Scotland. What´s the Scottish flag?

What´s the Scottish flag?

What´s the name for this?
A) SKIRT
B) KILT
C) SPORRAN

What´s a sporran?

DID YOU KNOW?
Tartans originated in woven wool, but now they are made in many other materials. Tartan is particularly associated with Scotland. Scottish kilts almost always have tartan patterns. Today tartan is generally used to describe the pattern, not limited to textiles.In America the term plaid is commonly used to describe tartan.

How are these two pictures related?

SIR WILLIAM WALLACE
Sir William Wallace (died 23 August 1305) was a Scottish knight and landowner who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish independence. Along with Andrew Moray, Wallace defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, and was Guardian of Scotland, serving until his defeat at the Battle of Falkirk. In 1305,Wallace was captured in Robroyston near Glasgow and handed over to King Edward I of England, who had him hanged, drawn and quartered for high treason.
The best known depiction of Wallace is in the Academy Award winning epic film Braveheart , which was directed by Mel Gibson.

How are the Scottish referred sometimes ?
b) Jock
a) Taffys
c) Paddys

What is the Scottish national emblem?
THISTLE
DAFFODIL
ROSE
Match the names with the pictures

What´s the capital of Scotland?
ABERDEEN
GLASGOW
EDIMBURGH

What is the largest city in Scotland?

DID YOU KNOW?
Although Edimburgh is the capital of Scotland Glasgow is the largest city and the third most important city of Great Britain.
Edimburgh is the seat of the Scottish Parliament. The city was one of the major centres of the Enlightenment, led by the University of Edimburgh, earning it the nickname Athens of the North.

What is the English word for Loch?
What Loch is well known for its monster?
A) LOCH LOMOND
B) LOCH NESS
C) LOCH FYNE

NESSIE
The Loch Ness Monster, more oftenly called Nessie, is a supposed animal said to live in the Scottish loch of Loch Ness, the second biggest loch in the country. Most scientists believe that the Loch Ness Monster is not real, and they say that many of the seeings are either hoaxes or pictures of other mistaken existing animals. However, a popular theory among believers is that "Nessie" is a plesiosaur, an extinct meat-eating aquatic reptile that lived in the Mesozoic era. The Loch Ness monster has also been described as an elephant, eel, and other creatures.

What do you call the most typical Scottish musical instrument?
Label the pictures
nickelharpa
Celtic harp
bagpipe

What do you call the most typical Scottish dish?

HAGGIS
Haggis is a kind of sausage, or savoury pudding cooked in a casing of sheep's intestine, as many sausages are.
DID YOU KNOW?
The haggis is a traditional Scottish dish memorialised as the national dish of Scotland by Robert Burns poem Address to a Haggis in 1787

Pictures and snapshots of Scotland

More pictures

GLASGOW AND STERLING

Funny pictures

Making whisky in the Arran isle

EDIMBURGH FESTIVAL

THE END
I hope you enjoyed watching the powerpoint and know a little bit more about Scotland now.There are many more things I could have included here such as famous people, painters or artists(Mackintosh) , inventors (Watt) writers (Stevenson,Burns..) But now it´s your turn to choose a topic and start working on your future project.