Unit 2: September 8, 2015 TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA

SPONGE: Write the definition of culture. Culture is how people think, act, celebrate, and make rules, and that it is what makes a group of people special. Give an example. TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA

STANDARD SS6G11 The student will describe the cultural characteristics of Europe. a. Explain the diversity of European languages as seen in a comparison of German, English, Russian, French, and Italian. b. Describe the major religions in Europe; include Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. c. Explain how the literacy rate affects the standard of living in Europe. TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA

Essential Questions: Why is it important for countries within Europe to have the same languages? How does the diversity of languages in Europe impact their culture and business? TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA

I can explain the diversity of European languages by comparing German, English, Russian, French and Italian TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA

STOP at 33 seconds Do you understand Lee: Do you understand the words that are a-coming out of my mouth? Carter: Don ’ t nobody understand the words that are comin ’ out of your mouth

TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA Vocabulary: Diversity- differences (races and cultures) Impact - the action or process of causing effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, of others. Comparison- looking at the similarities and differences of things Dialects- a variation of a language

TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA English English is the official language of ____________. It is spoken differently from region to region. English lends itself to having different _____________. People in the __________ _________ speak English but it sounds different than that spoke in Britain.

TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA German German is the official language of ________ and ________. It is also spoken in Switzerland, eastern part of France, Luxembourg, Italy, and parts of Eastern Europe. Many ________ are spoken in Germany and other nations of Europe.

TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA Russian Russian is the official language of __________. Russian is known as a ____________ (a branch of Indo-European) language. It is the largest native language in ___________. Russian is also spoken widespread outside of Russia.

TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA French Known as a ‘ __________ language. ’ French is the official language of ___________. It is also spoken widely in Belgium and Switzerland.

TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA Italian Known as a ‘ ____________ language. ’ Italian is the official of ________. It is spoken in Switzerland, also.

TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA What is difficult about different countries having different languages? Why is it important for countries within Europe to have the same languages? How does the diversity of languages in Europe reflect its unique cultural characteristics?

TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA Europe is slightly larger than the US in land area Europe’s population is more than double the US In the US, English is the dominant language Europe is different. It is home to more than 200 languages

TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA Germanic Languages Romance Languages Slavic Languages Most European languages are in 3 main categories

TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA Germanic Language Group Has most native speakers Native speakers live mostly in northwest and central Europe About 20% of Europeans speak English or German as their native language Most Europeans learn English as a second language in their schools

TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA Romance Language Group This group includes French, Italian, and Spanish These are found in the south and west of Europe These languages come from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire The Roman alphabet is used to write Romance and Germanic languages.

TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA Slavic Language Group This includes Russian They are found in central and eastern Europe They are written with a Cyrillic Alphabet

TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA The Problems with Multiple Languages It is difficult to live, work, and trade with people who cannot communicate with each other Most schoolchildren learn one or two other languages besides their own

TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA Your Task Write G for Germanic, R for Romance, and S for Slavic. This language is spoken in the United States. This language is spoken in the country that is shaped like a boot. This language uses an alphabet based of Greek letters. People who speak this language live directly south of the United Kingdom. This language is in the same family as English.

TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA Language Comparison Chart EnglishGermanRussianFrenchItalian

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Map of Germanic Languages

TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA Map of Slavic Languages

TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA Map of Romance Languages

TURNER MS: THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GA PopulationPopulation DensityDensity

Using various maps of Europe over time from the Internet or the SCIS Europe in Transition pages 40 to 50, students should notice that there have been many changes to Europe’s political boundaries over the last 2,000 years. Since many countries in Europe are the size of states in the United States, this has created difficulty in trade as there was no shared currency for many years. The diversity of languages, closeness of countries, and lack of common currency have created many unique challenges over the years. Extension question- How has the Euro helped to overcome some of these issues?