What’s Your Dragon? ( EN – CUR – 756)

The learning scenario uses the theme of dragons represented in Western and Far Eastern cultures to develop reading and writing skills in English as a second language. To start, students will read The Story of Dragons blog to broaden their knowledge on these mythical creatures that have always attracted people’s attention. The main part of the lesson includes Europeana images of various dragons that will encourage students to practice writing skills by creating descriptions of physical and personal characteristics. Finally, students will create their own dragon and reflect on their own personal characteristics.

Author: Ana Polombito Karamatić

Age of students: 13-15

Subject and topic: English

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This learning scenario has been developed during the “ Digital Education with Cultural heritage 2023″ online course. The course aimed to improve teachers’ understanding of cultural heritage in order to efficiently integrate it into their lessons and practices. The course can be accessed here.

Public Domain Mark 1.0: the featured image used to illustrate this article has been found on Europeana and has been provided by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek.