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15. How did Scotland change so much? (interactive lesson)

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15. How did Scotland change so much? (interactive lesson)

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Scotland's Decision is an immersive story told through text, images and video, best viewed on an up-to-date browser. Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox.

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Scotland's Decision is an immersive story told through text, images and video, best viewed on an up-to-date browser. Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox.

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Download the minibook! (Click here to know how to fold the minibook.)

Report the locations of Loch Ness, Stirling, Ben Nevis and the Isle of Skye on the map in your minibook.

Loch Ness:

- Watch these two videos and learn some interesting facts about this famous Scottish lake!

- What comparison is made between Loch Ness and the world population? Watch the following video to find out!

- The Surgeon's Photograph: click on the photo to know about the true story behind this world-famous picture!

The Wallace Monument (Stirling):

- Watch the following video and answer the questions.

- Watch the two following videos and write down in your minibook when and how William Wallace died.

Ben Nevis:

- What is Ben Nevis? What does the name mean? Click here to find out!

- Enjoy the following video on Ben Nevis!

The Isle of Skye:

- Click here and note down the location of the Isle of Skye, the number of inhabitants, as well as all the activities you can do on the island.

- Enjoy the following video on the Isle of Skye!

Scottish Inventions:

- Watch the following video and note down the ten most famous Scottish inventions in your minibook.

- For more Scottish inventions, click here!

(If one of the links is broken, use the following document.)

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For more Scottish inventions, click here! Homepage

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12. Let's visit Scotland (part 1) by Mrs Haquet.

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12. Let's visit Scotland (part 1) by Mrs Haquet.

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Download the minibook! (Click here to know how to fold the minibook.)

Download the pictures to illustrate your minibook!

Report the locations of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Inverness on the map in your minibook.

(Source: www.worldatlas.com)

Edinburgh:

- A short introduction to Edinburgh: Watch the 4 videos and answer the questions.

- Find the 2 main nicknames of Edinburgh: link 1 - link 2.

- Know more about Edinburgh Castle:

a) What is special about the place where Edinburgh Castle was built? Find out here.

b) What is the other name of the Scottish Crown Jewels? How old is the crown? Find out here.

c) Why are 1296, 1950 and 1996 three important dates in the history of the Stone of Destiny? Find out here.

d) What is Mons Meg? Click here to find out!

e) What happens every day at 1 p.m.? Find out here.

- More views of Edinburgh:

Glasgow:

- Watch the 2 videos and write down the basic information about Glasgow in your minibook.

- More views of Glasgow:

- 2 recent constructions in Glasgow:

1) Construction 1:

2) Construction 2: click here!

Inverness:

- What can be said about the location of Inverness in the United Kingdom. Click here to find out (Paragraph 1).

- Watch the following video and take a few notes about Inverness in your minibook.

(If one of the links is broken, use the following document.)

Homepage

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Download the pictures to illustrate your minibook! (Source: www.worldatlas.com) Homepage

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CBBC Newsround | Quiz | Quiz: Loch Ness Monster

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Melissa : Scottish typical food - Audio Lingua - mp3 en anglais, allemand, arabe, catalan, corse, espagnol, italien, russe, occitan, portugais, chinois et français

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Melissa talks about Scottish food habits : hours of the day, specialties...

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9. Scotland: 50 fascinating facts about Scotland

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9. Scotland: 50 fascinating facts about Scotland

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5. The Hamilton Mausoleum in South Lanarkshire has the longest echo of any man-made structure in the world; a whole 15 seconds.

6. Scotland has more than 600 square miles of freshwater lakes, including the famous Loch Ness.

7. The capital of Scotland, Edinburgh, is only its second largest city, after Glasgow.

8. Edinburgh was the first city in the world which had its own fire brigade.

9. Like Rome, Edinburgh (pictured below) was built on seven hills and the capital has more listed buildings than anywhere in the world.

10. Scotland had its own monarch until 1603. After Elizabeth I died, James VI of Scotland also became James I of England, ruling both countries.

