Royal wedding ...as if you were on the spot!


For the 6th Graders
and... the Fans!


BEFORE THE WEDDING 


ACTION 1
Look and describe
the document above.


1) What is the document?
2) Who can you recognize?
on the front page?
3) What are they wearing?
4) What are they like?
(Face expression and temper)
How do you know?
5) What is "the Big Day"?
6) Is the baby
(on the bottom-right corner 
of the front page) the couple's baby?

ACTION 2
Read and write
 their biographies
in your own words.



ACTION 3
Watch and report.


ACTION 4
Look and select
what you need for a Royal Wedding.







































 

ACTION 5
Discover former [=précédentes] 
Wedding outfits [=tenues]!
a) Describe them.
b) Which one is the most beautiful?
c) Which ones(s) do you prefer?
d) Do you recognize these couples?



Read and learn more
about
the Wedding outfits and their icons.

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/beauty/fashion/g4919/queen-elizabeth-wedding-gown/
http://orderofsplendor.blogspot.fr/2010/06/top-10-best-royal-wedding-dresses-7.html

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/the-scene/weddings/a20517182/kate-middleton-wedding-dress/





ACTION 6
Discover the Royal Family tree.

a) Who is Who?
Report on
the link between the family members.
b) Who is missing? Why?


ACTION +
Design your own Wedding dress
and
bring it to class!

ACTION ++
Design your British flag
and bring it to class!

Silent tutorials

Spoken tutorial

DIY 
DIY






For the Adventurers

For the Explorers

For the Bold and the Experts



ACTION +++




How to watch the Royal Wedding?


Study
the Royal Wedding schedule
and
organization

a) What happens at what time?


b) Watch and understand.


c) Match
the places or monuments'names
with the photos.

PLACE A
MONUMENT B

PLACE C
MONUMENT D


PLACE E
PLACE F



a) Where is Windsor?



b) Explore the castle.

THE PLACE
Interactive map
https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/visit/windsor-castle/children-and-families#/

c) Explore the castle's history
http://www.berkshirehistory.com/kids/windsor_castle.html


ACTION +++
Get your invitation
at the Royal Wedding!





Make your invitation.




D-DAY
VOCABULARY BOX
A wedding dress
 A bridal veil 
A page boy
A wedding/bridal bouquet
(composed with Forget-Me-Not flowers)
A bride (groom)
A bridesmaid

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ACTION 1
Discover
the first after-wedding images!

1) Where is the couple?
2) What are they wearing?
3) What is the bride carrying
in her left hand?
4) What are they doing?
5) Who is behind them?


ACTION 2
a) Watch and put the videos in order
according to established protocol.

VIDEO 1
VIDEO 2
VIDEO 3
VIDEO  4
VIDEO 5

b) Match the captions[=légendes] 
with the contents of the videos.

1-
Prince Harry Duke of Wessex and his elder brother Prince William Duke of Cambridge
have arrive for wedding. 
2-
Meghan Markel
originating from American Civil society 
(a popular tv series comedian)
and 
Harry of Royal British blood
(from Windsor House)
exchange their vows and wedding rings in chapel.
3-
Meghan and Harry leave St George's Chapel 
and have their first kiss.
4-
Prince Charles, William and Harry's father,
walks future bride Meghan Markle down aisle
to marry his son Harry.
5-
Queen Elizabeth II along with her husband Prince Philip, Meghan Markle's mother Dora Ragland, the Queen's elder son Prince Charles along with her wife Camilla Parker Boyles Duchess of Cornwall
arrive for wedding.

ACTION 3
Watch these videos 
and say what is not relevant to traditional Royal protocol.





There’s power in love to help and heal when nothing else can. There’s power in love to lift up and liberate when nothing else will. There’s power in love to show us the way to live.” He went on: “I’m talking about some power, real power, power to change the world.
[Martin Luther King's words quoted by Chicago Reverend Michael Curry]


http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-royal-wedding-10-quotes-from-reverend-michael-curry-sermon-20180519-story.html

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a20758922/bishop-michael-curry-royal-wedding-facts/

http://femmes.leparisien.fr/laparisienne/actualites/societe/michael-curry-le-memorable-reverend-qui-a-marque-le-mariage-de-meghan-et-harry-21-05-2018-7727526.php#xtor=EPR-1481423566






http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43880951
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheku_Kanneh-Mason







ACTION 4
A Mothers'History and Fate.
Watch and report.







ACTION 5
For the 9th Graders

Meghan Markle
and 
socio-ethnical issues

FROM ACTRESS TO PRINCESS 


MIXED-RACE IDENTITY

What does it mean
to be Bi-racial 
like Meghan Markle 
of 
 African American and Dutch-Irish
backgrounds/heritage?


Seven people from mixed backgrounds pick out objects that define them.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/celebrating_our_mixed_race_identity


About Biracial Americans


Non-identical twins




Should our "identity"
 be "reduced to"
our (ethnical) "roots"?
In which extent does it matter?

Maybe an answer here...
Enjoy!




AFTER THE WEDDING


ACTION +
At the Wedding table!
Enjoy tasty British recipes
and bring your creations to class.




ACTION ++
Make your personal ID capsule!
Take a box and put inside 
objects, photos, texts, words 
or whatever 
that mirror
who you are, what you are like
and what you like or love and bring it to class.
 That may be really fun!




The just-married royal couple 
posing lovingly and glamorously
on Windsor Castle stairs.


The happy Duke and Duchess of Sussex
surrounded by
 their cute and facetious flower children.

Two families making one.
How fantastic!

A new royal family portrait.
Enjoy! 









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