Презентация, доклад к проекту Mr Punch as a cultural English Icon

D. Bystrova
E. Kordukova
Grammar school № 13

background knowledge by learning about Mr Punch, who is considered to be one of the cultural icons in England.
The objectives are:
1) to find out what show Mr Punch belongs to; 2) to compile the most important facts of Mr Punch’s history; 3) to learn the basic techniques of making a glove puppet; 4) to make a “Mr Punch” glove puppet;

background knowledge.
The second theoretical key concept of our project is the phenomenon of Mr Punch from “Punch and Judy Show” in English culture.

suasages

Bath, Dublin) - adults

adults and children

seen at carnivals, festivals, birthday parties, and other occasions.

a tassel. He is a hunchback whose hooked nose almost meets his hooked chin.

“Punch and Judy Show” which is a part of Britain's heritage.

The British government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport named it one of the first 12 icons of Englishness, alongside with double-decker buses, Stonehenge and a cup of tea!

can be interesting for our classmates as a piece of cultural background knowledge while studying the English language.

3) We proved that it was possible to make a model of a “Mr Punch” glove puppet with our own hands.

information to our schoolmates.
In afterschool activities – we can create our own Punch and Judy show and present it at our School Festival – “Top 13”