about the National Portrait Gallery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton - encyclopaedia entry about Isaac Newton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale - encyclopaedia entry about Florence Nightingale

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin - encyclopaedia entry about Charlie Chaplin

 

Lesson3, 4 How did the British Parliament begin? – Где найти дополнительную информацию и фотографии основных достопримечательностей Лондона, улиц, районов Лондона? Где узнать подробнее об истории британского парламента, Magna Carta и короле Иоанне Безземельном?

http://www.entsweb.co.uk/tourist/top/index.html - top tourist attractions in and outside London (including pictures and history)

http://www.beautiful-london.co.uk/index.htm - brief descriptions of London’s main sights

http://www.londonlogue.com/museums - brief information about the most popular museums in London

http://www.londontourist.org/attractions.html – a free tourist and visitor London gidebook

http://www.visitlondon.com/ - official website for London visitors

http://www.proviser.com/regional/towns/london/street_maps/ - London street maps

http://www.londononline.co.uk/streetorigins/ - information about the origins of London street names

http://www.timeout.com/london/features/527...ndon_walks.html – a guide to great London walks

http://www.londontown.com/LondonStreets –brief information about London boroughs and streets

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of..._United_Kingdom - encyclopaedia entry about the British Parliament and its history

http://www.parliament.uk/about/history.cfm – information about the history of the British Parliament

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta - encyclopaedia entry about the Magna Carta

http://www.britannia.com/history/docs/magna2.html - the text of the Magna Carta

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_England - encyclopaedia entry about King John of England

 

 

Lesson 5,6 How many Houses does the British Parliament consist of? – Где найти информацию о структуре британского парламента, его составе, видео об открытии Парламента?

http://www.parliament.uk/about/index.cfm – information about how Parliament works

http://www.parliament.uk/education/index.htm - online games and 3-5-minute videos about the Parliament, and other educational resources of British Parliament’s website

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/br/British_Parliament - encyclopaedia entry for children about the British Parliament’s structure and functions

http://www.parliament.uk/ - the official website of the British Parliament

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/cu...nment/index.htm – brief information and pictures for children about British Parliament

http://www.royal.gov.uk/RoyalEventsandCere...Parliament.aspx – description of the ceremony of the State Opening of Parliament from the British royal website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher - encyclopaedia entry about Margaret Thatcher

http://www.number10.gov.uk/history-and-tou...rgaret-thatcher - biography of Margaret Thatcher from the Prime Minister’s office

http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/p...e/thatcher.html - article about Margaret Thatcher from Time magazine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_Kingdom - encyclopaedia entry about the political system of the UK

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/cu...government.html – brief information for children about how Britain is governed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Russia - encyclopaedia entry about the political system of Russia

http://rttv.com/Russia_Now/Basic_facts/Political_System.html – the structure and description of the Russian political system

 

Lesson 7 In the Palace of Westminster - Где найти информацию о Вестминстерском дворце?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster - encyclopaedia entry about the Palace of Westminster

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/church_...our_entry.shtml – a virtual visit to the Palace of Westminster

http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/We...ter_Palace.html – a collection of photos of the Palace of Westminster

http://www.parliament.uk/about/virtualtours/commons.cfm – a virtual tour of the House of Commons

http://www.parliament.uk/about/virtualtours/lords.cfm – a virtusl tour of the House of Lords

 

Unit 3. Means of communication through the centruries.

Lesson 3,4 What does @ mean? – Где найти информацию про историю коммуникации? Где подробнее узнать как появились современные средства связи, их историю?

http://inventors.about.com/library/invento...mmunication.htm – chronological history of communication from hieroglyphs to Internet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_communication - encyclopaedia entry about the history of communication

http://library.thinkquest.org/5729/ - the history of communication in pictures for children

