You will explore how everyday life in Great Britain changed over time and use what you notice to speak and write in the simple past. Through a short photo-and-object inquiry, listening and reading, guided reproduction, and your own production, you will build toward an illustrated comparison poster and a partner mini-presentation about past and present Great Britain. The goal is to answer the question of what life in Great Britain was like in the past and describe those changes clearly with simple past sentences.

You will notice key details about daily life, places, and objects in Great Britain in the past by examining photos and realia and asking what changed over time. You will understand and use simple past sentences in speaking and writing after hearing and reading them in context, then reuse them to describe past events and routines. You will create and present an illustrated comparison poster about past and present Great Britain, using clear simple past examples. You will also give a short partner presentation with images and an object, listen to feedback, and share one observation and one correct simple past sentence in a quick think-pair-share.

Create a quick noticing card during the photo-and-object inquiry where you sketch or label what you see about past and present life in Great Britain and collect simple past examples you hear or read. Build your main product as an illustrated comparison poster that shows past and present Great Britain with short simple past descriptions, clear visuals, and at least one change you can explain. Use the poster in a partner mini-presentation with two images and one object to show what changed in Great Britain and to practice giving one specific growth comment. End with a class showcase where you present your poster and explain one thing you noticed about life in Great Britain in the past using a correct simple past sentence.

Begin with a fast mystery inquiry using 3–4 photos and 2 realia items from old and modern Great Britain, such as a red telephone box, old school uniform, double-decker bus, or coins, and sort them into “past” and “present” with a partner. Listen to a short teacher story in context about a child in Britain long ago and today, hearing repeated simple past sentences while pointing to the matching images and noticing what changed. Then add one thing you noticed about life in Great Britain in the past to a class chart and try one simple past sentence aloud before moving into the comparison poster project. End with a quick think-pair-share on what surprised you and how you could describe it using the simple past.

Set up a class showcase called “Then and Now in Great Britain” where you display your illustrated comparison posters and stand beside them to share 2–3 simple past sentences with classmates or invited guests. Include your two images and one object from the partner mini-presentation so visitors can see what changed and ask you questions about life in Great Britain in the past. Add a short feedback station where peers leave one specific growth comment and one thing they noticed about your use of the simple past. End with a quick gallery walk and think-pair-share so you can reflect on one cultural detail you learned and one simple past sentence you can now say confidently.