In Search of the Golden Tablet Escape Room (A2 level) (Mentoría)

In search of the Golden Tablet Escape Room

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We are a group of linguists who can travel back in time to study the evolution of language,

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We know that the Incas wrote on stone tablets in gold. One of these stones, known as “the Golden Tablet”, is particularly important because it helps us understand how language has evolved. According to legend it was buried in “La Cueva de los Tayos”.

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Yes, but is it still there? In the 1950s there were a lot of expeditions looking for Inca treasure in the Andes. We need to travel back to Ecuador to see if we can find out what happened to “the Golden Tablet”...

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TRAVELLING TO ECUADOR IN THE 1950s...

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According to legend, the Shuars, an indigenous tribe, kept gold in “La Cueva de los Tayos”. In 1951 a group of international explorers found the entrance to the cave and took gold and valuable objects!

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We have to discover what happened. Was “the Golden Tablet” one of the stolen treasures? First let’s see what newspaper of the time said…

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Read the newspaper and answer the following questions:

What is the date of the newspaper?

17/09/1951

24/09/1951

24/08/1951

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Read the newspaper and answer the questions:

What is the photo of?

The explorers' aeroplane

The Shuars' aeroplane

The Incas' aeroplane

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Read the newspaper and answer the questions:

How many objects did the Shuars find?

Seven

Five

Six

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Read the newspaper and answer the questions:

Did the Shuars recover all the gold?

Yes, they did

No, they didn't

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Well done!

Let's continue and find what treasures were in the cave

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You did it! Now you need to put some words in the correct order and find out where “the Golden Tablet” is..

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Where is the Golden Tablet now?

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Apparently an antique shop in Liverpool bought a lot of Inca treasure in the 1960s. Maybe “the Golden Tablet” is there too! I think we will have to travel in time and see..

Lucy, the explorers were English and they took the treasure to England to sell it for a lot of money.

TRAVELLING TO LIVERPOOL IN THE 1960s...

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It's 1960 and Liverpool is so beautiful! I'm so happy to be here!

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Did you know that the famous group The Beatles were born there?

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Let’s take the bus to the antiques shop and hope we find “the Golden Tablet” there.

Oh no! Someone has already bought it!

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The nice man in the shop is going to play a song. If we fill in the gaps he will tell us where the “mystery” buyer went!

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What is the only word that does not appear in the song?

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SKY

LOVE

YOU

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Good job! The man in the shop told me that "the mystery buyer" is staying in a house in Penny Lane. Let's go there and see if we can find him.

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Here we are in Penny Lane! Now we need to find the right house.

Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb in brackets before we continue

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Everyone has ______ (hear) of the Beatles but do you like their music? How much do you know about them? Where were they born? Well, they were all born in Liverpool and from 1960 to 1962 they _______ (play) in small clubs like the Cavern. After they _____(record) their first single “Love me do” in October 1962 they soon ______ (become) famous all over the world. Lennon and McCartney ______ (write) most of their songs. The Beatles _____ (have) 17 number one hits but they _______ (break up) in 1970. They still _____ (sell) millions of records a year and their songs ______ (be) still popular today.

Choose one of the following options:

heard

hears

Will hear

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Everyone has heard of the Beatles but do you like their music? How much do you know about them? Where were they born? Well, they were all born in Liverpool and from 1960 to 1962 they _______ (play) in small clubs like the Cavern. After they _____(record) their first single “Love me do” in October 1962 they soon ______ (become) famous all over the world. Lennon and McCartney ______ (write) most of their songs. The Beatles _____ (have) 17 number one hits but they _______ (break up) in 1970. They still _____ (sell) millions of records a year and their songs ______ (be) still popular today.

Play

Played

Will play

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Everyone has heard of the Beatles but do you like their music? How much do you know about them? Where were they born? Well, they were all born in Liverpool and from 1960 to 1962 they played in small clubs like the Cavern. After they _____(record) their first single “Love me do” in October 1962 they soon ______ (become) famous all over the world. Lennon and McCartney ______ (write) most of their songs. The Beatles _____ (have) 17 number one hits but they _______ (break up) in 1970. They still _____ (sell) millions of records a year and their songs ______ (be) still popular today.

