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Introduction Teacher M.A. Jinnah. Assistant teacher Ujangram secondary school. Kushtia Sadar kushtia. Lesson Unit: 06 Lesson- 03: The Maldives. Class: Nine. Time: 50 mins. Total sts: 140. Present sts: 80 Date:

Learning outcomes : After end of the lesson students will be able to learn Ask and answer the questions. 2.Complete the text related table. 3.Give the true statement, if the information is false.

What is the name of place of pictures?

Pair work 1.Have you ever visit any island or seen any island on TV? 2.Have you ever heard of a coral island? Is there any coral island in Bangladesh? Which is it? 3. Can you tell me the name of same island in the country or in the world? Today’s lesson is “ The Maldives ”

Maldives Dear students, see the pictures attentively.  Read the passage silently and answer the following questions.

1.Where is the Maldives situated? 2.What is an atoll? 3.How many countries in the world are smaller than the Maldives in size? 4.When was Islam introduced in the Maldives? 5.What makes the Maldives an ideal place for the tourists? Answers: 1. The Maldives is an island in the Indian ocean. 2.A atoll is a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced coral islands. 3. Sevens countries. 4. In the 12 th century AD, sailors from East Africa and Arab countries came to the Maldives. As a result the Maldivians who were originally Buddhists were converted to Sunni Islam. 5. The Maldives is famous as a tourist destination because of its enjoyable weather, heavenly beaches and lagoons, luxurious holiday resorts and peace-loving people.

Read the passage again and complete the table. Time Facts The early inhabitants of the Maldives arrived and settled from Southern India and Sri-Lanka. The sailors from African and Arab countries started to settle in the islands. Buddhism was------by islam. A famous scholar and historian named Ibn Batuta visited the island of the Maldives. 16 th century The portuguese occupied the Maldives and they became the ----of the country for 15 years Beginning of the British era Maldives became independent from the British rule End of Islamic sultanate and of the Republic of Maldives.

 Answers above the table.  4 th and 5 th centuries BC.  12 th century.  1344  ruler.  Colony.  Established or formed. Give the true information, in case of a false statement. 1.Only seven countries in the world are smaller in size than the Maldives. 2. No other south Asian countries has a smaller population than that of the Maldives. 3.The islands of the Maldives were inhibited in the 12 th century. 4. The Maldives was an independent Islamic sultanate from 1153 to The Maldives was ranked as the second best country for natural beauty in 2008.

Home work  Write a description about natural beauty of Maldives.  See the video attentively.

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