R B2 (Vantage) A I N B O W INTERMEDIATE The British Empire R Approx. number of head-words: 1500 The British Empire Stories from the five continents beginner A1 (Breakthrough) Levels of accredited examination boards: elementary A2 (Waystage) Cambridge ESOL: Trinity: City & Guilds (Pitman): ESB: Edexcel: pre-intermediate B1 (Threshold) intermediate B2 (Vantage) post-intermediate C1 (Effectiveness) Teacher s Resources available on line: Answer Key, Transcripts, Summing-up Activities. FCE Grade 7, 8 / ISE II Intermediate Intermediate 2, 3 Intermediate A I N B O W S Stories from the five continents The British Empire A historical overview of the largest empire of all time, from its origins to the decline and then the Commonwealth, through five stories from the five continents, told by: Joseph Conrad (An Outpost of Progress), keen observer of European colonialism in Africa; Rudyard Kipling (Lispeth, India); Henry Lawson (The Drover s Wife, Australia); Henry Rider Haggard (Long Odds, South Africa); Gilbert Parker (A Man, A Famine and a Heathen Boy, Canada). Stimulating in-depth analyses enrich each story. B2 (Vantage) Intermediate S