snapshots of britain

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS(Universidad del Perú, Decana de América)

Facultad de EducaciónE.A.P.: Educación

CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN EN LOS PAÍSES DE HABLA INGLESA

SNAPSHOTS OF BRITAIN

ALUMNA: CHAMOCHUMBI YANAC, KARINA PATRICIA.

CÓDIGO: 08060019

PROFESORA: LOZADA TRIMBATH, MINNIE ELOISA.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Britain – or Great Britain (GB) – is the name for England,

Wales and Scotland. (1921)

Six counties (1707) Acts of Union

The United Kingdom (UK) consists of 4 countries which are England, Scotland, Wales

and Northern Ireland. Each country has its own capital, flag

and symbol.

More than 56 million people live in the two main islands: Great Britain and Ireland.

Cross of St. Patrick

Cross of St. Andrew

Cross of St. George

BELFAST

EDINBURGH

CARDIFF

LONDON

“Union Jack”

England Scotland

Original Union Flag(1606)

Ireland

Current Union Flag

(1801)

Britain’s flag is called the “Union Jack”. It is really three flags on top of each other – the red

cross on white background of St

George for England, the white “X” on blue

background of St Andrew for Scotland,

and the red “X” on white background of St Patrick for Ireland.

LONDON is the capital of the UK

Different areas of London seem like different cities…

City of London

Tower Bridge

London Eye

Palace of Westminster

Piccadilly circus

Buckingham Palace

Wembley Stadium

The core and the periphery

INNER CORE

OUTER CORE

INNER PERIPHERY

OUTER PERIPHERY

One-third of Britain’s

population

1980-95 young

people (18-35)

moved to the core

1987North west of England and

Scotland lost 1.3 per

cent of population

The forecast up to

year 2016 reveals that

population growth will

be in outer core and

inner periphery

Up to 2016 Wales, Scotland and

Northern Ireland will

be virtually static or

even slightly decline