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Back from my summer break, sorry, Autumn break, here I am at home. Well, finally I had my real summer break last week! In Portugal, of course!
Summer break is obviously one of the best things humankind has ever come up with, I was excited! I went to a Portuguese city in the north, Viana do Castelo. And it was so relaxing. The pool, Spa and nice sunsets, wonderful weather.
The modern hotel & Spa beautifully features large living rooms, two pools, outside by the river Minho, and inside, the Spa.
Dining at the city, wonderful fresh fish restaurants by the river and the Atlantic ocean.
Books? Yes! Never travel without a book! Impossible to forget books. Love reading on a relaxing pool terrace taking a fresh watermelon juice. It was so good!
Well, no more rêverie! It's time to the review of the most popular posts of August:
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The delightful tram date from the 1930s. Trams are housed in a museum. In Lisbon trams are an integral part of the public transports. These historic trams are still in use, as the 28 line is completely unsuitable for modern trams due to its numerous tight turns and steep gradients. But there it is!
Yes! Do you know Lisbon? Remember Hello Lisbon in AR? Did you and your students visited Lisbon? If not, teachers think about a school visit to Lisbon, a beautiful city, enter on the most known tram, line 28, to visit Lisbon in AR. Wow! A great adventure in a famous city. Well, the 28 line celebrates today its 117th birthday!
How nice! The word Google enters letter by letter in the Portuguese tramway! It could be an interesting digital resource to include into school curricula: new countries, other cultures and different languages. An old but always 'fancy' transport in some big cities.
So, let's start with some tips on cultural traditions as a brief introduction to learn about different cities in the world. In this case, Lisbon, Portugal.
The tramway is an urban transport from the 19th century. And it's still working in some European countries, and other different continents: United States, South America, Australia or New Zealand. In Porto, Portugal, there is the Tramway Museum! The Tramway Museum of Porto is open to tourists and to schools.
- General information: Ask your students to make some research about trams in Portugal.
They can use their smartphones, or tablets if you are teaching in a 'lucky' class.
- Culture: After the first information, teachers will ask the students to continue the research activity but now to find countries that are using the tramway as an usual public transport in our days and in which cities.
After a good individual research about cities that are using trams as a public transport, invite students to join in different groups.
Each group will choose a different city and will develop a project. For example, exploring a touristic tour.
Note: The fair way to distribute cities' names among students is the raffle.
Each group will prepare a little video on YouTube, using school account to present different cities to the classroom. Established a time presentation, 3-5 minutes, and time to finish the activity, 3-4 days. Take a week at least for younger students.
Each group of students learned about a city in the world that is using trams. So, they will share their urban cultural knowledge with their classmates.
Teachers and students are asked to make some questions about each city: history, geography, language, culture, traditions.
The Museum has an impressive collection of antique trams. The museum is well prepared to do different activities with students (different class levels). Any group, teacher and his class can rent an old tram to do a touristic tour.
Resources:
Back to the 28 line in Lisbon, teachers and students can get some useful information on Google Mapsto know the circuit of the 28 line.
Finally, invite your students to watch the videos on this post about the most famous tram line in Lisbon. Tram 28! They will love to take a tour... like a roller coaster! Wow! Amazing!
I hope you and your students will enjoy this little tramway tour and the activities in two Portuguese cities, Lisbon and Porto. Don't forget to complete the touristic tour in Lisbon with the app Rewind Cities Lisbon in AR.
Have a nice cultural school visit to Lisbon after a very good lesson!
