Prep School Activities at Teddies

How to talk to an Anglo Saxon

The roots of English run 1,500 years deep into the soil of language – but it has grown and sprouted in endless directions over the past millennium and a half. What was the Old English word for ‘bread’, and where do we still use it today? Why do we have a silent H in ‘why’? How do you pronounce the word ‘ecg’? Which famous king had a name that means ‘takes advice from fairies’? Answer these questions and prepare yourself to talk to an Anglo Saxon. Is there enough food to feed the world? This question is used to explore issues relating to food, and its availability and distribution throughout different countries of the world. The topic of development underpins this question and local places that don’t fit the expected pattern are introduced and studied. Is the weather getting worse? This question looks at the topics of weather and climate, building towards the study of climate change. Some challenging concepts are studied, for example the tri-cellular model. Examples and discussion of extreme weather events are explored with a view to answering the initial key question. The Middle East Lines in the Sand: a brief introduction to the shaping of the modern Middle East at the start of the Twentieth Century and the origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. A whistle stop tour through Zionism, Arab Nationalism and European Colonial misdemeanours. World Food and Climate Change

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