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainT...?historyid=aa93 – the history of communication in very short texts

http://www.mocft.co.uk/ - the website of the Museum of Communication in Scotland

 

http://inventors.about.com/library/blcoindex.htm - an article on milestones in computer history

http://www.computersciencelab.com/Computer...ory/History.htm – an illusterated history of computres

http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinvent...a/telegraph.htm – the history of the electric telegraph

http://www.telegraph-history.org/ - a site devoted to US telegraph history

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_telephone - encyclopaedia entry on the history of the telephone

http://www.chevroncars.com/learn/odds-ends/telephone-facts - some fun facts about the telephone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television - encyclopaedia entry about television

http://www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm – an article on the history of film, television and video

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_alphabet - encyclopaedia entry about the history of the alphabet

runic alphabet (the futhark)

http://www.tarahill.com/runes/runehist.html - history and the origin of the runes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runic_alphabet - encyclopaedia entry about the runic alphabet

http://www.uponreflection.co.uk/runes/viki...nes_futhark.htm - Scandinavian runes and their meaning

Egyptian

http://www.jimloy.com/hiero/alpha.htm - Egyptian hieroglyphic alphabet

Cyrillic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_alphabet - encyclopaedia entry about the Cyrillic alphabet

http://www.volgawriter.com/VW%20Cyrillic.htm – the history of the Cyrillic alphabet

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/cyrillic.htm - development of the Cyrillic alphabet over the history

Где найти интересные факты про алфавиты?

http://www.vistawide.com/languages/language_statistics.htm - what is the oldest written language still in existence? What is the country with most languages spoken? What are the languages with the largest and the shortest alphabets? Read these amazing language facts to find out!

 

Lesson 5,6 English is the Latin of the 21st century. Lesson 7 «Why is English so popular» - Где найти информацию о том, как распространялся английский язык в мире? Где взять интерактивные карты, показывающие, где используется английский язык?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_English - encyclopaedia entry about English as a global language

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/routesofenglis...x_noflash.shtml - a story about how English kept spreading in the world

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_count...ficial_language a list of countries where English is an official language

http://lazarus.elte.hu/~guszlev/gb/english.htm - an interactive map and detailed information about English-speaking countries

http://teacherslove.blogs.sapo.pt/16034.html - a worksheet with print-out flags of English-speaking countries

 

Unit 4. You live a new life for everynew language you speak.

Lesson 1,2 Don't learn English - По каким адресам находятся сайты CNN , BBC.The United Nations (UN)?.

http://www.cnn.com/ - the official website of CNN

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN - encyclopaedia entry about CNN

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ - the official website of BBC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC - encyclopaedia entry about BBC

http://www.un.org/en/ - the official website of The United Nations

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations - encyclopaedia entry about UN

 

Lesson 6.Where does the Russian language come from? – Где найти информацию об истории русского языка? Где распространен русский язык?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Russian_language - encyclopaedia entry about the history of the Russian Language

http://www.studyrussian.com/MGU/general_ab...n_language.html – a short article on history of the Russian Language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language - encyclopaedia entry about the Russian language, its geographic distribution, etc

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:Languages/Russian – frequently asked questions about the Russian Language - information for children

http://www.lingref.com/cpp/hel-lex/2005/paper1353.pdf – an article about Russian borrowings in English

 

Lesson 7 Project «The Passport of my language» - Какие языки являются официальными языками Евросоюза и ООН?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_European_Union - encyclopaedia entry about the languages of the European Union

http://europa.eu/languages/en/document/59 - frequently asked questions about the European Union's policy on languages

http://www.un.org/Depts/DGACM/faq_languages.htm – information about the official languages of the United Nations

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_official_languages – a list of official languages of sovereign countries

 

 

Unit 5. Find your way in the world of information.

Lesson 1 Mass media – что такое СМИ? Какие средства массовой информации бывают?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media - encyclopaedia entry about mass media

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-mass-media.htm – brief information about what mass media is

http://ezinearticles.com/?Types-of-Mass-Media&id=1311276 – an article on types of mass media

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/different-t...mass-media.html – a short article on different types of mass media

http://maxibona.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/m...and-influences/ - information about types of mass media and its positive and negative influences

http://hubpages.com/hub/Mass-Media-Influence-on-Society – links to information about mass media and its ifluence on society and particularly on young people

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ma/Mass_media – kids encyclopaedia entry about mass media

http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/health...ens_media.shtml – information for parents to help children and teenagers use various forms of mass media reasonably

