The World Came to our House Today

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The week from April, 20 till April, 26 was the English

The week from April, 20 till April, 26 was
the English

Language week in our school.
Due to self-isolation I decided to organize an online activity, devoted to the topic “The world came to our house today”.
It took place in the official school group on VK.

https://vk.com/schoolmedia25

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April, 20 - 26 #The world came to our house today

April, 20 - 26
#The world came to our house

today

Let’s find interesting things made in different countries of the world
that you keep at home!

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1) During the online lessons on Zoom our students told me

1) During the online lessons on Zoom our students told

me about different things from different countries, which they keep at their homes. They answered questions or tried to guess an object.
There were some taboo objects: clothes, shoes, toys, gadgets and home appliances.
2) Also all the students of the group tried to remember everything they knew about the countries.
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3) Then students took part in the online photo-marathon on VK,

3) Then students took part in the online photo-marathon on

VK, which was supposed to post a picture of a chosen thing and write a short story about it with the hashtag
“Theworldcametoourhousetoday”.
They had to answer 4 questions:
What is it?
What country is it from?
When did you get it?
What is it made of?
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The aim was to involve as many students of our school

The aim was to involve as many students of our school

as possible. That is why I gave the example how to do it.
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Each picture & story from a participant added a flag on the map of the world.

Each picture & story from a participant added a flag on

the map of the world.
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Result: More than 80 students of different grades and 16 teachers

Result:
More than 80 students of different grades and 16 teachers

of different subjects from our school took part in our online-challenge. Some of them presented more than 1 object.
You can see their pictures and stories there:

#theworldcametoourhousetoday

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Result: We put 54 flags onto the map, that means that

Result:
We put 54 flags onto the map, that means

that these 54 countries were mentioned in the stories about memorable things.