HISTORY OF TEA

Identities and Exchanges

Unit 1

History of Tea

How did tea become a part of British Identity?

INDEX

Tea Trade

Trading with China

A Dangerous Mission

Tea Time

One Beverage for All

Tea Trade

Trading with China

1. Describe the engraving. 2. Listen to the first sentence and explain what was special about China in the 19th century. 3. Listen to the whole recording and note down the problems encountered by the British and the solution they found. 4. Write a short paragraph to sum up the tea trading problems between Great Britain and China.

A Dangerous Mission

Fill the worksheet by yourself. Homework : at home, fill the second worksheet based on the text.

Tea Time

1. Describe the photographs and match "Low tea" and "High tea" to the correct photograph. Justify. 2. Watch part 1 of the video and pick out 3 situations where tea is drunk in everyday life. 3. Watch part 2 of the video and note the differences between low and high tea.

One Beverage for All

1. Describe the pictures and show the common points and the differences. 2. Read the following text and answer the questions.

FINAL TASK Create a leaflet to introduce a new brand of tea called "Heritage".

1. Draw the ladder in your notebook and complete it with the different social classes. lower middle class – upper class – working class – upper middle class 2 Pick out words connected to tea and match them to a social class. Explain Kate Fox’s observation about the use of sugar and complete the ladder with the correct amount of sugar. more than one spoonful – no sugar – more than two spoonfuls

Tea Trade

Answer the questions with your own words. Don't forget to quote.

1. Read the first paragraph. List the effects of drinking tea and coffee. 2. Explain the quote : "So when demand for coffee rose, prices did, too." 3. Read the second paragraph. Explain the advantage of the Chinese commerce system and list the products traded. 4. Explain the causes and the consequences of the tea trade.