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet - encyclopaedia entry about the history of the Internet

http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/net_safety.html – information for parents on how to teach a child to make use of Internet without harm to his/her moral and physical health

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/reso...ildrens_web.cfm – a list of the most popular children's websites compiled by the Center for Media Education (Washington)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_radio - encyclopaedia entry about the history of radio

http://music.aol.com/radioguide/kids-radio – free online kids radio stations of USA

http://radio.real.com/children?pageid=radi...;pageregion=nav – radio guide to children's music radio stations

http://www.classicsforkids.com/stations/carriage.asp – a website dedicated to classical music for children – with podcasts, interactive website and lesson planning materials

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_television - encyclopaedia entry about history of television

http://www.askkids.com/web?q=History+of+Te...p;o=0&l=dir – links to the websites of history of television for children

http://www.allkids.co.uk/kids_pages/kids_tv.shtml – official websites of kids favourite TV channels

http://dsc.discovery.com/ - the official website of Discovery Channel

 

http://www.wan-press.org/article.php3?id_article=2821 – a brief history of newspapper

http://www.newspaper-industry.org/history.html – the history of the first news sheet, the first newspapper, the first daily newspapper

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ne...s_and_magazines - encyclopaedia entry about history of newspappres and magazines

http://www.newspapersoc.org.uk/default.aspx?page=304 – links to the chronological history of British newspappers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_American_newspapers - encyclopaedia entry about history of American newspappers

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ - the 50 most popular online USA newspappers, world newspappres and magazines

http://www.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/News/Newspapers/ - links to the websites of newspappers in English for kids and teenagers

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magazine - encyclopaedia entry about magazines

http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Magazines/ - links to websites of magazines on different subjects

http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/youth/magazines.html – information and brief discriptions of magazines for kids and teens

http://www.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/T...es_and_E-zines/ - links to the websites of magazines in English for kids and teenagers

 

Lesson 2 Broadsheets and tabloids – information about broadsheets, tabloids and examples. Sites of British newspappers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadsheet - encyclopaedia entry about broadsheets

http://mytop3.net/Top-10-Broadsheet-Newspa...In-The-USA.aspx – top 10 broadsheets newspappres in the USA

http://www.world-newspapers.com/uk.html – links to the websites of newspapers, magazines and news of different countries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabloid - encyclopaedia entry about tabloids

http://www.tabloidmedia.co.za/faq.php – brief information about tabloid newspappers, some tabloid newspappers online

http://www.britishcouncil.org/sr/serbia-li...ers-tabloid.htm – links to UK tabloid newspapers, online news and reference resources

Сайты британских газет:

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/ - Scotland on Sunday

www.guardian.co.uk – The Guardian

www.express.co.uk – The Daily Express

http://www.theherald.co.uk/ - The Herald

www.independent.co.uk – The Independent

www.mailonsunday.co.uk – The Mail on Sunday

www.observer.co.uk – The Observer

www.thescotsman.co.uk – The Scotsman

www.spectator.co.uk – The Spectator

www.dailymail.co.uk – The Daily Mail

www.thesun.co.uk – The Sun

www.sunday-times.co.uk – The Sunday Times

www.thetimes.co.uk – The Times

Lesson 3,4 When was The Russian State Library founded? – Где найти информацию об истории Российской государственной библиотеки? Какие самые большие библиотеки Великобритании и США? Какие библиотеки существуют в Интернете?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_State_Library - encyclopaedia entry about the Russian State Library

http://www.rsl.ru/en – the official website of the Russian State Library in English

http://www.londonlibraries.org/servlets/home – the catalogue of all London libraries

http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/6A03F215-C08...6-AEB0966A2A5C/ - the 10 largest libraries in the world

http://www.wisdomportal.com/TelnetLibrarie...SLibraries.html – the 100 largest libraries in the USA

http://www.libdex.com/country.html – information about libraries of different countries

http://www.libdex.com/country.html – the 10 biggest public libraries in the world

http://educhoices.org/articles/Online_Libr...oks_Online.html

 websites of 25 libraries to read free books online

 

