Презентация "Remembrance Day" (УМК "Spotlight", модуль 1, раздел Across the Curriculum)

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  “War does not determine who is right – only who is left.” Bertrand Russell, philosopher, 1872-1970 What does this quotation mean to you? Why is it important to remember victims of wars?

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  Remembrance Day, or Poppy Day takes place each year on 11 November in Britain. People all over the country wear a little red paper poppy. Remembrance Day is on this date because World War I ended in the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918.

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  The poppy is the symbol of Remembrance Day. Bright red poppies are the only flowers that grew on the battlefields after World War I and they look like fields of blood. Many poems about Remembrance Day mention poppies.

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  One of the most famous of these poems is In Flanders Fields. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. In Flanders fields , John McCrae (1872-1918)

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  Memorial services take place on the second Sunday in November which is known as Remembrance Sunday. The Royal Family and top politicians attend a special service in London and lay wreaths on the steps of the monument.

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  At 11 am there is a two-minute silence in memory of those who have lost their lives while serving their country. A lone soldier plays The Last Post on the bugle to introduce it. Musicians also play traditional war songs such as The White Cliffs of Dover and It’s a Long Way to Tipperary.

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  The Last Post

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  How are these things related to Remembrance Day? 11 November Poppy Day wreaths fields of poppies the Royal Family two-minute silence traditional songs

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  Discuss with your partner three facts about Remembrance Day you would like to tell your family. Is there a special day to remember veterans in our country? Collect information about it, then tell the class all about it. Talk about: name reason what people do

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  They died that we might live Lest we forget