1. Presented by Nguen Anton 6b
Scotland
Presented by
Nguen Anton 6b

2. Where is Scotland?
Scotland is part of the United Kingdom to the North of England.

3. Scotland is washed by the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea.
Scotland has an area of 78,772 km2. It has a population of 5,168,500 people.
The official language is English, but some people also speak Scottish Gaelic which sounds very different to English.

4. The Patron of Scotland is Saint Andrew.
The National symbol of Scotland is a thistle.

5. National flag

6. The capital of Scotland is Edinburgh.

7. Edinburgh Castle
Holyrood Gate
Greyfriars Bobby

8. Glasgow Glasgow is large and busy town. It is the heart of industry.
Glasgow is a centre of business and trade.

9. Glasgow City Chambers
Clyde Arc
The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

10. The Mitchell library
The Clyde Auditorium
The St. Mungos Cathedral

11. Different Traditions in Scotland
The Haggis is a dish consisting of the heart, lungs, and liver of sheep and calves, minced with spices and oatmeal, and boiled like a sausage.
The Bagpipe is the national instrument of Scotland. The bags are usually made of sheep skin and fill with air, which is then pressed by the arm to push the air through pipes.

12. The kilt is like a skirt and was part of the traditional dress of men and boys in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century.
It is most often made of woolen cloth in a tartan pattern.
Different families or clans will have kilts having particular patterns.

13. Sword Dance is a Scottish national dance

14. Loch Ness Lake Loch Ness is located in the North of Scotland.
The lake is over 750 feet deep and 23 miles long.
Many years it has been supposed that there is a large dinosaur-like "monster" resident in Loch Ness.

16. Scotland’s Important People
Alexander Graham Bell - the inventor of the telephone
Andrew Carnegie -came to the U.S. and made a fortune in the iron and steel business. He gave money to build many of our libraries.
Sean Connery - an actor who starred the first James Bond movies.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - the author of Sherlock Holmes mysteries.
Sheena Easton - a famous pop singer.
Captain Kidd - a famous pirate.
John Muir -founded our U.S. National Park system .
Robert Louis Stevenson - an author of Treasure Island.

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