Recorded

Records

Will record

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Everyone has heard of the Beatles but do you like their music? How much do you know about them? Where were they born? Well, they were all born in Liverpool and from 1960 to 1962 they played in small clubs like the Cavern. After they recorded their first single “Love me do” in October 1962 they soon ______ (become) famous all over the world. Lennon and McCartney ______ (write) most of their songs. The Beatles _____ (have) 17 number one hits but they _______ (break up) in 1970. They still _____ (sell) millions of records a year and their songs ______ (be) still popular today.

Becomes

Become

Became

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Everyone has heard of the Beatles but do you like their music? How much do you know about them? Where were they born? Well, they were all born in Liverpool and from 1960 to 1962 they played in small clubs like the Cavern. After they recorded their first single “Love me do” in October 1962 they soon became famous all over the world. Lennon and McCartney ______ (write) most of their songs. The Beatles _____ (have) 17 number one hits but they _______ (break up) in 1970. They still _____ (sell) millions of records a year and their songs ______ (be) still popular today.

writes

wrote

written

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Everyone has heard of the Beatles but do you like their music? How much do you know about them? Where were they born? Well, they were all born in Liverpool and from 1960 to 1962 they played in small clubs like the Cavern. After they recorded their first single “Love me do” in October 1962 they soon became famous all over the world. Lennon and McCartney wrote most of their songs. The Beatles _____ (have) 17 number one hits but they _______ (break up) in 1970. They still _____ (sell) millions of records a year and their songs ______ (be) still popular today.

had

Willl have

Will not have

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Everyone has heard of the Beatles but do you like their music? How much do you know about them? Where were they born? Well, they were all born in Liverpool and from 1960 to 1962 they played in small clubs like the Cavern. After they recorded their first single “Love me do” in October 1962 they soon became famous all over the world. Lennon and McCartney wrote most of their songs. The Beatles had 17 number one hits but they _______ (break up) in 1970. They still _____ (sell) millions of records a year and their songs ______ (be) still popular today.

breaks up

Broke up

Breaking up

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Everyone has heard of the Beatles but do you like their music? How much do you know about them? Where were they born? Well, they were all born in Liverpool and from 1960 to 1962 they played in small clubs like the Cavern. After they recorded their first single “Love me do” in October 1962 they soon became famous all over the world. Lennon and McCartney wrote most of their songs. The Beatles had 17 number one hits but they broke up in 1970. They still _____ (sell) millions of records a year and their songs ______ (be) still popular today.

Sell

Will sell

Sells

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Everyone has heard of the Beatles but do you like their music? How much do you know about them? Where were they born? Well, they were all born in Liverpool and from 1960 to 1962 they played in small clubs like the Cavern. After they recorded their first single “Love me do” in October 1962 they soon became famous all over the world. Lennon and McCartney wrote most of their songs. The Beatles had 17 number one hits but they broke up in 1970. They still sell millions of records a year and their songs _____ (be) still popular today.

is

was

are

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Congrats!!

Now we know a little bit more about the Beatles.

Everyone has heard of the Beatles but do you like their music? How much do you know about them? Where were they born? Well, they were all born in Liverpool and from 1960 to 1962 they played in small clubs like the Cavern. After they recorded their first single “Love me do” in October 1962 they soon became famous all over the world. Lennon and McCartney wrote most of their songs. The Beatles had 17 number one hits but they broke up in 1970. They still sell millions of records a year and their songs are still popular today.

I think this is the house. Now knock on the red door to see if anyone is home

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Hello! Who are you?

Oh my God! You are John Lennon, one of The Beatles!

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Yes, I am! How can I help you?

It is amazing to meet you! Um, you see, my name is Lucy and I'm a linguist. You apparently have a Golden Tablet which was stolen. Can I have it please so I can return it? It is really important for our investigation

Stolen?! I didn't know! Of course...but can you first help me solve this crossword?

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Sure! Let's start!

Remember the word number 10. It is important!

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What is the word 10 in the crossword?

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Today

Tomorrow

Yesterday

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Thanks! Good to have a little help from my friends. Here is the Golden Tablet. Please return it to its rightful owner!

Thanks! I will. Now we can finally continue our investigation. Goodbye!

Travelling back to The Present...

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Thank you very much for helping us!

FINISH

You are now a young linguist!

Created by: David Levey Bárbara Eizaga Rebollar Cristina Heras Ramírez Abderrazak Salim Fahfouhi José Miguel Campuzano Ángela Gil Gamero Nicolás Jiménez Sánchez María Lucía Muñoz Mosteiro Lucía Teresa Pérez Moreno Alberto Custodio Romero Vallejo Antonio Santiago Salmerón

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