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London Transport Museum
Pre-visit notes for teachers
London Transport Museum has a rich and varied collection which tells the story of transport in
London over the last 200 years. These worksheets have been developed to aid tutors on an
independent visit to the Museum with their students. Each level has pre-visit, during-visit and
post-visit lesson plan and student handouts.
Duration
2 hours 30 minutes
Lesson aims
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To familiarise students with the features of a range of means of transport
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To introduce the London Transport Museum
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To encourage students to make predictions about what they will see at the museum
Lesson objectives
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to…
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Describe types of transport
Sc/E2.3a/3f
Listen for detail about transport
LR/E2.2b
Write sentences comparing forms of transport
Ws/E2.1a/2a
Express an opinion about forms of transport
Sd/E2.1c
Give reasons for their opinions
Sd/E2.1a
Read a text to establish chronology
Rt/E2.1a
Booking your visit
Please note that educational visits to the museum must be booked in advance.
Please log on to the Museum’s website www.ltmuseum.co.uk or call +44 (0)20 7565 7298 for the
latest information on how to book your trip to London Transport Museum.
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00.0 Introduction
Ask students how they get to college. Discuss the pros, cons and personal preferences of each.
00.10 Vocabulary building
Split students into groups of two or three. Ask them to discuss and write down as many words and phrases as they can, connected with the topic of transport.
Ask a member of each group to feedback their words and phrases to the rest of the class.
Ask students to organize their words and phrases into vocabulary groups, e.g. Methods of
transport, people, places…
00.30 Identifying and discussing forms of transport
Pre-visit handout 1: Cards
Pre-visit handout 1a: Card game instructions
Students will work in groups of two or three. Before the lesson print and cut out enough sets of picture cards on Pre-visit handout 1: Cards for each group to have a set.
Ask students to randomly pick six cards as a group and put the rest of the set to one side.
Address any vocabulary gaps the students have identified.
Keep students in their groups. Give each group of students a set of cards face down and a copy of Pre-visit handout 1a: Card game instructions.
Students take it in turns to turn over a card and discuss the questions on Pre-visit handout 1a: Card game instruction with the rest of their group.
For the last 10 minutes of this activity, exchange knowledge and experiences as a class.
01.00 Comparing and Categorizing
Pre-visit handout 2: Comparing
For this activity students stay in their groups and use the whole set of cards. Ask students to arrange the cards so that they can all be seen.
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Read out the descriptions of pairs of cards from Pre-visit handout 2: Comparing.
Ask students to listen and identify two cards that fit the description for each of the sentences
below.
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Both pictures show buses but one of them is older then the other.
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Both pictures show water transport but one carries passengers.
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Both boats are used for water sports but one of them needs the wind.
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Both the pictures show animals but one of them is in a cold climate.
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Both the pictures show trains but one of them is more old fashioned than the other.
Give a copy of Pre-visit handout 2: Comparing to each student. Ask the students to underline any words or phrases that describe similarities or differences.
Using Pre-visit handout 2: Comparing as a guide, ask the students to write sentences which are similar to the ones in the previous exercise.
In their groups, ask students to select six pairs of pictures that have something in common. e.g. land, sea, air, animals, engine power.
Exchange sentences and pairs of cards with other groups and see if they can match up the pictures with the student’s sentences.
01.45 Focus on the museum
Pre-visit handout 3: Types of transport in the Museum
Students will need to bring this handout to the Museum for part of their visit.
Lead a discussion on what they expect to see in the Museum. (This is an opportunity to revisit vocabulary from previous activities). Point out that the Museum covers transport in London from the past, present and future.
Give each student a copy of Pre-visit handout 3: Types of transport in the Museum. Ask students to predict what they think they will see in the Museum by ticking the appropriate boxes on the sheet.
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02.20 Expressing opinions
Pre-visit handout 4: Museum phrases
Pre-visit handout 5: Opinions
Discuss the uses of positive / negative expressions with students.
Ask students to complete the task on Pre-visit handout 5: Opinions.
As a class, complete tasks 1 and 2 on Pre-visit handout 4: Museum phrases.
02.30 End
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Pre-visit handout 1a
Card game instructions
Take the top six cards from your pack and place them face down in the middle of the
table.
Take it in turns to turn over a card and discuss the following questions with your group:
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Do you know what it is?
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What do you know about it?
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Can you find it in your country?
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Does it make you think of any more words/phrases to add to the
vocabulary groups from the first activity?
Put the pictures you do not recognise or you don’t know the name of in a separate pile.
