Civilization

• LOST CIVILIZATION

• civilisation

• The aim of our discussion

Civilization

• a society that is well organized and developed
• a society, its culture and its way of life during a particular period of time or in particular part of the world 
• all the people in the world, and the societies they live in, considered as a whole
• the process in which societies become developed and organized

• Odd, unusual, strange, huge, tiny, short, long, wild, friendly, unfriendly, bright, pale,
• straight, curly, dark, thin, thick, hairy.

• Describe the picture

• Made of
• pyramids
• Ancient
• since antiquity,
• challenge,
• survival,
• requirement,
• evolution,
• prehistoric times
• elaborate
• roads

Complete the sentences. You should choose only one variant

• .

• 1. The Maya were ancient people of
• Australia
• b) America
• c) Asia
• 2. The Mayan civilization is considered to have been
• advanced
• b) primitive
• c) strange
• 3. The Mayan civilization reached its peak in
• the 1st century BC
• b) the 19th century
• c) 800 AD
• 4. At its peak the Mayan civilization consisted of
• 13 million people
• b) 1,3 million people
• c) 130 thousand people
• 5. At the peak of its development the Mayan civilization
• invented the wheel
• b) moved to another place
• c) disappeared
• 6. The reason for the downfall of Mayan civilization was
• climate change
• b) the war with another civilization
• c) an unknown fact
• -

• THE MAYA
• Task: Listen to the text and choose the best answer.
• The Maya lived in
• a) South America
• b) Central Asia
• c) Central America
• 2. In the middle of the city Mayapan there is
• a) a large pyramid
• b) a large square
• c) a large park
• 3. The Mayan people could
• a) read and write
• b) swim well
• c) cook delicious food
• 4. The Maya had a calendar with
• a) 325
• b) 365
• c) 372 days.
• 5. The people leaved Mayapan in about
• a) 1250
• b) 1890
• c) 1450

• What could the Maya have done in order to survive?
• Use the examples:
• To predict weather changes better
• To change their behaviour
• To build dams instead of pyramids
• To move to a place with plenty of water
• To make big supplies of water and food
• To ask for help from neighbours
• To invent a way to produce water
• To learn to turn sea water into drinking water
• use your own ideas.

• advantages

• disadvantages

• Serious
• Cautious
• Careful

• Optimistic
• Hopeful
• Positive Thinking

• Creative
• New Ideas and Concepts
• Search for Alternatives

• Responsible for Conclusions
• Sets the Focus

• Feelings
• Hunches
• Intuition

• Neutral and Objective
• Deals with Facts

• information

• Emotions

• creation

• result

• What could the Maya have done in order to survive?

• What threatens our civilization we belong to?
• air pollution, water pollution
• deforestation
• global warming
• exhaustion of natural resources
• ecological balance of the world is disturbed
• climate change
• wappons can cause catastrophic consequence
• environmental problem
• nuclear energy, nucler power station
• poverty ,crime, terrorism, similar natural disasters
• diseases

How can we save our civilization?

• -modern scientific technologies
• -development
•  - further research
• - immediate results 
• - improve the system of medical service
• -reasonable solution
• -sophisticated culture
• - space explorations
• - survival of modern societies

• We have reached the aim of the lesson .
• Now I (can) know how to…
• … speak about…
• ….. understand information about…
• … explain the problem of….
• …..express my opinion on…
• …..express my attitude to…

Your hometask is

• To write a composition describing your findings about an ancient civilization. Follow the plan:
• 1. Describe where and when the people lived.
• 2. Give details about what they looked like.
• 3. Describe what their lifestyle was like.
• 4. Explain what lesson we can learn from them.