A snippet of the PowerPoint we presented on the 28th of March

1. Scotland

2. Lesson
Vocabulary

3. diverse
(dahy-vurs)
Of various kinds or forms.
“ Manchester has a diverse multicultural population”

4. merged
(merjd)
To have been combined, blended.
“The stream merged into the river.”

5. intertwined
(in-ter-twahynd)
Woven together as a rope is; twined.
“ The flag of the United Kingdom is made from the flags of
England, Scotland and Ireland, intertwined.”

6. distinct
(dih-stingkt)
Different in nature or quality; not the same. (sometimes
followed by from)
“ Gold is distinct from iron.”

7. unified
(yoo-nuh-fahyd)
To make or become a single unit, to unite.
“ Scotland became unified with England in 1707. ”

8. Celtic
(Keltic)
The members of an Indo-European people now represented by
the Irish, Gaels, Welsh, and Bretons.
“ Boudicca was a famous Celtic queen.”

9. Anglo Saxon
(ang-gloh-sak-suhn)
The people of a mix of tribes from Germany, Denmark and the
Netherlands.
“ The Anglo-Saxons were the rulers of Britain from
410-1066AD.”

10. Gaelic
(gey-lik)
Gaelic is a Celtic language.
“ Some Scottish children learn Gaelic.”

11. Scotland

12. Scotland is a country that is part of the United
Kingdom. Scotland is a diverse group of peoples
and languages with a long history of war and
invasion.

13. Scotland merged with England in 1707 to form the
United Kingdom of Great Britain. Scotland and England
shared a king from 1603. Relations have long been
dif
fi
cult between Scotland and England. Although
Scottish and English history are intertwined, Scotland
has long refused to think of itself as anything other
than a separate and distinct country.

14. For centuries, there was
continual strife between
the Celtic Scots of the
Highlands and Islands,
and the Anglo-Saxons
of the lowlands. Only
since the 20th century
has the mixture been a
rich uni
fi
ed Scottish
culture.

15. The people of the Shetland and Orkney islands
tend to be apart from both the Celtic and Anglo-
Saxon cultures around them. They look to
Scandinavia as the mirror of their shared Viking
heritage.

16. Many of the things we think of as distinctly
Scottish today are a part of Gaelic Highland
culture. The Highlands had a unique system of
being ruled: through clans. Clans were farming
communities, led by a chief. They had a shared
identity, tartan and surname in each group.

17. During a dark era of Scottish
history, landlords evicted the
farmers of the highlands.
During the Highland
Clearances (1750-1860) some
went to look for work in
cities like Glasgow, but many
Highlanders left Scotland to
start new lives in countries
such as Canada, America,
Australia and New Zealand.
This spread Scottish highland
culture around the world.