The Great Patriotic War

1. Организационный момент.

2. Презентация темы и цели урока.

Good morning, dear friends! The Second World War was the largest military conflict in history. The rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany in the late 1930s brought unimaginable suffering to millions of people. Hitler was defeated in 1945 but, without doubt, Russia and the whole of the Soviet Union paid the highest price for the victory. The year 2010 is an important event in a social life of our country. It’s the 65th anniversary of the Victory in the World War II.

3. Речевая разминка.

1. What do you know about the Great Patriotic War?

2. What two countries were German’s allies?

3. Who was the leader of Nazi Germany?

4. When is Victory Day?

5. What anniversary of Victory Day do we celebrate this year?

6. What was the Great Patriotic War for our country?

1. The Great Patriotic War started on 22 June 1941.

2. Italy and Japan

3. Adolf Hitler

4. 9 May

5. 65th anniversary

6. The cruelest war/million of people died/time of our great victory/defeat of Nazis.

4. Association with the word Stalingrad. Fill in a mental card.

Soviet High Command under Marshal Georgi Zhukov/Pavlov house/General Glazkov/ break out/radical turn in the war

5. Актуализация знаний по теме «Сталинградская битва».

1. What do you know about Stalingrad battle?

2. When did the Battle of Stalingrad take place? (It took place between 17 July 1942 and 2 February 1943).

6. Чтение текста с извлечением детальной информации.

 Stalingrad remembered

    Few battles on the Eastern front in World War II are remembered by people in the West. Ask anyone about the battles around Kharkov, or the perfect breakthrough of Operation Bagration, and you’re unlucky to get an answer. But mention Stalingrad, and most people will know that a titanic battle happened there, even if they couldn’t tell you where it is.

    The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in southwestern Russia. It took place between 17 July 1942 and 2 February 1943, and is often cited as one of the turning points of the war.

    Stalingrad is probably best remembered as the place where the Nazi expansion into Europe came up against Russian heroic defence. For Russian people, it is one of their proudest episodes, one of their best military operations of the war.

  The open plains of Russia were good country for the mobile German tanks supported by air-attacks: Blitzkrieg, literally, ‘lightning war”. However, the block-by-block, house-by-house and room-by-room fighting that happened in the city of Stalingrad didn’t suit the German method of war. Heroic Russian defence made the Germans pay for every yard of ground.

    On the 31 January 1943 the German Sixth Army surrendered to the Russians. Almost 65,000 Germans were prisoners.

7. Выполнение после текстовых заданий.

Find the equivalents to the Russian expressions

Answer the questions.

1) Why is Stalingrad best remembered by many people?

2) The open plains of Russia were good country for the mobile German tanks, weren’t it?

3) What does the word Blitzkrieg mean?

4) When did the Germans surrender to the Russians?

5) How many Germans were prisoners?

8. Просмотр ролика о Сталинградской битве и высказывание по теме.

9. Вводное слово учителя о герое-земляке  В. Глазкове.

   About 450,000 men went to the front from our Tambov oblast. 190,000 men were killed. 8,466 men went to the front from Bondary rayon. 5,465 of our fellow-villagers were killed. Among them was Vasily Andreyevich Glazkov, the hero of Stalingrad battle.

10. Выполнение лексико-грамматического задания.

Read the text and do the task. Use the words given in capitals in the correct form.

Vasily Andreyevich Glazkov

   The year 2010 is an important event in a social life of our country. It’s the 65th anniversary of the Victory in the World War II. It’s a symbol of a national pride, glory and folk’s feat of arm. It (1-consolidate) and joins everybody today.

    More than 60 million people lost their (2-life) during the Second World War. About 450,000 men went to the front from our Tambov oblast. 190,000 men (3- kill).

   8,466 (4-man) went to the front from Bondary rayon. 5,465 of our fellow-villagers were killed. Among (5-they) was Vasily Andreyevich Glazkov.

   V. A. Glazkov is one of the (6-good) known heroes of the Great Patriotic War in Russia. He (7- be born) in the village of Verderevshchino on the 15th of January, 1901 in the peasant’s family.

  His father (8-die) when Vasily was a child. That’s why the (9-far) education became impossible for him. He was the oldest son among eight (10- child), that’s why he helped his mother. His childhood was hungry and heavy.

  Glazkov’s career as a professional soldier was going extremely well. Glazkov (11-enter) the military college. He served in the ranks of the army in different places of our Motherland.

   Major-General V. Glazkov (killed in action) was the commander of the 35th Guards Rifle Division. This division was raised in August 1942 from the 8th Airborne Corps.

  The battle on the 8th of September 1942 was the last Glazkov’s day. Vasily Andreyevich Glazkov perished during Stalingrad battle in 1942. In 1943 he (12-award) with the Order of Lenin.

11. Аудирование.

 It is a Russian Soviet wartime song about a girl longing for her beloved, who is away on military service. The music was composed in 1938 by Matvei Blanter and the lyrics were written by Mikhail Isakovsky. The Russian song also gave name to the BM-8, BM-13, and BM-31 rocket launchers that were built and fielded by the Red Army in World War II.

Music: M. Blanter Lyrics: M Isakovsky

Listen to the song and put the couplets in a right order.

b d a c b

12. Обобщение знаний по теме вторая мировая война.

World War II.

Do this quiz.

1. When did the Great Patriotic War start?

a) In 1938 b) In 1939 c) In 1941

2. Who was Britain’s Prime Minister during the war?

a) Harold Winston b) Winston Churchill c) Margaret Thatcher

3. How many people lost their lives during the Second World War?

a) 30 million b) 40 million c) more than 60 million

4. How long did the Siege of Leningrad last?

a) 90 days b) 300 days c) 900 days

5. How old was Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya when she was captured, tortured and hanged by the Nazis?

a) 30 b) 25 c) 18

6. What tank was considered to be the best tank in WWII?

a) T-62 b) T-72 c) T-34

7. What river does Stalingrad stand on?

A) the Ural b) the Volga c) the Don

8. What was the biggest tank battle of the Second World War?

a) the battle of Leningrad b) the battle of Kursk c) the battle of Stalingrad

9. In 1943, Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill met at a conference. Where did it take place?

a) in Cairo b) in Teheran c) in Yalta

10. How many years did the Second World War last?

a) 5 years b) 6 years c) 7 years

1c, 2b, 3c, 4c, 5c, 6c, 7b, 8b, 9b, 10b

13. Итоги урока.

Victory Day is a symbol of a national pride, glory and folk’s feat of arm. It consolidates and joins everybody today. We must remember the Great Patriotic War and its heroes.