Practice II – Laura Sansot, Samanta Otamendi, Camila Roldán.

Intercultural Workshop

Topic: Stamps and money

Pre-task: (15 minutes)

1) Have you ever used stamps?2) What about banknotes? Do you remember / know who are the icons in them?3) Why do you think they are there? What is the purpose?

Task:

1) Listen to Robert talking about English banknotes.2) According to Robert’s speech, could you match the following icons with their

values?

5

Elizabeth Fry

10

Sir John Houblon

20

Sir Edward Elgar

Practice II – Laura Sansot, Samanta Otamendi, Camila Roldán.

50

Charles Darwin

3) Now, Could you match the icons of Argentinean banknotes with their values?

2

Manuel Belgrano

5

Eva Perón

10

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento

Practice II – Laura Sansot, Samanta Otamendi, Camila Roldán.

20

Julio Argentino Roca

50

Bartolomé Mitre

100

Juan Manuel de Rosas

Practice II – Laura Sansot, Samanta Otamendi, Camila Roldán.

José de San MartínFollow-up activity:

Choose one of the following activities:

a) Go to a post office and find out about Argentinian stamps. Which is the 2014 series based on? What do the stamps show?

b) Describe the symbols that appear in Argentinian coins. ($0,05; $0,10; $0,25; $0,50; $1; $2)

c) Search about English coins. What values are there? Which symbols are shown in each of them?

d) Think of other possible icons for the Argentinian banknotes. Who would you choose? Why?