ANCIENT: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘ancient’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
1. TREASURES
What are they? Complete this table. Talk with your partner(s) about what you wrote. Change partners and share what you heard.
Biggest treasure
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Why
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| My family’s | ||
| My town’s | ||
| My country’s | ||
| The world’s | ||
| Earth’s |
2. READING
Language
Which words are "interesting", which are "boring"?
museums / strategies / heritage / antiquities / colonizers / invading armies / events / icons / human history / archaeology / the past decade / high profile / antiquities
Museum directors and culture ministers from 16 countries are meeting in Cairo this week to try and get back ancient treasures. They will discuss strategies to (1) ____ important parts of their heritage that are kept in museums in other countries. Officials (2) ____ representatives from India, Greece, Italy, Nigeria and China. Most of their antiquities were taken centuries ago by (3) ____ armies and colonizers. Those attending the two-day conference will draw (4) ____ a list of items they want returned. Egypt wants the return of thousands of ancient Egyptian artefacts (5) ____ being kept in Western museums. The event has been organised by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, which is (6) ____ for "the protection and restitution of cultural heritage”.
Many world famous and (7) ____ items of human history will be discussed. Egypt will call for the return from Britain of the 2,000-year-old Rosetta Stone. Egypt's archaeology representative Dr. Zahi Hawass also has a 3,400-year-old (8) ____ of Queen Nefertiti (9) ____ on his list. Hawass has had a lot of success in recovering antiquities. In the past decade, he has successfully got back over 30,000 items from overseas. Greece is fighting another (10) ____ -profile antiquity battle. It wants the return of the Elgin Marbles, also (11) ____ as the Parthenon Marbles, which the British removed from Athens at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The conference will also ask UNESCO to change international laws that allow (12) ____ antiquities to be sold and exported.
Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
| 1. | (a) | recover | (b) | discover | (c) | cover | (d) | covet |
| 2. | (a) | inclusive | (b) | include | (c) | includes | (d) | inclusion |
| 3. | (a) | invasive | (b) | invasion | (c) | invading | (d) | invade |
| 4. | (a) | down | (b) | in | (c) | of | (d) | up |
| 5. | (a) | currency | (b) | currants | (c) | current | (d) | currently |
| 6. | (a) | calls | (b) | call | (c) | calling | (d) | called |
| 7. | (a) | iconic | (b) | icon | (c) | icons | (d) | ironic |
| 8. | (a) | burst | (b) | bust | (c) | broken | (d) | boom |
| 9. | (a) | tall | (b) | above | (c) | high | (d) | over |
| 10. | (a) | high | (b) | tall | (c) | big | (d) | up |
| 11. | (a) | knew | (b) | knowing | (c) | knows | (d) | known |
| 12. | (a) | steals | (b) | stolen | (c) | stealing | (d) | steal |
Verbs used
Organised
Had
exported
removed
Meeting
taken
kept x 2
discuss
fighting
Museum directors and culture ministers from 16 countries are 1________ in Cairo
this week to try and get back ancient treasures. They will 2_________ strategies
to recover important parts of their heritage that are 3_________ in museums in
other countries. Officials include representatives from India, Greece, Italy,
Nigeria and China. Most of their antiquities were 4________ centuries ago by
invading armies and colonizers. Those attending the two-day conference will
draw up a list of items they want returned. Egypt wants the return of thousands
of ancient Egyptian artefacts currently being 5_______ in Western museums. The
event has been 6_________ by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, which is
calling for "the protection and restitution of cultural heritage”.
Many world famous and iconic items of human history will be discussed. Egypt
will call for the return from Britain of the 2,000-year-old Rosetta Stone.
Egypt's archaeology representative Dr. Zahi Hawass also has a 3,400-year-old
bust of Queen Nefertiti high on his list. Hawass has 7_________ a lot of
success in recovering antiquities. In the past decade, he has successfully got
back over 30,000 items from overseas. Greece is 8________ another high-profile
antiquity battle. It wants the return of the Elgin Marbles, also known as the
Parthenon Marbles, which the British 9_________ from Athens at the beginning of
the nineteenth century. The conference will also ask UNESCO to change
international laws that allow stolen antiquities to be sold and 10________ .
Museum directors and culture ministers from 16 countries are meeting in Cairo this week to try and get back ancient treasures. They will discuss strategies to recover important parts of their heritage that are kept in museums in other countries. Officials include representatives from India, Greece, Italy, Nigeria and China. Most of their antiquities were taken centuries ago by invading armies and colonizers. Those attending the two-day conference will draw up a list of items they want returned. Egypt wants the return of thousands of ancient Egyptian artefacts currently being kept in Western museums. The event has been organised by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, which is calling for "the protection and restitution of cultural heritage”.
Many world famous and iconic items of human history will be discussed. Egypt will call for the return from Britain of the 2,000-year-old Rosetta Stone. Egypt's archaeology representative Dr. Zahi Hawass also has a 3,400-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti high on his list. Hawass has had a lot of success in recovering antiquities. In the past decade, he has successfully got back over 30,000 items from overseas. Greece is fighting another high-profile antiquity battle. It wants the return of the Elgin Marbles, also known as the Parthenon Marbles, which the British removed from Athens at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The conference will also ask UNESCO to change international laws that allow stolen antiquities to be sold and exported.
1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
| a. | Sixteen countries are meeting to return cultural treasure to Egypt. | T / F |
| b. | Greek representatives decided not to attend the meeting in Cairo. | T / F |
| c. | The artefacts countries want returned were taken this century. | T / F |
| d. | The meeting is organized by an Egyptian antique organization. | T / F |
| e. | The Rosetta Stone is currently in British hands. | T / F |
| f. | A man called Dr. Hawass has recovered more than 30,000 artefacts. | T / F |
| g. | There is a dispute between Greece and Britain over marble artefacts. | T / F |
| h. | All international law bans the exporting of cultural artefacts. | T / F |
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.
| 1. | get back | a. | taken |
| 2 | strategies | b. | tactics |
| 3. | invading | c. | symbolic |
| 4. | colonizers | d. | return |
| 5. | restitution | e. | amend |
| 6. | iconic | f. | abroad |
| 7. | bust | g. | invaders |
| 8. | overseas | h. | recover |
| 9. | removed | i. | conquering |
| 10. | change | j. | statue |
TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
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STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to
student B)
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Are you proud of your country’s heritage? |
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Do you think it’s important to maintain a country’s
heritage? |
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Do you think all cultural artefacts belong to their
original countries? |
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Do you like looking at the cultural artefacts of other
countries? |
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What are the most important aspects of your country’s
heritage and why? |
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Which country has the world’s most important heritage? |
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Do you think the world’s most important things should be
put in a world museum? |
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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to
student A)
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What are the most iconic items of world heritage? |
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Are you interested in archaeology? |
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What’s more important to you, heritage or technology? |
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Should Britain empty out the British Museum and return
everything? |
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Why do you think countries hang on to artefacts from other
countries? |
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What’s your greatest treasure? |
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What things created today will be part of your country’s
heritage 2,000 years from now? |
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3. ANTIQUITIES
What are the most important icons in your culture? Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the most important at the top. Change partners and share your ratings again.
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Link to lesson and answers:
Stolen Heritage
