Europe Today

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Europe Today

• By Mr. Hunter

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British influences on United States Culture

• Birthplace of Newton, Darwin, Shakespeare, JK
  Rowling, and the Beatles
• Home of the worlds largest foreign exchange
  market
• Hovercraft invention
• Foods

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What do you think these all have in common?

• Bangers and Mash
• Bubble and squeak
• Toad-in-the-hole

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They are all foods!

• Bangers and Mash mashed potatoes and sausages
• Bubble and squeak typicallymade from cold
  vegetables that have been left over from a
  previous meal, often the Sunday roast) The chief
  ingredients are potato and cabbage, but carrots,
  peas, brussels sprouts, and other vegetables can
  be added. The cold chopped vegetables (and cold
  chopped meat if used) are fried in a pan together
  with mashed potato until the mixture is
  well-cooked and brown on the sides. The name is a
  description of the action and sound made during
  the cooking process.
• Toad-in-the-hole sausages covered in batter and
  roasted

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Another interesting food.

• Black Pudding It looks like a black sausage, but
  is made from dried pigs blood and fat.

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UK

• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
  Ireland
• Made up of four regions Scotland, England,
  Wales, and Northern Ireland

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Draw and color the UK, labeling the four regions.
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London is the capital.
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London
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London, UK
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The government in the UK is a monarchy .

• A monarchy is a system of government in which
  one person reigns, usually a king or queen. The
  authority, or crown, in a monarchy is generally
  inherited.
• The ruler, or monarch, is often only the head of
  state, not the head of government!

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The UK government is a constitutional monarchy.

• A monarchy in which the powers of the ruler are
  restricted to those granted under the
  constitution and laws of the nation.

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Parliament

• Parliament is the national lawmaking body that
  has the actual power of government.

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Big Ben and Parliament
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Parliament is divided into

• House of Lords and House of Commons

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Parliament

• Lords nobles
• Commons elected representatives most powerful
  group

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Government

• The prime minister is the head of government
  whose political party wins the most seats in the
  House of Commons.
• Current Prime Minister Tony Blair

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Exceptions

• Welsh Assembly
• Scottish parliament

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Ireland

• Conflicts between Catholics and Protestants
• Many Irish Catholics wanted Northern Ireland to
  secede from the UK and unite as a republic of
  Ireland.

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Ireland

• Protestants supported the government of the UK.
• Ireland violence ended in 1998 when Catholic and
  Protestants signed the Good Friday Accord.

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Ireland
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Ireland

• The Good Friday Accord established the Northern
  Ireland Assembly, made up of Catholic and
  Protestant voters.

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How has the UKs culture affected the United
States?

• The governments of India, the US and former
  British colonies were modeled on Britains
  parliamentary system.

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Sing it!

• God save our gracious Queen,Long live our noble
  Queen,God save the Queen!Send her
  victorious,Happy and glorious,Long to reign
  over usGod save the Queen!

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• Beatles
• Elton John
• Sting
• Dido

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Literature

• Mary Shelley/Arthur Conan Doyle
• Charles Dickens
• Virginia Woolf
• George Orwell
• C.S. Lewis
• J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter series

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What goods are produced in the UK?

• Trade
• Finance
• Mining
• Manufacturing
• The UK must import food and raw materials used in
  manufacturing.

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Sweden
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Predict the definition of these words.

• 1. Riksdag
• 2. ombudsmen
• 3. armed neutrality
• 4. hydroelectricity
• 5. acid rain
• 6. skerries

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Sweden

• Compare/contrast the governments of the UK and
  Sweden.

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Swedish Government

• Constitutional monarchy
• Riksdag Swedish parliament
• Prime minister
• ombusmen appointed by parliament to protect
  citizens rights and make sure that laws are
  followed

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Riksdag
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Armed Neutrality

• Create a t-chart displaying the risks and
  benefits of armed neutrality.

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Economy

• Relies on privately owned businesses and
  international trade
• Exports goods, metals, minerals, wood
• Industries automobiles, engineering, and
  communications

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Economy

• 80 of the population lives in the urban areas of
  southern Sweden.
• Hydroelectric power

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Sweden

• Why is Sweden considered to be a homogeneous
  country?
• What are skerries?
• What types of recreational activities do Swedes
  enjoy?

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France

• 1. What contributions did Charles de Gaulle make
  to France during WW II?
• 2. How is the government of the Fifth Republic
  organized?
• 3. What was the result of Frances five-year plan
  following the war?
• 4. What was Frances main source of power
  following the war, and what is it today?

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Charles de Gaulle

• Charles de Gaulle led the military as a general
  and led the French in exile to the UK

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Fifth Republic

• Power is split between the President and
  parliament.
• Parliament is divided into the Senate and
  National Assembly with the prime minister as the
  head

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Results of the Five-Year Plan

• The economy was a mixed economy with both private
  ownership and the nationalization of some
  businesses and industries.
• Nationalization of industries socialism

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Socialism

• system of social organization in which the means
  of producing and distributing goods is owned
  collectively or by a centralized government that
  often plans and controls the economy

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Describe the significance of each of the
following

• European Community
• Pariss contribution to art
• Proust, Camus, and de Beauvoir
• Impressionism
• Monet

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Lets go on strike

• If students were employees that could go on
  strike, what kinds of situations do you think
  would merit going on strike?

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What caused strikes in Poland?

• Increases in food prices/Low wages
• Communist leadership prohibiting labor union
  formation
• Weakening economy (Poland in debt to other
  countries)

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