| 10. Life near the sea, life inland |
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Living near the sea or inland
implies big differences: landscape, food, jobs, professions,
studies, products, etc. So it also implies a different
way of looking at the world.
Legends and tales have different features as well depending
on where they come from, from the coast or an inland region.
The former refer to what is found in the sea: mythological
sea creatures, fishermen, etc. The latter speak about
deep forests, elves, fairies, woodsmen, etc. |
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| Establishing similarities and differences.
Comparison is fundamental to grouping and classifying.
When we compare we use criteria. We need different
kinds of criteria to establish accurate distinctions
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Compare life near the coast and life
in an inland region. You might make four discussion
groups:
1. The ones who find out what life
is like in an inland village; 2.
The ones who find out what life is like in a village
near the coast; 3. The ones who
find out what life is like in an inland city; 4.
The ones who find out what life is like in a city
near the coast.
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What the landscape is like. |
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How people make their living. |
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What kind of technology and
tools the inhabitants use. |
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What kind of food they eat. |
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Which sports they do. |
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What kind of
problems they have to deal with. |
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| Reading. Look
for and read a tale or legend representative of a coastal
place and an inland place. |
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| Activity.
Go for a walk around your immediate environment (classroom,
school, park, etc.) and draw (or make a picture of) one
thing that you find pleasant and one that you find unpleasant.
Show your drawings and start a dialogue with the rest
of the group: Why is it pleasant? Why is it unpleasant?
What could you do to make unpleasant things different? |
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| Exercise. Life
on a farm, in Wondering at the World, 3.1.6 |
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| © Grup IREF 2003, with the support of the European Commission, DG XXII (Socrates/Comenius 3.2) |
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