General information about the UK I. Gymnázium Pavla Jozefa Šafárika Kód ITMS projektu: 26110130661 Názov projektu: Kvalitou vzdelávania otvárame brány VŠ General information about the UK I. Vzdelávacia oblasť:  Jazyk a komunikácia Predmet  Anglický jazyk Ročník, triedy:  VIII.OA Tematický celok: Reálie anglicky hovoriacich krajín Vypracoval:  Ing. Diana Matisová Dátum:  4/2015

Obsah The British Isles The British Isles, The United Kingdom, Great Britain or England? Political division Union Jack Saint George Saint Patrick Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland Capitals Quick Quiz

The British Isles Great Britain: England, Wales, Scotland 2. Ireland: The British Isles consist of more than two large islands...: Great Britain: England, Wales, Scotland 2. Ireland: the Irish Republic, Northern Ireland

The British Isles ... and 5000 smaller islands. 3. Smaller islands – include: The Isle of Wight The Isles of Scilly The isle of Man Anglesey Hebrides or Western Isles Orkneys Shetlands

SHETLAND ORKNEY HEBRIDES ISLE OF MAN ISLE OF SCILLY ISLE OF WIGHT CHANNEL ISLANDS 5 5

The British Isles, The United Kingdom, Great Britain or England?

The British Isles The British Isles consist of: - two large islands – Great Britain (England, Wales, Scotland) and Ireland (The Irish Republic, Northern Ireland) and more than 5000 smaller islands

The United Kingdom “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland” consist of: The UK is a union of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Crown dependencies (the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) are largely self-governing with the UK responsible for their defence and international relations and are not part of the United Kingdom.

Great Britain Great Britain consist of: Great Britain is an island that consists of three somewhat autonomous regions that include England, Scotland, and Wales.

Political division 1. England + Wales Henry Tudor – Welsh prince became King Henry VII. of England. Wales was united with England in 1536 under one Parliament – under Henry VIII. - Acts of Union 2. England + Scotland Scotland was dynastically united with England in 1603, when Elizabeth I. died without a heir and King of Scotland inherited the crown of England and became King James I. of England and Wales and King VI. of Scotland, Act of Union 1707 – The Parliaments of England, Scotlan, Wales - united

Political division 3. England + Ireland Ireland was conquered by Henry II. in 1171, but the first King of England who also took a title of King of Ireland was Henry VIII. in 1541 Act for the Union 1801 – established the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (in 1801 Ireland was united with Great Britain) 12

Union Jack The union of England, Scotland, and Ireland is symbolized by the British national flag, called the Union Jack – Union flag made up from the flag of: The Kingdom of England (St. George´s Cross) The Kingdom of Scotland (St. Andrew´s Cross) The kingdom of Ireland (St. Patrick´s Cross) 13 13

Saint George Saint George and Dragon According to the Golden Legend, there lived a dragon in Sillene (Lybia) that poisoned all the countryside. People had to give it two sheep everyday. When it was not enough, they had to give it their child. One day, it was the king´s daughter. Saint Geogre kill the dragon – all people converted to Christianity.

Saint Patrick Saint Patrick and snakes, shamrocks Legend - he banished snakes from Ireland. No snakes exist on the island today - but they never did (icy ocean waters). Snakes = evil in literature, "when Patrick drives the snakes out of Ireland, it is symbolically saying he drove the old, evil, pagan ways out of Ireland brought in a new age," three-leafed shamrocks to explain the Holy Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) 16

Northern Ireland and The Republic of Ireland In 1922 Ireland was partitioned into two parts: 1. Northern Ireland (6 Protestant countries of Ulster) 2. The Irish Free State (The Irish Republic) – 26 Catholic countries of Ireland In 1922 – full title of United Kingdom (UK) was changed: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 17

Capitals England – London Wales – Cardiff Scotland – Edinburgh Northern Ireland – Belfast Ireland - Dublin

QUICK QUIZ a) the United Kingdom b) the British Isles c) Great Britain CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER What can you see in the picture? a) the United Kingdom b) the British Isles c) Great Britain

QUICK QUIZ a) St. David´s Cross b) St. Andrew´s Cross CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER Union Jack consist of these Crosses: a) St. David´s Cross b) St. Andrew´s Cross c) St. Patrick´s Cross

QUICK QUIZ a) St. George b) St. Patrick c) St. Andrew CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER Who drove snakes out of Ireland? a) St. George b) St. Patrick c) St. Andrew 21

QUICK QUIZ a) 1801 b) 1922 c)never CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER When was Ireland divided into 2 parts and why? a) 1801 b) 1922 c)never 22 22

POUŽITÉ ZDROJE http://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/united-kingdom http://www.infoplease.com/uk/language/difference-great-britain-england-isles.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George_and_the_Dragon http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/090316-st-patricks-day-facts.html VESELÝ, K.: The English speaking countries – Reálie anglicky mluvícíh zemí. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství 1985. 42-43 s. SHEERIN, S., SEATH, J., WHITE, G.: Spotlight on Britain Second edition. Oxford 2007. 2-3 s.