Teacher : Mehizel Souha Fatima Zohra Level :3rd year (Literary streams)

Unit : Ancient Civilizations Sequence : Listening and Speaking

Rubric : Listening + Say it in Writing Materials: handouts+ white board+ Data show
Targeted competencies : Interact-interpret-produce Time : 2 h
Assessment: Self-assessment Framework: PDP

Learning objectives: By the end of this lesson, pupils will be able to:
Listen and interpret a radio interview about the contributions of ancient civilisations
Assumptions: Ls may easily recall the achievements of ancient civilisations / Ls may be familiar with sequencers
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the development of mankind. Procedure
Anticipated Problems: Ls may struggle with the concept of a historical account / Ls may need Objectives
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factual information.
Write
iesand perform a historical account about the development of a civilisation.
Suggested Solutions:
Core values Informative
: To recognize listening script
the importance / Theoretical
of ancient reminder
civilisations’ / Supplied flowchart.
achievements and their contribution to mankind.
Pre-listening
-T greets Ls, checks presence list and sets the class layout. -To activate Ls prior
-T encourages Ls to name the objects using the words in the knowledge and brainstorm
box. ideas related to the topic.

Leaerner/ Teacher
-To introduce key
achievements of ancient
10 minutes
Activity 01

Interpret
Interact

civilisation and classify them

in order of importance.

-To recognise the importance

of ancient civilisations’
Questions: contributions to our modern
1. What do these pictures represent? civilisation.
2. To which civilisation did each of these subjects belong to?
3. Are they significant in our lives? Why?
4. Re-order them according to their significance.
 Ls possible answers:
1. These pictures are the contributions and the works that the
Ancient civilisations have left behind.
2. The legal system was introduced by Hammurabi from the
Babylonian civilisation, jewellery and pottery were
associated with the Indus Valley civilisation, the
architecture with the Romans and the Greeks and the
writing system with the Egyptians, Sumerians and the
Phoenicians.
3. Yes, they are. Thanks to these civilisations we now have
many writing systems, naval fleets for transportation and
commerce, as well as different forms of art and crafts, in
addition to diamonds and jewellery. All of them gave
them a quality life and contributed to our advancement.
4. First, legal system because it helps reduce crimes and
spread peace and harmony. Second, writing because it
helps record history and information for the following
generations. Third, maritime trade. It permits expanding
and exploring new regions. Fourth, Architecture, it helps
building more organised cities and roads. Fifth, jewellery
it allows us to know more about the lifestyle they had.
Finally, pottery shows how artistic they were.
During listening
 Listen and say whether the statements are true or false -To retrieve general
1) The Romans are primarily known for their contributions to information from the script.
literature and writing.
2) tThe Sumerians' writing system was not important for
recording and spreading knowledge.
Activity 01

Interpret

Learner
Interact

3) The Indus Valley civilization introduced the first known

alphabet.
4) The combined contributions of these ancient civilizations
had a significant impact on the development of mankind.

Key: False/ False/False/ True

 Listen and choose the correct answer in each sentence: To extract specific words and
1) Phoenicians' alphabet opened access to communication expressions from the script.
and fostered broader ………………
a) Literacy. b) illiteracy c) trade
10 minutes
Activity 02

Interpret

2) The Indus Valley's urban innovations paved the way for

Learner
Interact

more organized………………….
a) societies b) warfare c) cities
3) The civilizations were the starting point for …………
a) advertisement b) advancement
c) enhancement
Key: 1) literacy / 2) cities / 3) advancement
 Listen and fill in the passage with the missing words To extract specific words and
The Romans' infrastructure facilitated cultural expressions from the script.
………………. and trade ………………….. Sumerians'
10 minutes
Activity 03

Interpret

Learner
Interact

writing system enabled the recording and spread of

knowledge. Phoenicians' alphabet opened ………………… to
communication and fostered broader ………………...
Key: 1-exchange / 2-expansion / 3-access / 4-literacy

Post listening
 Say in writing
-T explains the layout and the characteristics of a historical -To note the concept of a
account. historical account and identify
its main features and
characteristic.

Teacher/Learner
10 minutes
Layout

Interpret
Interact

 You joined a local tourism association as a guide and visited Timgad ruins in Batna with many tourists. Write and
present the historical account of the Roman civilisation, in 16 lines maximum, using the information in the
flowchart, sequencers and past tense.

- T divides Ls to work into pairs and assigns parts of the essay

Drafti

Produc
e
 - T asks Ls to exchange draft to check relevance of ideas, -To produce a coherent

Editing Revie

Teacher/Learner
cohesion, coherence and use of connectors, repetition of ideas, expository essay.
30 minutes words. -To identify their mistakes and
correct them.
-T asks Ls to re-read their parts and correct errors in grammar
and mechanics (T can help Ls identify their mistakes/Word
order - spelling –Punctuation- capitalization)

A) T encourages Ls to share their final draft with other pairs To write and present a short
for peer-assessment. historical account about the
B) T directs Ls to write their essay parts to be read and development of the Indus
evaluated. Valley Civilisation.
Sample:

Historical account of the Indus Valley Civilisation

The Indus Valley civilisation, also known as the Harappan
Civilisation, is one of the earliest civilisations that have ever
existed. It emerged around 3300 to 1300 BC in Pakistan. It has
been through three stages, the Early Harappan Phase, the

Learner/Learner
Publishing

Mature Harappan Phase and the Late Harappan Phase.

20 minutes

First, the Early Harappan Phase started from 2600 to 1900 BC.
Porudce

This phase witnessed the early settlements of people, who

started to learn agriculture and domesticating animals. Second,
the Mature Harappan civilisation from 2600 to 1990, this
phase was known of being the time where the Indus valley
civilisation flourished because if the advanced architecture.
They people were able to build structured cities and
sophisticated drainage system. They also were able to do trade
with the Mesopotamians including breads, metals and even
scripts. Finally, the Late Harappan Phase. In this phase the
Indus valley civilisation struggled with many problems such
as, the disappearance of the scripts and decrease in population.
Historians believe that these problems in addition to the
environmental changes led to the collapse of the Harappan
civilisation.
Points of Success Criteria Yes No -To assess the drafted essay in
1. I wrote a historical account about the comparison with the points of
Roman civilisation. the success criteria
Assessment/

2. I wrote a title to the historical account.

5 minutes

Learner
Interact

3. I wrote facts, dates and explanations.

4. I respected the sequence of events.

5. I used sequencers and past simple.