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CLIL History: what materials were buildings made of?
Textbook: pp. 88–89
GoalWhat old buildings were made of: clay, stone, animal skins (wood, brick).
New words
clay · loystone · toshanimal skins · hayvon terisibrick · g‘isht
Explanation
Long ago people built homes from materials around them. Clay keeps out cold and heat: the old walls in Khiva were made of clay bricks. Stone is strong: the pyramids in Egypt were made of stone blocks. Brick is baked clay: the Registan in Samarkand was built of baked brick and glazed tiles. Animal skins: hunters on the move used them for tents. We say in the past: “The walls were made of clay.” “The tent was made of animal skins.”
Worked examples
The old fort was made of clay. The castle was made of stone.
Many tents long ago were made of animal skins.
Class activity
“Building material”: a group picks a building picture and adds a card: “The tower was made of stone.” The poster shows five buildings and their materials.
Practice
1
Baked clay is:
brick
2
What were the Egyptian pyramids made of?
stone
3
Make a sentence: the wall was made of clay.
The wall was made of clay.
4
What are the old walls in Khiva made of?
clay