COMENIUS PROJECT2011/2012

“Body and soul – let it grow”

SCOTLAND GEOGRAPHY

• Capital : Edimburgh• Population : 5.137.000 ab• Area : 78.772 sq. Km• Time zone : GMT ( Greenwich mean time)• Largest city : Glasgow• Official language : English• Etnic groups : 89% Scottish; 7% English, Irish, Welsh; 4% other

GERMANY GEOGRAPHY • Capital : Berlin• Population: 81.772.000 ab• Area : 357.123.50 sq. Km• Time zone : CET (Central European

Time)• Number of states : 16 • Reunification : 3 October 1990

Italian Geography• Capital : Rome• Population : 60.705.991 ab• Area : 301.340 sq. Km• Time Zone : CET (Central European

Time)• Official language : Italian• Unification: 17 March 1861• Republic: 2 June 1946

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SCOTLAND, ITALY AND GERMANY :

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kindom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Edinburgh, the country's capital and second largest city, is one of Europe's largest financial centres. Edinburgh was the hub of the Scottish Enlightenment of the 18th century, which transformed Scotland into one of the commercial, intellectual and industrial powerhouses of Europe.Italy is a unitary parliamentary republic in south-central Europe. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italy. Rome, the capital of Italy, was for centuries the political and religious centre of Western civilisation as the capital of the Roman Empire and site of the Holy See. After the decline of the Roman Empire, Italy endured numerous invasions by foreign peoples, from Germanic tribes and other.

Germany is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. Berlino is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union.

Draw the flags and name the capitals

EDIMBURGH

BERLIN

ROME

MATCH NATIONAL SIMBOLS TO THE COUNTRY

SCOTLAND GERMANY

ITALY

NAME A FAMOUS PERSON TODAY FROM ITALY, SCOTLAND AND GERMANYThere are many famous people in Scotland. We begin with Sir. Sean

Connery, he is the most famous actor know to everyone. The other famous people in Scotland are : Jimmy Sommerville, Rod Stewart, and a famous music group, the Simiple Minds.

The most famous people today in Italy are : Rita-Levi Montalcini, Nobel for medicine, Giorgio Armani, Roberto Benigni, Sophia Loren greatest Italian actress.

The most famous people today in Germany are: Michael Schumacher, Hugo Boss, Claudia Schiffer.

NAME A FAMOUS HISTORICAL PERSON FROM ITALY, SCOTLAND AND GERMANYThere is a category of people who changed the past, shaped the

modern world and build the future! The most important historical people of Scotland are : James Young , he created the first oil refinery of the world; Alexander Fleming who created the penicillin; David Livingstone, he was a big explorer.

The most famous historical person of Italy are: Filippo Brunelleschi, Michelangelo Merisi (Caravaggio), Giuseppe Garibaldi, and many other.

The most important historical person of Germany are: Albert Einstein, Marlene Dietrich, Levi Strauss the father of blue jeans, Adolf Hitler, Anne Frank.

WHICH BUILDING BELONGS TO WHICH COUNTRY : 10 PICTURES

THE COLOSSEUM BEFORE ....

AND AFTER ...

THE TOUR OF PISA …

ROMAN ACQUEDUCT …

MILAN CATHEDRAL….

ARCH OF COSTANTINE …

EDIMBURGH CASTEL …

THE PALACE OF HOLYROOD HOUSE …

THE BRANDEBURG GATE

THE BERLIN WALL…