Pupil's Book Activities

1 What can you see in the museum?

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Listen and complete.

The photo shows the of Tenochtitlan in the century. The city was on an in the middle of a . It was the capital city of the Empire.

The Aztecs built pyramids. They made beautiful jewellery. They invented a calendar and they used pictograms for words.

3 What do you think the pictograms mean? Look and match.

house

rain

wind

knife

dog

eagle

4 Choose a word. Create your own pictogram.

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Listen and choose. Sing the song.

2 What did the Aztecs …? Discuss with a partner.

3 Look at the song and use the words to complete. Discuss your answers with a partner.

Atzi lived in a big house in the city. She

. She didn’t

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She

. She didn’t

.
She

. She didn’t

.

Zuma worked in the fields outside the city. He

. He didn’t

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He

. He didn’t

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He

. He didn’t

.

4 Make your own picture dictionary. Draw and label the new words in two groups: Actions and Objects.

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Listen and choose. Then say.

There’s a fair in the square with a bear on a chair. And the bear wears a feather in its hair.

6 Say it again as quickly as you can.

There's a fair in the square with a bear on a chair.

And the bear wears a feather in its hair.

1 Watch the video.

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2 Look, read and match.

They played the game on a court. It was 50 metres long with a ring at each side. The ball weighed about 4 kilograms. There were two teams. They hit the ball with their elbows, knees, hips and head. They didn’t touch the ball with their hands. The players wore protection on their faces, hips and legs. The aim was to get the ball through the rings.
We play the game on a pitch. It is 109 metres long with a net at each end. The ball weighs about 450 grams. There are two teams. They kick or head the ball. They don’t touch the ball with their hands. The players wear protection on their legs and goalkeepers wear gloves. The aim is to get the ball into the opposite goal.

3 Look at the pictures. What is the same and different? Discuss with a partner.

4 Put the sentences in order.

5 Read and complete.

didn't kick

play

wear

used

stood

don't kick

bowling

threw

use

wore

stand

played

throw

totoloque

In , the players 10 pins and a ball. They inside. They special shoes. The players 18 metres from the pins. They the ball at the pins. They the ball.

In , the players a gold bar and a small gold ball. They outside. They tunics and sandals. The players 18 metres from the gold bar. They the gold ball at the bar. They the ball.

6 Play Mime the game.

1 Look at the pictures. Is the story set in the past, present or future?

2Read and listen.

3 Who does the treasure belong to? Discuss with a partner.

4 Read the story again and underline an important sentence ...

… at the start of the story.

… in the middle of the story.

… at the end of the story.

5 Complete the story summary.

Title:

Setting:

People in the story:

At the start of the story,

In the middle of the story,

At the end of the story,

6 Act out the story in groups.

1Read, listen and complete.

Egyptian

Mayan

Chinese

The ancient number system had dots and lines. The numbers from one to four were dots. Number five was a line. The numbers after that were dots and lines. The Mayans were the first people to have a symbol for zero.

The ancient number system used pictures called hieroglyphics for numbers. Number one was a stick, ten was an arch, one hundred was a rope, one thousand was a flower, ten thousand was a finger and one hundred thousand was a tadpole. The hieroglyphic for a million was a man looking surprised!

The ancient number system used vertical and horizontal lines. When they wrote a big number, they used vertical lines for the units and horizontal lines for the tens. They wrote the numbers on a counting board. A blank square was a zero in the number.

2 Read and answer.

1 Which systems had a symbol for zero?
The system and the system.

2 Which system used pictures to represent numbers?
The system.

3 Which system had a picture representing one million?
The system.

4 Which system do we use all over the world today? Why do you think people all over the world use this system?
The system, because it is the simplest .

3 Use the ancient number systems to write and do the sum.

Daisy’s got five sweets and Robert’s got twelve.
How many sweets have they got between them? sweets
Which system do you think is the easiest to use? Why?