Lesson 5,6 Library rules – Как выглядят залы современныйх библиотек? Где найти правила записи и пользования библиотекой? Что такое Short Loan Collection?

http://www.bl.uk/ - the oficial site of the British Library, where you can find some information about library rooms, rules of reader registration,catalogues, etc

http://www.nypl.org/ - the official site of the New York Public Library

http://www.loc.gov/index.html – the official site of the Library of Congress

http://libweb.lancs.ac.uk/g15.htm – information about what Short Loan Collection is

http://www.dcu.ie/~library/Collections/sl.htm – brief information about Short Loan Collection

 

Unit 6. When you make a new friend, ask him, “What do you read?” – Какие книги для подростков сейчас популярны? Какие книги советуют подросткам читать учителя в Англии, США и Канаде? Где найти в Интеренете бесплатные книги для детей?

Lesson 1 A book that is worth burning is worth reading

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/books/69 - list of the currently most popular children’s books (updated hourly)

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html - links to information about popular modern and classic authors on the web

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Amer...n's_writers a list of American children’s writers

Какие книги советуют подросткам читать учителя в Англии, США и Канаде?

http://www.teachersfirst.com/100books.cfm - a list of 100 books recommended by an Education association for children

http://www.booktrustchildrensbooks.org.uk/Recommended-Books - books recommendations and reviews from “booktrust”, UK

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dKBrown/lists.html - several lists of recommended books, compiled in Canada

http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/toppicks/Top_Picks.htm - lists of recommended books by age and topic

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/buildingachildrenslibrary - books recommended for the children’s library by The Guardian newspaper, by age categories

 

Где найти в Интеренете бесплатные книги для детей?

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page free e-books

http://www.magickeys.com/books/ - illustrated children’s books online

http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ - international children’s online library

http://www.ebook88.com/kidspage.htm - links to several online libraries of free books for children

http://www.free-books.org/ - a collection of free electronic books + audioversions of the same books

http://www.domokos.com/FreeEbooks.html - an anthology of free e-stories from Canadian authors

 

Lesson 2,3 What is the Index Liborum Prohibitorum? – Где найти информацию про историю инквизиции? Какие в эту эпоху совершались великие открытия? Где найти дополнительную информацию про Index Liborum Prohibitorum?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisition - encyclopaedia entry about Inquisition

http://www.askkids.com/web?q=Purpose+of+Sp...p;o=0&l=dir – catalogue of websites for teahers und pupils dedicated to Inquisition

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/in/Inquisition – kids encyclopaedia entry about Inquisition

http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/ - online geography quizzes

http://www.games4geog.com/ - online games and resources for geography

http://www.123facts.com/trivia-quiz-detail...veries-224.html - a quiz on the Great Geographical discoveries

http://www.wilstar.com/holidays/columbus.htm – illustrated information about Columbus and his voyages

http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglai...ry/columbus.htm - interactive games and presentations about Christopher Columbus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus - encyclopaedia entry about Christopher Columbus

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdcolum.htm – free educational materials, online activities and additional resources to study Christopher Columbus life and discoveries

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers.../d/dagama.shtml – brief information about Vasco da Gama

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama - encyclopaedia entry about Vasco da Gama

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers.../magellan.shtml – brief information about Ferdinand Magellan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan - encyclopaedia entry about Ferdinand Magellan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus - encyclopaedia entry about Nicolaus Copernicus

http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/copernicus.html – biography of Nicolaus Copernicus and his discoveries in astronomy

http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_...icus,_Nicolaus/ links to the websites for kids and teenagers dedicated Nicolaus Copernicus and his theory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_Librorum_Prohibitorum - encyclopaedia entry about the Index Librorum Prohibitorum

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/in/In...um_Prohibitorum - information for children about the Index Liborum Prohibitorum

 

Lesson 5 Would you like to read a good book? Lesson 6,7 Why are books banned? – Где найти биографии Mark Twain, Margaret Mitchell, Mary Shelley, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alexander Dumas, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Anne Frank? Где на йти информацию об истории русских сказок?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain - encyclopaedia entry about Mark Twain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Mitchell - encyclopaedia entry about Margaret Mitchell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley - encyclopaedia entry about Mary Shelley

