Transcript WEBQUEST Sports in Great Britain

WEBQUEST
Sports
in Great Britain
designed by
Katarzyna Pasik and Sebastian Antonowicz
Introduction
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Whenever you strike up a conversation in Britain maybe at the
barber's, in the street or on a train journey, you get around to
two subjects -- the weather and sport, which are as much part of
English life as roast beef and the Houses of Parliament.
English people are fond of all kinds of sports. England is a
sports-loving nation. Sports in England take many forms:
organized competitive sports, which attract huge crowds to
encourage their favourite team to victory, athletic games played
for recreation and others.
The British are proud that many sports originated in their
country and then spread throughout the world. The national
British sports are: football, golf, cricket, table tennis, lawn
tennis, snooker, steeplechase, racing and darts.
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aim
of the webquest:
Your task is to become
familiar with all sports
presented here. After that,
choose two favourite kinds
and present them to the
class.
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 Cricket
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Cricket is played on village greens
on Sundays from April to August.
The rules of Cricket became the
responsibility in the 18th century of
the Marylebone Cricket Club
(MCC), based at Lord’s Cricket
Ground in North London.
Find out, what are the rules of cricket:
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Sports in Britain
Cricket in Britain
The history of cricket
 Football
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It is impossible to say accurately
where and when football started but it is reasonable to assume
that some type of ball game from which the organised sport
we know today developed - has
been played somewhere on the
planet for over 3000 years.
Find out about football:
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History of football
Wikipedia about football
 Horse
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sports
There is a long tradition of horse
riding in the UK, and many paths in
the countryside where horses can be
ridden (these are known as
bridleways).
Horse racing is an equestrian sporting
activity which has been practiced over
the centuries; the chariot races of
Roman times were an early example.
Look for other information:
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Wikipedia about Horse Racing
History of Polo
 Tennis
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Real tennis was actually very different to
the game that we know today. It was
played indoors, in large galleries with
jutting roofs and points were won
according to how the ball was played off
of the gallery walls. This is very different
to today's Lawn Tennis, where the
rectangular court is laid out on a grass
surface and the play is within marked
boundaries, not off of the walls.
Search for other information:
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Wikipedia about Tennis
History of Tennis
 Rowing
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There are two types of rowing –
rowing for pleasure (in a
rowboat or dinghy), and rowing
as a sport. Rowing for pleasure is
still a fairly new concept in the
UK and there are only a few
clubs which cater for the leisure
rower, such as the Weyfarers
Rowing Club in Weybridge.
Find out about Rowing:
 Rowing on the Thames
 History of Rowing
Evaluation
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Your task is to choose two sports and later to present them
in a short speech in front of the group.
Important for the teacher is your language correctness.
Your presentation must contain informations about history
of the chosen sports. Also you have to explain the rules:
Are there some subdivisions of the chosen subdisciplines?
Is it a team sport? If so, then how many players are there
in one team? How long lasts a play/match? How do the
players reach the scores? What are the names of the most
famous and popular players?