Cultural Relics
Using language
revision
Draw a chart to show the remove of the Amber Room
Russia
Prussia
in St
Petersburg
outside St
Petersburg
Konigsberg
made
given/gift
summer palace
stolen/sent
?
winter palace
It remains a mystery now.
2. Frederick William I gave it to the Czar as a gift.
3. It became part of the Czar’s winter palace.
4. Catherine II had it moved as her summer palace.
5.The Nazi army stole it and sent it by train.
1. Frederick I had the Amber Room made.
A fact ?
They are facts.
3. I don’t think the Amber Room will ever be found.
1. I think the Russians didn’t care about the Amber Room.
2. Some people think the Amber Room was burnt during the war.
an opinion?
They are opinions.
court
trial
judge
When in a court, a judge will hear different
people say different things. He must decide
which to believe and which not.
How can he decide?
1.What is a fact?
2.What is an opinion?
A fact is anything that can be proved.
An opinion is what someone believes is true
but has not been proved.
3.In a trial, which one will the judge believe,
a fact or an opinion? what is evidence?
A judge will believe a fact rather than an opinion.
The true information or a fact given by the eyewitness is called evidence.
.In a trial, which one will the judge believe,
a fact or an opinion? what is evidence?
A judge will believe a fact rather than an opinion.
The true information or a fact given by the eyewitness is called evidence.
Tell whether it is a fact or an opinion.
After the Amber Room was lost, what really
happened to it remains a mystery. Many
people say what they know about it.
What’s your story of the fate of the
Amber Room?
Buried somewhere?
Burnt / destroyed during the war?
Hidden in a place?
Is what you said a fact or an opinion? Why?
Read a man’s story about what happened to the Amber Room quickly and fill in the form.
Name
Job
Place
Time
What he heard
What he saw
What he believes
Jan Hasek
a miner
Czech
Republic
April, 1945
Something exploded at midnight.
Some German soldiers put wooden boxes in the mine.
The entrance to the mine was closed.
The Amber Room and some gold are buried in the mine.
Listen to the story and fill in the blanks.
Where was the Amber Room?’
It was buried in the mine.
What people hear is
What people see is
What people believe is
Is this a fact or an opinion?
a fact
a fact
an opinion
I think it is an opinion .Because Jan Hasek did
not see what was in the boxes. He listened to
other people’s ideas of what might have been
inside. So his evidence is an opinion.
Jan Hasek
a miner
Czech Republic
Hans Braun
a sailor
The Baltic Sea
Anna Petrov
a maid
a castle
Now suppose you were a judge, there are three persons telling you something about the Amber room. Listen to it and fill in the blanks.
Name
Hans Braun
Job
a sailor
What he heard
What he saw/see
What he did/does
What he believes
Time
Place
The Baltic Sea
1945
He was told to help some soldiers put big wooden boxes with treasures onto a ship. He was also told that a group of people is searching for the ship now.
A Russian submarine sank the ship
He had to swim three kilometers until a German boat saved him
Those wooden boxes must be buried in the sand
Name
Anna Petrov
Job
a maid
What she heard
What she saw/sees
What she did/does
What she believes
Place
Time
She heard about the Nazis stealing many treasures from Russia and that something exploded at the end of August,1944
Many trucks came to the castle one night before Christmas in 1941. She saw fires from the castle one night in August,1944.
Nothing
The pieces of the Amber Room were burnt during the war
1941-1945
castle in Konigsberg
Hello, I'm Jan Hasek, an old miner from the Czech Republic.In April, 1945 I heard something explode at midnight.I got up from bed and ran outside.The sound came from a mine that hadn't been used for a long time.The war still had not reached my town.Suddenly, I saw some German soldiers! I could see them clearly in the bright light of the full moon.They were taking wooden boxes from trucks and putting them in the mine.Later, one of my friends told me that treasures were inside the boxes.A week later, I decided to have a look for myself.To my surprise, all the holes in the mine were filled! Now, I own a little restaurant near the mine.Some people are looking for the treasure.They say the Amber Room and some gold are buried in the mine.The mayor of a German town across the stream is also looking for the treasure.He says a Nazi soldier told him where to find it.Ha! That was ten years ago and still no luck !
Ya, hello.I am Hans Braun, an old sailor from Hamburg, Germany.During the war I worked on a ship.It was at the Baltic Sea port of? Koigsberg in January, 1945.I was told to help our soldiers put some big wooden boxes with treasures onto the ship.Then the ship went out to sea.Before we could reach the next port, a Russian sub* sank the ship.I had to swim three kilometers until a German boat saved me.Most people on the ship were not so lucky.Later, I read that 5, 400 people died.There are few survivors.More people died than on the Titanic-ya, terrible.So those boxes must be buried in the sand.Now a group of people who are searching for the Amber Room has asked me to help them find the ship.
Hello, my name is Anna Petrov.I was a maid at the castle in Kaliningrad during the war.At that time the city was still called Konigsberg, its German name.I heard about the Nazis stealing many treasures from Russia and bringing them here.Just before Christmas in 1941, many trucks came to the castle at night.The German soldiers would not let us see what they were doing.We were told never to tell anyone the secret.The next spring, a German professor began to show special visitors this art treasure.But I never saw it.Later, all the Russian workers had to leave the castle.Then, at the end of August, 1944 I heard something explode.When I looked outside I saw fires from the castle.The next morning, I found a few melted pieces of something that looked like honey.When the Russian soldiers came, they found burnt pieces of something.They said they were from the Amber Room.
Writing
First Read the letter from a German newspaper on page 7.
Dear Editor,
I’m a student at a high school in Berlin. I think highly of those who are searching for the Amber Room. I don’t agree that…. Nor do I think ….So I think that….
Yours,
Johann Weber
introduce
state your question
give your opinions and reasons
Homework
Write a letter to China Daily and give your opinions about what should be done with the Great Wall.
Should we protect the Great Wall?
I think/don’t think that…
In my opinion,..
I don’t believe ….because…
That can’t be true.
It can be proved.
Believe it or not, the Great Wall is being destroyed by people. Less than 20% of the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty, is still perfect, but about 80% is in danger. The Great Wall can be called “great” mostly because of its amazing length. If we do nothing to save it, it will become a series of separate wasteland instead of a historic site.