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle - encyclopaedia entry about Arthur Conan Doyle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Dumas - encyclopaedia entry about Alexandre Dumas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien - encyclopaedia entry about John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Frank - encyclopaedia entry about Anne Frank

http://www.endicott-studio.com/rdrm/rrrussian.html – a very interesting article about Russian fairy tales, their imagery and sources

http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/russian...romrussian.html - some Russian fairy tales in English

 

Descriptions of main genres in literature

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_genre - encyclopaedia entry about literary genres

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_(genre) - encyclopaedia entry about the genre of romance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_novel - encyclopaedia entry about the genre of romance novel

http://www.womensforum.com/index.php?optio...&Itemid=106 – the most famous international authors of romance novels

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective_Story - encyclopaedia entry about the genre of detective story

http://detective-stories.classic-literature.co.uk/ - detective stories from classic literary online library

http://gaslight.mtroyal.ca/vandine.htm – 20 rules for writing detective stories

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biography - encyclopaedia entry about the genre of biography

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=531 - recommendations for teachers on teaching biography as a genre

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction - encyclopaedia entry about genre of science fiction

http://www.findmeanauthor.com/science_fict..._definition.htm – information about science fiction as a genre, links to the websites of the most popular science fiction authors

http://www.illiterarty.com/genre-science-fiction – a short article about science fiction as a genre and a list of 10 most popular science fiction novels

 

Lesson 8 What do you read? - где найти обзоры книг, написанные детьми?

http://www.spaghettibookclub.org/title.php - book reviews written by children

http://www.bookreviewsbykids.com/archive/r...archivelist.htm - book reviews written by children

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/books/ - book reviews written by children from a British school

http://www.cool-reads.co.uk/ - reviews written by 14-15-year olds

 

Unit 7 Russian writers and poets. – Где найти информацию о знаменитых русских писателях на английском языке? Где найти биографии Пушкина, Л. Толстого?

Lesson 1,2,3 Great Russian writers

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761564...Literature.html – encyclopaedia entry about milestones in the history of Russian literature

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Literature - encyclopaedia entry about Russian literature

http://stpetersburg-guide.com/people/pushkin.shtml – biographies of famous russian writers

http://www.famouspeople.co.uk/authors/index.html – a list of the most favourite famous authors of past and present, their biographical information

http://www.noyemi.com/biography.html – short biographical pieces for some of the most famous classical authors

http://www.santafelibrary.org/authors2004.html – list of the most popular authors for children and for adults 2004 by popularity

http://www.bookisworld.com/themostpopularw...rsnowadays.html – the most popular authors nowdays

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pushkin - encyclopaedia entry about Alexander Pushkin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy - encyclopaedia entry about Leo Tolstoy

 

Lesson 4,5 Great Russian poets – Где найти информацию о знаменитых российских поэтах серебряного века, биографии Мандельштама, Есенина, Цветаевой, Маяковского?

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/country/Rus...sian_poets.html – a list of famous Russian poets, includes their poems and biographical information

http://www.russian-cafe.com/poetry.shtml – a short illustrated article about the most famous russian poets

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Age_of_Russian_Poetry - encyclopaedia entry about the Silver Age of Russian Poetry

 

http://www.russia-ic.com/culture_art/literature/841/ - information about the Golden Age of Russian Poetry

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osip_Mandelstam - encyclopaedia entry about Osip Mandelstam

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Yesenin - encyclopaedia entry about Sergei Yesenin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Pasternak - encyclopaedia entry about Boris Pasternak

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Tsvetaeva - encyclopaedia entry about Marina Tsvetaeva

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Mayakovsky - encyclopaedia entry about Vladimir Mayakovsky

 

Lesson 6 Где найти стихи на английском, написанные детьми? Где найти биоргафии Гумилева и Ахматовой на английском?

