Poland is located in Central Europe, bordered by Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, and Russia. Warsaw is the largest city and capital of Poland. Polish is the main language and most people are Roman Catholic. The currency is the Polish zloty. Major tourist attractions include Malbork Castle, Wawel Hill in Krakow, and the Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń. Famous Polish people include Frédéric Chopin, Pope John Paul II, Marie Curie, and Nicolaus Copernicus.

1. POLAND

2. LOCATION IN WIDER WORLD
Republic of Poland is a
country in Central
Europe, bordered by
Germany to the west; the
Czech
Republic and Slovakia to
the
south; Ukraine, Belarus a
nd Lithuania to the east;
and the Baltic
Sea and Kaliningrad
Oblast, a Russian exclave
, to the north.

3. MAIN CITIES
Warsaw is the capital and largest city in Poland.
Warsaw has over 1,708,491 inhabitants.

4. MAIN CITIES
Kraków Łódź
Wrocław Poznań

5. LANGUAGE
Polish grammar is similar in most respects to that of Russian, and those
who have studied Russian will find its grammar much easier to grasp.
Polish is a highly inflected language, with relatively free word
order, although the dominant arrangement is subject–verb–object.There
are no articles, and subject pronouns are often dropped.

6. FLAG AND CURRENCY
The Zloty is the official currency of
Poland. Poland has not yet adopted the
Euro and although there were hopes it
would adopt the currency in 2011 these
plans have been put on ice until the
economic uncertainty blows over. So for
the immediate future the only currency
you can spend in Poland will be the
Polish zloty.

7. POPULATION AND RELIGION
 population: over 38.5 million people
 ethnic groups: 91.56% Polish
0.94% Silesian
0.04% Kashubian
0.07% German
0.07% Ukrainian
0.08% Belarusian
7.24% Other
 religion: until World War II, Poland was a religiously diverse society,
in which substantial Jewish, Protestant and Christian
Orthodox minorities coexisted with a Roman Catholic majority. As
a result of the Holocaust and the post–World War II flight and
expulsion of German and Ukrainian populations, Poland has become
overwhelmingly Roman Catholic. In 2007, 88.4% of the population
belonged to the Catholic Church.

8. DESCRIPTION OF COUNTRY- LANDSCAPE
Tatra Mountains Zakopane
Beach in Puck bay
Masurian Lake
District

9. TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN POLAND.
Malbork Castle, on the right bank Nogat, gothic, brick, fortified.
Is the largest castle in the world by surface area, and the
largest brick building in Europe. The castle is a classic example
of a medieval fortress and, on its completion in 1406, was the
world's largest brick castle. UNESCO designated the "Castle of
the Teutonic Order in Malbork" and its Museum as the World
Heritage Site in December 1997. It is one of two World Heritage
Sites in the region with origins in the Teutonic Order. The other
is the "Medieval Town of Toruń", founded in 1231 as the site of
the castle Thorn.
Wawel - Krakow hill on the platform, in
Krakow, in the District and Old Town, on the left
bank of the Vistula, the historic district of
Krakow. In 1978, Wawel Castle and the Old
Town, Kazimierz and Stradom was inscribed on
the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 along
with the Old Town, Stradom, Kazimierz, the
foothills, the New World and Sand was declared
a historical monument.

10. Poznań Town Hall or Ratusz is a building in the city
of Poznań in western Poland, located in the Old Market
Square (Stary Rynek) in the centre of the Old
Town neighbourhood. It served as the city's administrative
building until 1939, and now houses a museum. The town hall
was originally built in the late 13th century following the founding
of the medieval city in 1253; it was rebuilt in roughly its present-
day form, in mannerist style, with an ornate loggia, by Giovanni
Battista di Quadro in 1550–1560. The display of mechanical
fighting goats, played out daily at noon above the clock on the
front wall of the building, is one of the city's main tourist
attractions.
The Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń is a Roman Catholic church
located in the village of Licheń Stary near Konin in the Greater
Poland Voivodeship in Poland. It was designed by Barbara
Bielecka and built between 1994 and 2004. The construction was
funded by pilgrims' donations.
With the nave 120 meters long and 77 meters wide, with a central
dome 98 meters high, and with a tower 141.5 metres tall, it is
Poland's largest church and one of the largest churches in the
world. The church is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows, Queen of
Poland whose icon, perhaps dating back to the 18th century, is
displayed in the basilica's main altar. It is one of Poland's principal
pilgrimage sites.

