1. Language & Culture 1
Snapshots of Great Britain
Cecilia Cicolini, MA
ISFD 11 - Lanús

2. Set EDMODO to English!

3. The Library Folders

5. How to download documents.

6. Assignments

8. Notifications

9. Calendar

12. Assessment Criteria for Social
Studies

14. British
vs.
English
Welsh – Irish - Scottish

15. What are the different parts which make up the United
Kingdom? Which are the capitals? Be ready to mark them
on a map.
• British vs English. What do the two terms describe?
• Which area dominates the UK? Why? How is this part of
the UK different from the rest? Which are the core and
the peripheral areas?
• How do the north and the south of the UK differ socially?
Why is there a regional imbalance? Where do Britons
enjoy the highest quality of life? What areas are the
poorest?
• From your reading of this chapter, do you conclude that in
British society there is a great disparity between the rich
and the poor? Why? / Why not?
• How does the social situation in the UK compare to that
of Argentina?

16. Linkers

17. England
Great
Britain
Wales
Scotland
Northern
Ireland

18. London
Edingburgh
Cardiff
Belfast
Manchester
Birmingham
Oxford
Cambridge
York
Canterbury

20. Lowlands
Highlands
The
Lake District
The
Pennines

22. Choose adjectives which describe
nationalities

23. • Rule a country to get a vote
• Fair hand out leaflets
• Foreign dignataries Parliament
• Laws House of Commons
• Norfolk House of Lords
• To ban Power is mainly
theoretical
• To make full use of my ultimate power
• Embarrassing Granted smallprint
• We all have a say upside/downside

24. True or False?
1. Danny is planning to be elected as a
Prime Minister.
2. Danny intends to be kind to the people.
3. Danny will make Parliament pass laws.
4. Danny will make weekends disappear.
5. You need to be 18 in order to vote in
the UK.

25. 1. There are two Houses of Parliament: the
House of Lord and the House of Commons.
2. There are 642 members in the House of
Lords.
3. The Members of the House of Commons
represent their constituency.
4. The members of the House of Lords are not
chosen by the people in elections.

26. Democracy? You decide!