Oral presentation

Project Britain: The U.K. The British Isles and Great Britain (GROUP 2: Laia, Anna)

FACTS:

Flag: Union Jack

National day: 23 of april, St George day

Population: in 2011 was 63,100,000

Area: The U.K has a total land area of 244,100 square kilometres, that the 99% is land and the rest of inland is water. From north to south is about 1,000 kilometres long.

Symbol:

Rivers: the most important is the river Thames which flows through Oxford and London

Busiest Aeroport: Heathrow, in London

a) Hi! we are Laia and Anna, today we're going to talk about the U.K., the British Isles and Great Britain.

First I want to explain the difference between The U.K., the British Isles and G.B. The U.K. Is made up for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, The Great Britain is the island made up for England, Scotland and Wales and the British Isles are Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The U.K:                           The British Isles:               Great Britain:                                

b) The four countries England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland make up the UK

c) History of the making of the U.K.

Great Britain has a long history of invasions of the Celts, The Romans, The Anglo- Saxons, who crate the name of 'England' that comes from 'Angle-land', The Vikings from Norway, The Normans.

But the story of the making of the U.K. Can be told with the history of the Union Jack.

The Union Jack represented the political union of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland (now only Northern Ireland), and no Wales because at the begin it only was a Principality. First the England Flag and the Scotland Flag made the first union jack on 1606 that as known simply as 'the British flag' or 'the flag of Britain'. Later the Northern Ireland Flag joined and made the actual Union Jack.

d) Map

e) The official name of U.K. is: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

f) The capital city of the U.K. is London

The UK, the British Isles and Great Britain

2.THE U.K / THE BRITISH ISLES / GREAT BRITAIN

Flag

FACTS:

The land area is of 244,100 square Kilometers. From north to south it is about 1,000 kilometers long.

The capital city is London.

River Severn

River Thames

Rivers: The UK rivers are not very long. The Severn is the longest river. Beginning in Wales and entering the Atlantic Ocean near Bristol in England.

Other major rivers include the Thames, Trent and Mersey rivers.

National day: In he UK there isn't a national day.  But the people celebrate the birthday of the queen of England on 21 of April.

Population: It was is 62,476,000 millions in 2011.

The major cities: Manchester, London, Liverpool, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Bristol, Birmingham

Capital city of UK

The UK busiest airport is London Heathow Airport

Symbols:

The national flower of England is the Rose.

The national flower of Scotland is the Thistle.

The national flower of Wales is the Daffodil.

The national flower of Northern Ireland is the shamrock

a. What is the difference between UK, England, Great Britain (GB) and British Isles?

The UK is made up of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Wales, Scotland and England, together form Great Britain. Therefore Great Britain and Northern Ireland form UK. England is a country in the UK. The British Isles are occupied by two nations: United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

b. Countries within a country.

In the UK there are four countries: Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

c. History of the making of the U.K.

The history about how the UK was formed can be seen through the making of the Union flag (the union of three kingdoms: England, Scotland and Ireland (now only Northern Ireland).

d. Where is the UK? Map

UK in Europe

e. What is the official name of the UK?

The official name of the UK is: “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”.