What effect has London had on the world and the world on London? Objectives:To extract and present...
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What effect has London had on the world and the world on London? Objectives:To extract and present relevant information To evaluate London in different time periods Key concepts: Chronology and cultural diversity
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What effect has London had on the world and the world on
London?
Objectives:To extract and present relevant informationTo evaluate London in different time periods
Key concepts: Chronology and cultural diversity
Each group has been presented with an information pack on their period of London,
you must use this along withYour own research to produce the following:
An A3 mood board including map and picturesAt least source from the time and an
explanation of what it tells us about LondonAn oral guide to London (covering all five senses)
Factfiles on at least 2 people from that time
David Beckham, OBE (born 2 May 1975) is an English footballer, who plays in midfield. He plays for and captains MLS's LA Galaxy and AC Milan in Italy and is also a member of the England national team. He earned his much publicised
100th cap for England against France in March 2008. He has twice been runner-up for FIFA World Player of the Year. He was Google
's most searched of all sports topics in both 2003 and 2004. Beckham was captain of England from 15 November 2000 to 2 July 2006.
Beckham's career began when he signed a professional contract with Manchester United, making his first-team début in 1992 aged 17. However, he started learning his trade in Leyton East London where he was born. During his time there, United won the Premier League title six times, the FA Cup twice, and
the UEFA Champions League in 1999. He left Manchester United to sign for Real Madrid in 2003, where he remained for four seasons.
Alongside his career as a footballer, Beckham has gained a significant amount of fame and celebrity status through his marriage to former Spice Girl
Victoria Beckham, leading to various sponsorship deals and advertising campaigns and an estimated joint wealth of £112 million. The couple have three
sons and currently reside in Beverly Hills, California.
Kenneth Robert Livingstone (born 17 June 1945) is a British socialist politician. He has twice held the leading political role in London local
government: firstly as leader of the Greater London Council from 1981 until the council was abolished in 1986 by the government of Margaret Thatcher, and secondly as the first Mayor of London, a post he held from its creation in 2000 until 2008. He also served as Labour Party Member of Parliament for
Brent East between 1987 and 2001.He was initially elected as Mayor of London as an Independent candidate after the Labour Party chose not to nominate him as their candidate in the first mayoral elections. In January 2004, he was re-admitted to the Labour
Party. He stood as the official Labour Party candidate for Mayor in the June 2004 elections, which he won with a total of 828,380 first- and second-preference votes. On May 1, 2008 Livingstone was defeated in his second re-election bid by Conservative candidate Boris Johnson, and his term as
Mayor of London ended on 4 May 2008.He has announced his intention to run again for the post of London mayor in
2012. In the meantime, he has been appointed as an adviser for urban planning to Hugo Chávez.
An oral guide to London
TouchHearingSoundsSights(Taste)
London is a perfect binding of the past and the present, a city with so many places to visit
that one couldn't find the time to view them all. Samuel Johnson was right when he said that when someone is tired of London
he is tired of life.