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Pre-visit handout 2
Comparing
Underline the words and phrases that describe similarities or differences
Both pictures show buses but one of them is older than the other.
Both pictures show water transport but one carries passengers.
Both boats are used for water sports but one of them needs the wind.
All the pictures show animals but one of them is in a cold climate.
All the pictures show trains but one of them is more old fashioned than the others.
Choose 6 pairs of cards. Each pair must have something in common.
E.g. Both of these travel on land.
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Write a sentence for each of your six pairs of cards to describe how they are similar and
how they are different.
E.g. Both travel on land but one of them is bigger than the other.
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Pre-visit handout 3
Types of transport in the museum
Before you go to the Museum…
Think
about these forms of transport. Tick the boxes to show which ones you think
you will see in the Museum.
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Pre-visit handout 4
Card game instructions
All of these phrases can be used to talk about what you see in a museum.
1. Which of the phrases below can you say when you like what you see?
2. Which of the phrases below can you say when you don’t like what you see?
A
I like this because…
B
This is interesting because…
C
This is boring.
D
I don’t like this because…
E
I love this!
F
I hate this!
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Pre-visit handout 5
Opinions
Write a sentence about each picture giving a reason for your opinion.
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London Transport Museum
During visit notes for teachers
London Transport Museum has a rich and varied collection which tells the story of transport in
London over the last 200 years. These worksheets have been developed to aid tutors on an
independent visit to the Museum with their students. Each level has pre-visit, during-visit and
post-visit lesson plan and student handouts.
Duration
2 hours
Lesson aims
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To familiarise students with the content of London Transport Museum
To encourage students to discover objects and exhibits held at the museum.
To encourage students to express their opinions of objects and exhibits at London Transport Museum
To compile a record of their visit to draw upon during the post-visit lesson.
Lesson objectives
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to…
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Describe types of transport
Sc/E2.3a/3f
Express an opinion about forms of transport
Sd/E2.1c
Give reasons for their opinions
Sd/E2.1a
00.0 Visiting instructions
During visit handout 1: Things I like and don’t like
During visit handout 2: Types of transport in the museum
Upon arrival at the museum distribute During visit handout 1:Things I like and don’t like, and During visit handout 2: Types of transport in the museum.
As the students to walk around the museum, they should choose several objects /
exhibits that they like and several that they dislike. They can use During visit handout
1: Things I like and don’t like to record their findings.
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pictures as they walk round), there are nine boxes to fill in. Under each box there is a sentence to describe how they feel about their chosen object/ exhibit. The last three sentences need to be completed by the student.
Students complete During visit handout 2: Types of transport in the museum by ticking the appropriate boxes to record the things they see as they walk round the museum.
02.00 End
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During visit handout 1
Things I like and don’t like
In each box draw a picture of something you have seen in the museum that you like.
If you have a camera you can take a picture.
This is amazing!
I love this!
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In each box draw a picture of something you have seen in the museum that you do
not like.
This is boring.
I hate this.
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Complete the sentences below and draw a picture that relates to it.
I like this because
This is interesting because
I don’t like this because
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During visit handout 2
Types of transport in the Museum
Now that you’ve had a look around, tick the boxes that show types of transport you
have
seen in the Museum.
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London Transport Museum
Post-visit notes for teachers
London Transport Museum has a rich and varied collection which tells the story of transport in
London over the last 200 years. These worksheets have been developed to aid tutors on an
independent visit to the Museum with their students. Each level has pre-visit, during-visit and
post-visit lesson plan and student handouts.
Duration:
2 hours
Lesson aims:
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To feedback and consolidate work done on the museum visit
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To predict future developments in transport
Lesson objectives:
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to…
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Give an opinion about exhibits in the museum
Sd/E2 1c
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Listen for feelings and opinions
Lr/E2 6a
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About transport in the future and give reasons for their views
Sd/E2 1d
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Extract the writer’s opinion from an email about a visit to the museum
Rt/E2 1b
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Write a reply to an email about the museum, giving their opinions
Wt/E2 1a
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00.00 Introduction
Post-visit Handout 1: The Museum Visit
Ask students to get into small groups and discuss the questions from the handout about their time at the Museum.
If they have photographs from the visit, ask them to show their group and tell them what they thought of the exhibit(s) and why.
00.15 Discussion questions
Get students to refer to the Handouts they used during their Museum visit During-visit Handout 1: Things I like and don’t like and During visit handout 2: Types of
transport in the Museum.
