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JANUARY–FEBRUARY
NOVEMBER 2022 2021

TEACHERS’ FILE
This Teachers’ File (TF) contains activities based on the magazine and
accompanying audio recordings. All TF activities, audio files and recording
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MODERN WONDERS OF THE WORLD

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient Modern Wonders
World It’s probably impossible to agree on what should or shouldn’t go in
As mentioned in the article, several lists any such list. The Bridge writers and editors certainly didn’t agree!
of “seven wonders” were written around Here are a few other “candidates for wondership”. Which ones
2,000 years ago. Some of these lists contained do you know? Where are they? What do you know about them?
different sights, but the normal ones
included are:
• The Great Pyramid of Giza
• The Colossus of Rhodes
• The Lighthouse of Alexandria
• The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
• The Temple of Artemis
The Empire State Building The Channel Tunnel
• The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
• The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Choose one of these Wonders and find out

what and where it was, who built it and why
it was considered amazing. Share what you’ve
learned with the class.

The New Seven Wonders, 2000 AD

In 2000, a Swiss foundation ran a campaign The Suez Canal The Mponeng Gold Mine elevator
to determine the new seven wonders of
the world. More than 100 million votes were
cast on the internet or by text messaging.
This was their list:

• The Great Wall of China

• Chichén Itzá on the Yucatán Peninsula,

Mexico

• The ancient city of Petra, Jordan

The Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao Palm Islands, Dubai
• Machu Picchu near Cuzco, Peru

• The statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de

Janeiro, Brazil

• The Colosseum in Rome, Italy

• The Taj Mahal in Agra, India

Choose one of these new wonders and find

out about it. Share what you’ve learned with
the class. Discuss the list and compare it with The Sagrada Familia temple Sydney Opera House
both the ancient wonders and the modern
wonders in the magazine.

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Follow-up work
Choose one of the other places (modern wonders) from the list above OR
a different place you think should be considered a modern wonder and write
a text about it, similar to those in the magazine (around 150 words)

In the next lesson, share all the ideas (texts) that everyone in the class has
written. You could take it in turns to read out your texts. Collect a list of all
the ideas on the board and vote on a class list of “seven modern wonders of
the world”.

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