Europe

Europe
Content objectives
 1. Identifying and locating the main physical features of Europe
 2. Identifying and locating the main coasts and rivers of Europe
 3. Identifying the main European climates and describing their characteristics
 4. Describing population structure, distribution and diversity in Europe
5. Describing the European Union and its characteristics
 6. Naming the European Union institutions
7. Obtaining information from maps and pictures

Language objectives
 1. Describing location: in the south of Europe … near the Mediterranean Sea …
2. Describing contrast: However, …
3. Expressing quantity: most of … many rivers … little …
 4. Describing a result: Consequently, …
5. Making comparisons: the largest … the longest …
6. Giving factual information about the past: became … were … concentrated on …







Physical Europe 
Vocabulary
coastline,
compact group,
Great European Plain,
island,
massif,
mountain,
mountain chain,
peninsula,
river

  * Where are the majority of mountain chains in Europe?
  * Which is the highest mountain?
  * Which are three of the longest rivers?

 True or false? Are the following sentences true or false? If they are false, Ss correct them.
1. The Ural Mountains are near the Pyrenees.
2. The longest river in Europe is the Volga.
3. Most of the mountain chains are in the middle of Europe.
 4. Sardinia is one of the largest islands in Europe.
 5. The Atlantic Ocean is east of Europe.

 Physical relief of Europe 

Coasts of Europe 

European rivers 

 Climates
Vocabulary
deciduous,
 evergreen,
grassland,
oak,
shrub,
steppe,
taiga,
temperate,
temperature,
tundra

 Climate and flora
 • Prepare five posters on construction paper of five different colours. Label each with a climate: Atlantic, Continental, Mediterranean, Mountain and Polar.
 • Divide Ss into groups and assign a climate to each group.
• Ask groups to find information and pictures of the typical flora of their climate. Ss make their posters using results of their investigation.
 • Arrange posters on a wall around a central title: 'European climates and Flora'.

 Population and diversity
continent, country, developed, diversity, Europe, independent nation, indigenous race, prosperous
  Comprehension. Ss choose the correct option in each of these sentences. Then they listen to , and to check their answers. 1. Europe is a developed / underdeveloped continent. 2. The population density varies little / greatly from one region to another. 3. Most Europeans live in cities / the country. 4. There are thirty-eight / forty-eight independent nations in Europe. 5. There is / is not a great diversity of languages.

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The European Union
vocabulary

 confederation,
currency,
 euro,
 European Union,
institution,
member state
 The European Union Countries. 


Institutions of the European Union
 • Divide Ss into four groups. Make a web map on a large piece of paper with a square in the middle labelled 'European Union Institutions' and four squares connected to the four corners of the middle square.
• Label the four squares: The Council of the European Union, The European Parliament, The European Commission, The Court of Justice. Assign an EU institution to each group.
 • Ask groups to find information about their corresponding institution (constituents and functions) and complete the web map.
 • Then each group presents their institution.