http://www.loriswebs.com/youngpoets/ - a collection of poetry written by young children and teenagers aged from 5 to18

http://www.shavick.com/teenagepoems.htm – a collection of teenage poems from all over the world

http://www.fun4children.com/poems.html – poems, rhymes and stories written by children

http://www.stonesoup.com/poems – a collection of poems by children including audio versions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Akhmatova - encyclopaedia entry about Anna Akhmatova

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Gumilev - encyclopaedia entry about Nikolay Gumilev

 

The ring of the druids

Lesson 9,10 Elmer's war – Где найти информацию о завоевании Англии нормандцами и битве при Гастингсе?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Conquest - encyclopaedia entry about the Norman Conquest of England

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/bt.html – information for children about the Norman invasion of England in 1066

http://historymedren.about.com/od/normanco...an_Conquest.htm – links to sites about the Normans and England before the invasion

http://www.essentialnormanconquest.com/ - an illustrated history of the Norman Conquest of England

http://www.battle-of-hastings-1066.org.uk/ - a detailed history of the Battle of hastings, its background, people involved plus an interactive quiz on history

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hastings - encyclopaedia entry about the Battle of Hastings

 

Lesson 8.9 The diary of Marian Fitzwalter – Где найти информацию о повседневной жизни нормандцев? Где найти информацию о Робине Гуде?

http://normans.etrusia.co.uk/ - information about the Normans, their life and their warfare

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normans - encyclopaedia entry about the Normans

http://www.historyonthenet.com/Normans/normansmain.htm – the history of the Normans for children + online activities

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood - encyclopaedia entry about Robin Hood

http://www.britainexpress.com/Myths/robin-hood.htm – the Robin Hood legend

http://www.boldoutlaw.com/robbeg/robbeg3.html – interesting facts about the Sherwood forest in Nottinghamshire where Robin Hood lived

http://www.robinhoodtourism.co.uk/sherwood.htm – a visit toSherwood forest, information for tourists

 

Lesson 8,9 The duty of MacWizard clan – Где найти информацию об истории Шотландии и Камне Судьбы?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Scotland - encyclopaedia entry about the history of Scotland

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/ - Scotland's history – television, radio and online resources

http://www.north-scotland.co.uk/ - Scottish history online

http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_...ngdom/Scotland/ - a collection of websites on the history of Scotland for kids and teenagers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_of_Scone - encyclopaedia entry about the Stone of Destiny

http://www.rampantscotland.com/know/blknow16.htm – the legend of the Stone of Destiny

http://www.visitscotland.com/guide/scotlan...tone-of-destiny – the Stone of Destiny – information for tourists

 

Lesson 7,8 The honour of MacWizard clan – Где найти дополнительную информацию о войнах Шотландии и Англии?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_Scottish_Independence - encyclopaedia entry about wars of Scottish Independence

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middl...ndence_01.shtml – an article about Scottish wars of Independence

 

 

Lesson 10,11 King Henry VIII's horoscope - Где найти биографию короля Генриха Восьмого и информацию о его женах? Где найти информацию о династии Тюдоров?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England - encyclopaedia entry about Henry VIII

http://www.tudorhistory.org/henry8/ - an illustrated biography of Henry VIII

http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/tudor.htm –Henry VIII’s biography, literary works, portraits, the biographies of his 6 wives and various study resources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Aragon - encyclopaedia entry about Catherine of Aragon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Boleyn - encyclopaedia entry about Anne Boleyn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_I_of_England - encyclopaedia entry about Mary I of England

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudor_dynasty - encyclopaedia entry about Tudor dynasty

http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/tudor_21.htm – an illustrated article about the House of Tudor

[Uchilka]

Большое спасибо! такой подробный набор ссылок на материалы, по которым можно и детей ориентировать и к занятиям готовиться.

[Anatoly]

Проведена большая работа. Спасибо за помощь! Большое количество времени уходит на поиск интересного материала к УМК. Все детально и упорядоченно. Мне и моим учащимся понравилось. Еще раз мои слова благодарности Алексею Конобееву!

[kimsuni]

Thanks a lot for such a wide range of useful materials!

[lubavaa]

Спасибо!Пользуюсь ссылками не один год.Детям очень нравится.