B
ritish
S
ports (Part 2)
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Golf:
- The Beginning of Golf:
activity
.
- Watch the following video from 77|207 to 116|207 and give the three factors that contributed to the growing popularity of golf:
- Go to the following
site
and complete the page entitled 'Golf Vocabulary' in your minibook.
Curling:
- Origin of curling:
link
.
- Places where curling was played in its early days:
link
(see Paragraph 4).
- When and where the rules of curling were drawn up:
link
(see Paragraph 5).
- Watch the following video and answer these questions:
1) What is curling often compared to?
2) What does this sport require?
3) What is people's general opinion about curling?
4) Is curling a violent sport? (Focus on this passage: from 69|101 to the end)
- Curling Equipment: Watch the two following videos and write down the equipment you need to play curling.
Shinty:
- Origin of shinty:
link 1
-
link 2
.
- The first players of shinty:
link
(see Paragraph 2).
- Watch this
video
and describe the atmosphere among shinty players.
- Watch what a shinty match looks like:
The Highland Games:
- Origin of the Highland Games and Purpose (= Objective):
link 1
-
link 2
.
- Visit the two following sites and write down the name of the different events in your minibook:
link 1
-
link 2
.
- Watch the following video for pleasure!
(If one of the links is broken, use the following
document
.)
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