Four Nations & Capitals
This country contains the UK’s largest city and major banking center.
What is England?
This flower is one of the most recognizable national emblems of England.
What is the rose?
A period of time before written records is called this.
What is Prehistory?
Many Scottish people show their identity through a traditional patterned cloth.
What is tartan or kilt?
A school that is funded by the government is called this.
What is a state (public) school?
This UK nation’s capital is known for a famous hilltop fortress and a world-famous arts festival.
What is Scotland?
This plant is connected with Wales and is worn during celebrations.
What is the leek or daffodil?
Stonehenge is considered this type of historical structure built to remember the past.
What is a monument?
This traditional poet has a special celebration day in Scotland.
Who is Robert Burns?
Clothes that students must wear in school are called this.
What is a uniform?
Name two ways the four nations in the UK are different from one another.
What are culture, geography, languages, or traditions?
Name one purpose of having national symbols for each UK nation.
What is showing pride or representing cultural identity?
Name one feature that makes Stonehenge “mysterious” to historians.
What is its unknown purpose or how the stones were moved?
The Welsh language plays a big part in identity. Name one place students might see it used.
What is road signs, school subjects, or festivals?
Why do some parents support school uniforms for financial reasons?
What is they reduce pressure to buy expensive fashion?
This capital city is known for shipbuilding and its busy port history.
What is Belfast?
This Scottish symbol is linked to bravery and appears on coins and flags.
What is the thistle?
This ancient group of people in Britain is linked to rituals and nature-based belief systems.
Who were the Celts or Druids?
Name one way Scotland’s lifestyle or traditions differ from life in England.
What is music, food, legal system, holidays, kilts, haggis, or celebrations?
This term is confusing because it means “private school” in Britain.
What is public school?
Explain one way the four nations show both unity and diversity within the UK.
What is shared government + different identities?
Explain why patron saints are important to national traditions.
What is they represent history, values, and cultural celebrations?
Describe one challenge prehistoric tribes may have faced that your class simulation also included.
What is finding food, weather, migration, or conflict?
Explain why accents or dialects can show national identity.
What is they express regional history and culture?
Name the three main stages of education in Britain.
What are primary, secondary, and sixth-form (college) education?