GUY FAWKES´DAY / BONFIRE NIGHT ( November 5th)

In 1605, a man called Guy Fawkes and a group of plotters attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London with barrels of gunpowder placed in the basement. They wanted to kill King James and the king’s leaders.


If you want to find out more about this interesting celebration in England, click on the link below:


http://projectbritain.com/Guy.html

Listening activities:

http://www.audio-lingua.eu/spip.php?article1150&lang=en (2 NB)

http://www.audio-lingua.eu/spip.php?article1149&lang=en ( 2 NB)

tp://www.audio-lingua.eu/spip.php?article1148&lang=en ( 1 NI/1 NA)


http://www.kico4u.de/english/topicotw/guyfaw.htm ( listening + quiz)

http://www.learnenglish.de/Dictation/idictationbonfire.html ( 1 NI dictation)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lFNtVE-kNu8 ( 1 NA video)

Interactive games:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/launch_gms_gunpowder_plot.shtml ( 1 NA)