All About Britain and British Culture part 1

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This lesson contains 13 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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The beginning...
  • It's called Great Britain, because France also had the region 'Brittany' 
  • Albion = The White. The Romans came to Britain in the year 43. The white cliffs of Dover were called 'Albus'. 
  • The Romans called the island 'Britannia'
    which is where the name Britain comes 
    from!


Slide 2 - Slide

Drag the correct nation on the map!
Scotland
England
Wales
Northern-Ireland
Ireland

Slide 3 - Drag question

United Kingdom confusion
  • Scotland & Wales & England = Great Britain
  • England is only the southern part, the capital is London.
  • Add Northern-Ireland and you have:
    "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern-Ireland"
  • Republic of Ireland is a whole different country.
  • So the UK is made up of 4 nations.

Slide 4 - Slide

Ireland is part of the United Kingdom
A
True
B
False

Slide 5 - Quiz

England
Scotland
Northern-Ireland
Wales

Slide 6 - Drag question

The United Kingdom is made up of .............. nations.
A
3
B
4
C
5
D
6

Slide 7 - Quiz

Where does Halloween originate from?
A
The United States of America
B
Canada
C
The United Kingdom
D
Ireland

Slide 8 - Quiz

British Culture
  • There are many different well-known cultural things!

Just look at the image to the left
  • Union jack, coaches, high tea, telephone booths, the Tower Bridge, Big Ben, full English breakfast, Sherlock Holmes, and it's always raining (or is it?)

Slide 9 - Slide

Slide 10 - Slide

Which of the 4 groups of the previous slide had the most influence on the English language?

Slide 11 - Open question

Slide 12 - Slide

Slide 13 - Video