PERSONAL PROJECT Virtual Excursions round St. Petersburg Museums AUTHOR Bondarenko Darya Vladimirovna, Student of 10th A grade

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2.Developer of
Advertisement “Virtual Excursions round St. Petersburg Museums”
PERSONAL PROJECT Virtual Excursions round St. Petersburg Museums
3.Participant in International Project “English Language Summer camp ‘NADEZHDA’-2006”

Irina Anatolyevna,
Teacher of English as a Foreign Language
Molchanova Yelena Anatolyevna, Teacher of Information Technologies of Gymnasium # 12
Consultant
Vdovenko Lydiya Alexandrovna,
Director of Municipal Comprehensive Institution “Gymnasium № 12”

materials for the subject English as a Foreign Language (10-11 grades) as a Federal Component of State Standard of Education and Educational Institution Component of State Standard of Education by developing:
a set of assignments on the topic “I Am from Russia” for unit 5 “Changing Times, Changing Styles” in a Student’s Book “Happy English” for 8th form, for Unit 7 in a Student’s Book “English 10-11”;
a unit “I Am from Russia” in an additional textbook for students “My Motherland: Cities of Russia” which might be studied as an Educational Institution Component of State Standard of Education of the Russian Federation.

for teenagers “Virtual Excursions round St. Petersburg Museums”
To create an advertisement for virtual art holiday course for teenagers “Virtual Excursions round St. Petersburg Museums” for advertising drive
To hand over the electronic versions of educational virtual art course and the advertisement of virtual art holiday course for teenagers “Virtual Excursions round St. Petersburg Museums” to the Administration of Gymnasium # 12 for placing them on the school website in the Internet and for School mediateque
To develop a Power Point Presentation “Virtual Excursions round St. Petersburg Museums”
To show the necessity of learning Russian culture within studying English as a foreign language
To show students the necessity of using info-communication technologies in learning polyculture within global education while foreign language training and other subjects at school
To give students additional materials and tools for using Internet technologies in self-education while learning English as a Foreign Language and other subjects

Chapter 1. St. Petersburg as the Cultural Capital of Russia and the City of Glory
Chapter 2.The State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg as the World's Largest Museum of Russian Art
Chapter 3.The Russian School of Painting (Eighteenth to Mid-Nineteenth Centuries)
Chapter 4.The State Russian Museum as a Treasure-house of World Importance
Chapter 5.The Mikhailovsky Castle as One of the Most Mysterious Buildings in St. Petersburg
Chapter 6.The Hermitage Museum is Russia's best art gallery, one of the most prominent museums in the world
Chapter 7.The Pavlovsk Palace and Park as a Unique Ensemble
Chapter 8.The Cruiser Aurora as a monument to Russian shipbuilding and a symbol of the Soviet epoch
Keys to the tasks
Resources:
Interviews
Websites
Multimedia Materials
Literature

the City of Glory www.Petergof.com

1.1. What is the statue Peterhof's Samson devoted to?
To the Russian victory over Swedes
To the Russian victory over Turks
To the Russian victory over Japanese
1.2. How many fountains does the Great Palace include?
32
64
75
1.3. How many gilt statues does the Great Palace include?
42
28
37

World's Largest Museum of Russian Art www.cityvision2000/Russianmuseum/.com

2.1.What do these dates refer to? Find 5 correct sentences in the text or on the website.
February 1917
November 7, 1918
1922
1909-10
1895-97

www.cityvision2000/Russianmuseum/.com

3.1. When was the Russian Museum founded?
1895
1850
1859
3.2. Name 5 artists which you have read about in this chapter and tell us about them.

Importance www.rusmuseum.ru

4.1. Read the text and find 5 words that are connected to the State Russian Museum.
4.2. Using these five key words get ready to tell us a story about the State Russian Museum.

Buildings in St. Petersburg www.saint-petersburg-hotels.com

5.1. What do these dates refer to? Find 5 correct sentences in the text and on the website.
March 12, 1801
1990s
1797-1800
from the late 17th to the early 20th century

of the most prominent museums in the world www.saint-petersburg-hotels.com

6.1. Read the text and complete the sentences.
6. 2. Read the text again and using these key sentences be ready to speak about what the complex of the Hermitage consists of?

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7. 1. Mark the sentences T (true) or F ( false).
A superb palace and park ensemble, dating from the late 16th to the 17th century, Pavlovsk was a summer residence of the Russian emperor Paul I and his family.
Many of these treasures are on view, together with an excellent collection of portraits by Russian artists.
The landscape park, one of the largest in Europe, covers an area of 700 hectares.
Following a long restoration, the ravishingly beautiful private rooms of Empress Maria Fyodorovna, which were decorated Quarenghi and Voronikhin, are again open to the public.

a symbol of the Soviet epoch www.saint-petersburg.com/museums/

8.1. What do these dates refer to? Write down five sentences, one sentence for each date.
1897
1903
1916
1944
1952
8.2. Using these 5 sentences tell us about these events.