Writing skills - improving the world

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

Improving the world

How lucky are we?

On the list of countries with best quality of life, which country do you think holds the #1 position?

On the list of countries with best quality of life, which country do you think has the lowest ranking?

Which number do you think the Netherlands have on the list?

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assignment: 

• Read text The Netherlands
  
• Fill in format the Netherlands

Format the Netherlands

Statistics:

Europe                           Region

Amsterdam                 Capital

16,936,520                    Population

41,543 SQ. KM             Area

$879.3 billion              GDP (Gross domestic products )

$49,624                          GDP per
capita, ppp

Typically Dutch

Typically Dutch

• cheese, wooden shoes, windmills, tulips
• colour orange
• tallest people
• liberal view on drugs, abortion, euthanasia etc
• celebrating Kingsday

Government

• located in the Hague
• constitutional monarchy
• elected parliament
• two main political parties
• prime minister: Mark Rutte
• head of state: King Willem Alexander

What else do you know about our government?

Historical facts

• Words such as "dollar" and "Yankee" have Dutch roots
• Amsterdam grew around a 13th century dam in the Amstel river
• first to legalise same-sex marriage in 2001
• in 1642 Rembrandt paints the Nightwatch
• 1919 Dutch women get the vote

Geographical facts

• highest point is 322,7 metres above sea level (Vaalserberg)
• one of the most densely populated countries in the world.
• More than 1,000 bridges
• 20,000 miles of bike paths
• Much of the country is
  underwater
• 12 provinces

Other interesting facts you found?

The Netherlands is the best place to live, because:

writing skills

oefenopdrachten:

1. Improving yourself

2. Improving Philips van Horne

3. Limerick about world issue

4. Speech of world leader