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§ 17. Project: a virtual tour of technical museums of Uzbekistan and Russia
Textbook: p. 57
GoalCarry out the project stages: prepare and present a virtual tour of technical museums of Uzbekistan and Russia.
New words
проект · loyihaэкскурсия · ekskursiyaэкспозиция · ko‘rgazmaэкскурсовод · ekskursovod
Explanation
A project has several stages: 1) choose the museums; 2) collect information (name, city, what is kept, one interesting fact); 3) write the tour text; 4) present it. The Polytechnic Museum in Moscow was founded in 1872 and the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics opened in 1981; from Uzbekistan you can choose the Museum of Railway Technology in Tashkent or the museum at Ulugbek’s observatory in Samarkand. Take information from the museums’ official sites, work online with an adult, and note your sources. Use the constructions you have learned in the text: «где, куда, откуда», «который», «чей», and the imperative («Посмотрите налево…»).
Worked examples
Model guide text: «Добро пожаловать в Музей космонавтики! Это музей, где хранятся модели ракет. Посмотрите направо: там стоит макет спутника».
Project plan: «1. Выберем два музея. 2. Найдём факты. 3. Напишем текст. 4. Подготовим слайды».
Class activity
Presentation: groups give a two-minute virtual tour as “guides”; the class asks questions.
Practice
1
Write a greeting and two imperatives to open the tour.
Добро пожаловать! Идите за мной. Посмотрите направо.
2
Write a sentence describing a museum with «где».
Это музей, где собраны старинные приборы.
3
Which sources are safe to use for the project?
Official museum sites, encyclopedias and books; use the internet with an adult.
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Why should you note your sources?
So you can show where the information came from and check it.