1. Ancient Britain

HISTORY OF ENGLAND

Objectives

To know: the main periods & events To be able: to make comparisons & draw conclusions

To understand: the political, social, cultural significance of historical figures & events To enlarge: your vocabulary

Your objective is not to learn more than you can swallow!

The Curse of Dates

1984 ("nineteen eighty-four") 2000 ("the year two thousand")

2005 ("two thousand and five“) 2018 ("twenty eighteen“)

44 BC (before Christ) — 44 год до нашей эры

AD (Anno Domini) 79 — 79 год нашей эры

Now Please Say Yourself

1340 1565 1990 1200 2001 2014 84 AD 2 BC

Ancient England: from Romans to Normans

Frequently Asked Questions

Who built Stonehenge? What for? Who lived in GB before the English? Has Julius Caesar ever been to England? What woman is commemorated by the statue at Trafalgar square?

What time is called ‘the Dark Ages’?

What king of England was nicknamed

‘Great’?

How many invasions of England were successful?

What linguistic influences were significant

Vocabulary Treasures

invade – завоевать (noun – invasion) = to conquer (conquest)

ancient – древний tribe – племя

to subdue - подчинить barbarian – варвар, варварский rebellion – бунт, восстание defensive - защитный

defeat – нанести поражение, победить alderman – олдермен, старейшина pagans - язычники

Vocabulary Treasures

supremacy – превосходство, господство

shire - графство truce — перемирие revolt - восстание descendant - потомок plunder – разграбить

resistance – сопротивление legacy - наследство (культурное) census — перепись населения

Check yourself: Fill in the table.

Period	Important People	Governm Religion Language
	dates	ent

Celts

Romans

Anglo-

Saxons

Norman

Before Christ

Windmill people settled in Britain around 4,500 BC, in the Neolithic Age.