Let’s TravelOG to Bangladesh!

A Discussion on Travelog by Mr. Michael N. Evans

Let’s think!

Do you believe in the quote, “Experience is the best

teacher” ?

What is a travelog?• It is a write-up of a journey.• It describes scenic places that a traveler would likely see

on a particular route.• It includes information about:

Name of placeGeographical locationTransportation to the place and kinds of roadsHistorical interestLandmarksShoppingFoodScenic placesClimateAccommodations

Sample Travelogues

Unlocking Vocabulary Skills

• It is an enclosure into which wild elephants are driven to be captured.

What’s the Background?• It was a former province of Pakistan that

existed between 1955 and 1971. It had an area of 55,126 mi² or (142,776 km²). It replaced the former province of East Bengal, and is now a country called Bangladesh.

• Bengal was divided into East and West parts in 1947 when British India was separated into the countries of Pakistan and India, the eastern parts becoming East Bengal, one of the five provinces of Pakistan (the others being West Punjab, Sind, Baluchistan, and NWFP).

• After independence from British rule, East Bengal was ruled by the Federal Pakistani government, which was ruled over by the Pakistani military, which mostly belonged to West Pakistan. Growing anger led to the "One Unit Policy", started in 1955, that put an end to the provinces. Under this policy, West Punjab, Balochistan, Sindh, and the Northwest Frontier were joined under the name of West Pakistan and East Bengal became East Pakistan. For administrative purposes it had four divisions, thirteen districts and fifty-seven thanas in 1970; until it was absorbed into the new country of Bangladesh in 1971.

Unlocking Vocabulary Skills

Jhum cultivation

- It is also called as shifting cultivation or slash and burn.- It is the process of growing crops by first clearing a piece of land, burning the same and growing crops on it.

Let’s discover!

Read once again the text, Bangladesh (East Pakistan): Land of Elephant Roundups and Bengal Tigers.

Let’s Work Together!

Group 1- Which is which?

Compare and contrast the Bengalis or Bangladeshi to Filipinos as to their land practices, education, and work attitudes using a Venn diagram or a T-Chart. Then, analyse how these factors contribute to nation’s growth.

Let’s Work Together!

Group 2- Trace them!

Make a self-made map of the places travelled by the authors by considering the map of Bangladesh. Determine how this travel affects their way of understanding of their identity as a nation.

Let’s Work Together!• Group 3 – Act it out!

• Select a scene from the text that you found the most distinctive or unique characteristic of Bangladesh. After which, perform such chosen scene before the class. Be ready to explain afterward.

I’m Independent!

• Supply the necessary information about the following elements of travelog from the text read. Use your ½ sheet of paper. ELEMENTS YOUR ANSWER

Name of place

Geographical location

Transportation to the place and kinds of roadsHistorical interest

Landmarks

Shopping

Food

Scenic places

Climate

Accommodations

Let’s Rememeber!One-Minute Paper

Most Important

Thing/ Concept

Discussed

Easiest Fact/ Concept to Remember

Most Difficult Idea to

Understand

Be ready for tomorrow’s Product/ Performance Task: Writing a Travelog.Good Luck!

Dhonnobad!(Bengali’s Thank you!)