THE UNITEDKINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND geography history places of interest

NÁZEV ŠKOLY: Gymnázium Lovosice, Sady pionýrů 600/6 ČÍSLO PROJEKTU: CZ.1.07/1.5.00/ NÁZEV MATERIÁLU: VY_32_INOVACE_5B_14_The.United.Kingdom TÉMA SADY: Konverzační témata a specifická slovní zásoba z angličtiny ROČNÍK: oktáva/4.A DATUM VZNIKU: březen 2014 AUTOR: Mgr. Lucie Kučerová

tento výuková materiál slouží k prezentaci znalostí nutných ke zvládnutí konverzačního tématu The United Kingdom v angličtině a je určen pro interaktivní tabuli všechny snímky jsou opatřený animací, čímž vzniká prostor pro interakci studentů a komunikaci v angličtině vybrané lokace jsou v prezentaci ilustrována fotografiemi, které se v některých případech objeví po kliknutí v okamžiku, kdy se o daném faktu hovoří v prezentaci; při následujícím kliknutí zase zmizí, aby nerušil v pokračování prezentace materiál je opatřen dvěma hypertextovými odkazy na webovou stránku youtube.com; jeden je nahrávkou britské státní hymny, druhý je krátkou animovanou legendou podtrhující znalost místa The Giant‘s Causeway prezentace je uspořádána tak, aby vzniklo co nejvíce prostoru pro aktivní zapojení studentů do hodiny

basic information Official name: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Capital: London Population: 63.7 million Area: 240,000 sq km Currency: Pound Sterling national symbols BRITISH FLAG (= Union Jack) PATRON SAINTS: St George, St Andrew, St David, St Patrick NATIONAL ANTHEM: God save the Queen/KingGod save the Queen/King NATIONAL FLOWERS: rose, shemrock, daffodil, thistle

geography north-west of mainland Europe, 35 kilometres from France across the English Channel consists of four states: England (London) Scotland (Edinburgh) Wales (Cardiff) Northern Ireland (Belfast) many islands around the coast the highest mountains are in Wales and Scotland (Ben Nevis)

climate temperate climate with a lot of rainfall all year round influenced by Gulf Stream warms the currents in the Atlantic Ocean wetter in the west and north, drier in the east and south recently many stroms and floodings

History 3000 BC: the first settlers from Europe 43 BC: the invasion of the Romans 5th century: the Anglo-Saxons settled down after they defeated the Romans 1066: William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy beat King Harold at Hastings 1485: the Tudors gained the throne Henry VIII – The Church of England Elizabeth I – great cultural development, overseas expansion 17th century: English Revolutionrepublics and protectorates led by Oliver Cromwell 18th century: Queen Victoria colonial and industrial power

political system the head of the country: the king/queen (Elizabeth II) prime minister: the head of the government (David Cameron) Parliament: the House of Commons elected members, presided over by the Speaker the House of Lords inherited position, presided over by Lord Chancellor devolution: more power given to the union countries, their powers are more or less limited Scotland has made a lot of attempts to become independant (referendum in 2014)

places of interest England London Buckingham Palace, London Eye, The Tower, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, galleries, museums Bath built by Romans as a spa town in 43 AD Jane Austen Oxford, Cambridge famous old university towns Stonehenge prehistoric religious monument from about 2500 BC Stratford-upon-Avon birthplace of William Shakespeare Royal Shakespeare Theatre Lake District beautiful scenery, mountains, lakes the largest lake in Britain is Lake Windermere connected with 19th-century romantic poets

places of interest Scotland Loch Ness famous for the legend about Lochness Monster Balmoral a Scottish Royal residence Ben Nevis the highest mountain in Britain (1,344 m) St Andrew‘s home of the oldest Scottish university the town of golf Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen

places of interest Wales St David‘s monastery established by St David, the patron saint of Wales Snowdonia National Park several different mountain ranges almost no trees Snowdon mountain (1085 m) Cardiff Millenium Stadium (rugby, concerts) Cardiff castle

places of interest Northern Ireland Lough Neagh lake the largest lake in the United Kingdom (392 sq km) many islands (e.g. Coney Island) Giant‘s Causeway about 40,000 interlocking stone columns the result of an ancient volcanic eruption according to a legend built by a giantlegend Belfast second biggest city in Ireland ship-making industry Belfast castle

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