EnglandEngland? ?

The United The United Kingdom?Kingdom?

Great Great Britain?Britain?

Puzzle?Puzzle?

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The history and geography of the UKThe history and geography of the UK

The relationship of the four countriesThe relationship of the four countries

The largest country--- England The largest country--- England

The most popular tourist attractionsThe most popular tourist attractions

The customs and culture of the UKThe customs and culture of the UK

The major city---LondonThe major city---London

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The history and geography of The history and geography of

the UKthe UK

The relationship of the four The relationship of the four

countriescountries

The largest country--- EnglandThe largest country--- England

The major city---LondonThe major city---London

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In the ______ centuryIn the ______ century

Wales Wales waswas __________England. __________England.

Wales is usually considered to be ____ of England.Wales is usually considered to be ____ of England.

In the _________ century In the _________ century

England and Wales England and Wales werewere ___________ Scotland. ___________ Scotland.

The name was changed to _______________.The name was changed to _______________.

In the early _______ centuryIn the early _______ century

The English government tried to ____ Ireland The English government tried to ____ Ireland _________ to _________ to formform “the United Kingdom”. “the United Kingdom”.

The southern part was __________ and ___________The southern part was __________ and ___________

Only Northern Ireland ______________ Great Britain Only Northern Ireland ______________ Great Britain to become “the United Kingdom”to become “the United Kingdom”

How was the UK formed?How was the UK formed?Part1Part1

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““Great Britain”Great Britain”

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overview:

British Isles

Ireland Republic of Ireland

Northern Ireland

The United Kingdom

Great Britain

England Wales

Scotland

The United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelandof Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Currency

International relations

Part Part 22

Relationship

Co-operation

Differences

_____zones_____zones ofof England England

most populated

North North Atlantic Atlantic OceanOcean

North North SeaSea

Irish Irish SeaSea

English English ChannelChannel

Celtic Celtic SeaSea

Part 3Part 3

The south of EnglandThe south of England

Midlands Midlands

The northThe northManchester Manchester

LiverpoolLiverpool

CambridgeCambridge

OxfordOxford

LondonLondon

many industrial cities

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“The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire”

LondonLondon influenceinfluenced by some d by some invaderinvaderss

InvadersInvaders

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Historical Historical remains&remains&

InfluenceInfluence

London Part Part 44

The Romans

the oldest port

The 1st century AD

towns and roads

The Anglo-Saxons

the oldest building

In the 1060s

language & government

The Vikings

vocabulary & place-names

The Normans

the oldest castle

In 1066

castle & words for food

sufferingssufferings

warswars

injuriesinjuries

deathdeath

povertypoverty

displacementdisplacement

… …

Negative consequences:Negative consequences: Positive influences:Positive influences:

architecturearchitecture

cultureculture

traditionstraditions

languagelanguage

governmentgovernment

technologytechnology

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Critical thinking (in pairs):

What do you think of the invasions?

Retelling

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be joined tobe joined to

get…connectedget…connected

break away (from…)break away (from…)

join withjoin with

First First

NextNext

FinallyFinally

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Union Jack

Union

Flag

1606 - 1707

1922

England

Scotland

Ireland

The UK consists of four countries.

1. Why the Union flag is called Jack?

2. Speaking of this United Kingdom, what can be seen quite often is

“ 英伦三岛” . What are these three islands consisting of the cou

ntry? Or is it a translation that has misled us for all these years?

3. Is it a harmonious country with all the nations and their citizens b

onding close with one another? If not what leads to it?

4. “Big Ben” is actually a thing of the past. What’s the new name

of it?

To be continued…To be continued…