11. IMPORTANT HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT OF
THE COUNTRY
966 CHRISTENING OF POLAND
1000 GERMAN IMPEROR OTTO III VISITED POLISH KING
BOLESŁAW CHROBRY IN GNIEZNO
1386 POLISH – LITHUANIAN UNION
1410 GRUNWALD BATTLE
1683 RELIEF OF VIENNA BY JAN III SOBIESKI
1772 FIRST POLAND’S PARTITION
3 MAY 1791 CONSTITUTION RESOLUTION
1793 SECOND POLAND’S PARTITION
1795 THIRD POLAND’S PARTITION
11 NOVEMBER REGAINING INDEPENDENCE BY POLAND
1 SEPTEMBER 1939 BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR II
8 MAY 1945 END OF WORLD WAR II

12. FOOD
Barszcz biały: sour thick wheat starch soup with
marjoram, potatoes, sometimes with cream.
Kotlet schabowy: traditional breaded pork cutlet.
Bigos: appetizing, seasoned "hunter" stew made
from sauerkraut with chunks of various meats and
sausages, extremely traditional.

13. FAMOUS PEOPLE
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Famous pianist and the greatest Polish composer ever. He was born in
Zelazowa Wola near Warsaw and spent most of his life in France. He
wrote music especially for the piano and his repertoire included
concerts, sonatas, etudes, preludes, polonaises, mazurkas and
waltzes. Chopin was one of the trendsetters of early 20th Century
Classical Music.
John Paul II (1920-2005)
Probably the most famous Pole ever, Pope John Paul II was born
Karol Jozef Wojtyla in the small town of Wadowice in Poland. By
being elected pope by the Catholic Church in 1978, he became the
first non-Italian pope in 455 years. This pope modernised the
papacy and spread his reach internationally through massive
gatherings of Catholics and frequent consultations with heads of
state.

14. Marie Curie-Sklodowska (1867-1934)
Through her discovery of radium, Marie Curie paved the
way for nuclear physics and cancer therapy. Born of
Polish parents, she was a woman of science and
courage, compassionate yet stubbornly determined. Her
research work was to cost her her own life.
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)
Copernicus is said to be the founder of
modern astronomy. Born on February
19, 1473, in Torun, Poland, Nicolaus
Copernicus was destined to
become, through the eventual publication
of his heliocentric planetary theory 70
years later, one of the seminal figures in
the history of scientific thought.

15. THE AREA OF OUR SCHOOL

16. USEFUL VOCABULARY
Hello Cześć CHESHCH
Good morning /
Dzień dobry DEE-yen DOB-ree
afternoon
Good evening Dobry wieczór DOB-ree vee-YE-choor
Goodnight Dobranoc dob-RAH-notz
How are you? (f/inf) Jak się masz? yak syee MASH
Fine Dobrze DOB-sheh
Thank you Dziękuję DYEE-koo-yeh
You're welcome Proszę PROH-sheh
Goodbye Do widzenia doh vee-DZEE-nya
Yes / No Tak / Nie TACK /NYEE
Nice to meet you Miło mi mee-WOH mee
yack syee nah-ZYH-
What's your name? Jak się nazywasz?
vash?
nah-ZYH-vam syee
My name is _____ Nazywam się _____
_____
Czy mówisz po chee moo-VEESH poh
Do you speak English?
angielsku? ang-YEL-skoo?
I don't understand Nie rozumiem nyee roh-zoo-MYEEM
Excuse me Przepraszam pshep-RASH-am
I'm sorry Przykro mi pshee-KROH mee