How the world can change in a few seconds...
We are all thinking about France this weekend, so let's take the opportunity to look at French words in English:
http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/a/frenchinenglish_2.htm
It all started with the Normans of course:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7SX3ulV_tk
(This is part one, other parts are available on YouTube)
A Battle of Hastings Game:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/normans/launch_gms_battle_hastings.shtml
And everything in England changed for ever:
http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/
Things went from bad to worse between our two countries:
All about Agincourt:
http://www.agincourt600.com/
and
The Battle of Trafalgar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muxsFSRQgbg
But sooner or later along came the the 'Entente cordiale'
http://www.guizot.com/en/politics/entente-cordiale/
Well, it's a blustery day here in Ahsen-Oetzen, so I will leave you with a weather vocabulary game:
http://www.eslgamesplus.com/weather-vocabulary-esl-interactive-board-game/
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