Tour guides: Open World Leadership Program delegation 2013 Discover the country and culture of Ukraine. Presentation based on 5th-6th grade curriculum.

1. UKRAINE
KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY
KNOW YOUR WORLD
A PROGRAM OF GLOBAL TIES
AKRON

2. SPEAKER INTRODUCTIONS:
Ms. Viktoriya Viktorivna Baltser
Head of the Board, Community
Foundation of Voznesensk
Member of the Voznesensk City Council,
Local level of Legislative Activity
Voznesensk, Mykolayivska Oblast
Mr. Vitaliy Mykolayovych Kravchuk
Attorney Member of the
Starokostiantyniv City Council, Local
level of Legislative Activity
Starokostyantyniv, Khmelnytska Oblast
Mr. Viktor Oleksiyovych Kvasov
Educational trainer ,Donbas State
Technical University
Member, Alchevsk City Council's
Committee on Education, Sports,
Cultural Affairs
Alchevsk, Luhanska Oblast

3. OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Since its founding by Congress in 1999, the Open World
Program has enabled more than 14,000 current and
future Eurasian leaders to experience American democracy,
civil society and community life; work with their
American counterparts; stay in American homes; and gain
new ideas and inspiration for implementing
change back home. Some 6,000 American host families and
their communities in all 50 states have partnered
with the U.S. Congress and Open World to make this
ambitious public diplomacy effort possible.

4. UKRAINE MAP

5. COUNTRY QUICK FACTS
• Full name: Ukraine
• Population: 44 million (2019)
• Capital: Kiev
• Largest city: Kyiv (Kiev)
• Area: 603,700 sq km (233,090 sq miles)
• Major language: Ukrainian (official), Russian
• Major religion: Christianity
• Life expectancy: 64 years (men), 75 years (women) (UN)
• Monetary unit: 1 hryvnya = 100 kopiykas
• Main exports: Military equipment, metals, pipes, machinery,
petroleum products, textiles, agricultural products
• GNI per capita: US $3,120 (World Bank, 2011)

6. LANDFORMS OR HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT
EVENTS

7. LANGUAGE:
• Hello привіт, вітаю!, здоровенькі були pryvit,
vitayu!, zdoroven'ki bul
Bye бувай! buvay!
YES так tak no ні ni
• THANK YOU дякую тобі/вам, спасибі
diakuyu tobi/vam, spasybi
• YOU’RE WELCOME ласкаво просимо! laskavo prosymo!
• PLEASE будь ласка bud' laska
• I LOVE YOU я тебе кохаю, я тебе люблю ya
tebe kokhayu, ya tebe liubliu
• HOW ARE YOU як справи yak spravy

8. UKRAINE
•LEADER: President: Volodymyr Zelensky
(elected 2019)
•GOVERNMENT: Parliamentary
•VOTING AGE: 18

11. EVERYDAY-ECONOMICS

12. RELIGION(S)

13. NATIONAL FESTIVALS-HOLIDAYS
EVENTS

14. FOOD

15. CONTEMPORARY CUSTOMS- MUSIC - DANCE – SPORTS &
TRADITIONS

16. EVERYDAY LIVING
• Typical Day- schedule
• A School Day/Week- 11-12yrs old
• Study-Homework
• Extracurriculars
• Family Life- traditional housing- extended family-
• Pets / Wildlife- Attractions to visit-amusement
parks-zoos-parks etc.