Deal out the cards from the Pre-visit lesson. In their group, ask the students to sort them into two piles:
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Ask the students to feedback as a class using an interactive whiteboard or large pictures.
Display each picture in turn and ask the students to say whether it was or wasn’t in the
museum.
Discuss as a class, any other forms of transport that they saw in the museum.
things that they saw in the museum
things that they didn’t see in the museum
00.30 Listening
Post-visit Handout 2: Transcript
Post-visit Sound file
Explain to the students that they are going to hear some people talking about how they feel about different forms of transport. Discuss some positive and negative words to describe transport, e.g. comfortable, convenient, unreliable, expensive.
Write these questions on the board:
a. What forms of transport are mentioned?
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b. How does the person feel about it?
Play each example again in turn and ask students to discuss the answers in pairs.
Hand out a copy of the transcript and ask students to underline words and phrases that tell us how the people feel. Discuss whether they agree with the opinions.
01.00 Discussion
Post-visit Handout 3: Discussion 1
Post-visit Handout 4: Discussion 2
Questions 1 and 2 should be answered individually with the students comparing with a
partner afterwards.
Questions 3, 4 and 5 should be discussed in pairs.
Cut out and give each pair one sentence from Post-visit handout 4: Discussion 2.
Ask the pairs to discuss whether they agree or disagree with the statements, and why.
Ask each group to present their views to the class.
01.30 Reading and writing
Post-visit handout 5: Email
This activity should be done on computers if possible.
Ask students to answer the questions on Post-visit handout 5: Email in pairs.
Get students to feedback as a class.
Ask the students to plan and write a reply to the email.
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Post-visit handout 1
The Museum Visit
Discuss the questions below in small groups.
1.
What did you think of the museum?
2.
Did you have a good time?
3.
Was there anything you found particularly interesting or boring?
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Post-visit handout 2
Transcript
Underline any words and phrases that tell us how the people feel.
Do you agree with them?
1.
I hate travelling by train – the carriages are always so dirty and uncomfortable.
2.
I’d always prefer to go to France by Eurostar than on a ferry. If it’s a rough crossing I get seasick.
3.
In my country going anywhere by car or bus always means a long and bumpy journey on dusty roads, full of potholes.
4.
Most of the time I use public transport but sometimes having a car is very handy – like when I want to buy furniture or something.
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I think public transport is crowded, unpleasant and expensive, but the biggest problem is
how inconvenient it is. I don’t like having to wait or change buses and trains to get
somewhere.
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A lot of people think that cars are much more convenient than public transport but I’m not so sure – if you’re stuck in a traffic jam it doesn’t really make any difference if you’re in a car or a bus. If you’re on train or bus you can do some thing while you travel, like read or sleep!
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Post-visit handout 3
Discussion 1
1.
Which of these ways of travelling do you like / dislike?
Ignore any you are not familiar with. Tick the box.
Transport
Like
Dislike
Car
Bike
Motorbike
Taxi
Bus
Train
Tram
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On a scale of 1–10, where 10 is favourite and 0 is least favourite, which ones do you prefer? Write the number in the box.
Transport
0 - 10
Car
Bike
Motorbike
Taxi
Bus
Train
Tram
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3. What are the advantages and disadvantages for these forms of transport?
4.
Which ones do you think will be the most important in the future? Why?
5.
Was there anything in the Museum about the future of transport?
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Post-visit handout 4
Discussion 2
Cut up and give each pair of students, one sentence from the list below.
Ask the students to discuss whether they agree or disagree with the statements and why.
In 2025...the number of cyclists on the roads will be double the number today
In 2025...people will never use private cars
In 2025...public transport will be more popular than today
In 2025...cars and buses will not use petrol as fuel
In 2025...more public areas will be pedestrian only
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Post-visit handout 3
Discussion 1
Look at this email from a friend.
Hi
What did you think of the museum? Did you have a good time? Did you see the talking
horses? I thought they were really fun. It was really interesting looking at all the information
about the past. It really gives you an idea of what it was in those days
How about the big map thing where you could see all the tube lines? It was amazing! I
couldn’t believe how big it was. And what about those trains? I wasn’t expecting to see any
real trains. I don’t know how they got them into the museum. How about the bit about other
cities: that was really interesting.
Did you go to the cafe or the shop? I didn’t have time because I had to go back to college for
another class. What were they like?
Drop me a line soon
Hope you’re well and take care
Tom
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Discuss these questions in pairs:
1.
Which was your friend’s favourite exhibit?
2.
What was he surprised about?
3.
What does he want you to tell him?
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Write a reply to the email.
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