11. St Andrews Links is considered the "home of golf"; the sport has been played there since the 15th century.

12. Queen Victoria is reputed to have smoked cigarettes during her visits to the Highlands of Scotland to keep away midges.

13.Edinburgh was home to Skye terrier Grey Friar's Bobby, who captured the hearts of the nation by sitting on the grave of his dead owner for 14 years.

14.Scotland is currently the second largest country in the UK, after England.

15. The highest point in Scotland is Ben Nevis, (pictured below) at 4,406ft (1343m)

16.The motto of Scotland is " Nemo me impune lacessit ", or: "No one provokes me with impunity". It is used by the Order of the Thistle and on later versions of the Royal coat of arms.

17. The country is a favourite with the Royal family, who holiday at Balmoral castle in Royal Deeside.

18. In the north east of the country, girls are called " quines" and boys " louns ".

19. The very first recorded appearance of the elusive Loch Ness Monster occurred in 565 AD, when a " water beast " attacked one of St. Columba's followers in the loch. '''

20. Scottish city Aberdeen is known as Europe's oil capital, or the "Granite City".

21. The deepest loch in Scotland, Loch Morar, reaches 1,077ft (328m) down and is ranked the seventeenth deepest lake in the world.

22. Scotland's smallest distillery, Edradour in Pitlochry, has 100,000 visitors per year but produces just 90,000 litres of malt whisky.

23. It is home to the oldest tree in Europe (pictured below), a twisted yew which has stood in Fortingall for 3,000 years. According to local legend, Pontius Pilate was born in its shade and played there as a child

24. The raincoat was invented in1824 in Scotland by Charles Macintosh, a chemist born in Glasgow. In Great Britain, the garment is still called a "Mac".

25. The official religion of Scotland is Christianity, with churches traditionally being called "kirks".

26. Scotland gained independence in 1314, after Robert the Bruce (pictured below) defeated the English army at the Battle of Bannockburn.

27. The Kingdom of Scotland remained as an independent state until 1 May 1707, when the Acts of Union joined it with England, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain.

28. Since July 1, 1999, Scotland has its own parliament, for the first time since 1707.

29. The country has an area of 30,414 square miles (78,772 km²)

30. The total population is around 5.2 million, around 8.5 per cent of the UK's population.

31. The country has approximately 167.5 people living per square mile.

32. There are as many Scottish people living in North America as in Scotland, with censuses in the United States and Canada identifying around five million people claiming Scottish ancestry.

33. The country still has its own legal system, separate from England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Juries can return verdict of "guilty", "not guilty" and "not proven."

34. The Bank of Scotland, founded in 1695, is the oldest surviving bank in the UK. It was also the first bank in Europe to print its own bank notes.

35. Famous Scottish inventions include the television, developed by John Logie Baird in 1925, the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell (pictured below) in 1876 and penicillin, by Alexander Fleming in 1928.

36. The first teaching hospital in America, the Baltimore Infirmary was founded by a Glasgow surgeon, Granville Sharp Pattison, in 1816.

37. Scotland has three officially recognised languages: English, Scots and Scottish Gaelic, with just one per cent of the population using the last.

38. It is home to 19 universities and institutes of higher educatio n, including St Andrews, where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge met. They returned last year (see video below)

39. Scotland has about the same land area as the Czech Republic, the United Arab Emirates, Panama, the US state of Maine, or the Japanese island of Hokkaido.

40. The two first Prime Ministers of Canada, John A. Macdonald (1815-1891) and Alexander Mackenzie (1822-1892), were Scottish.

41. One of Scotland's most famous products, whisky, was actually invented in China. It was first distilled by monks in Ireland in the early 15th century, before reaching Scotland 100 years later.

42. The most infamous Scottish dish is haggis,(pictured below) normally made with the heart, liver, and lungs of a sheep, traditionally boiled in the animal's stomach. It is not known where it originated, but a similar dish was mentioned in Greece 2,500 years ago.

43. Scotland has spawned some of the greatest thinkers of the modern age, including Adam Smith, James Watt, David Hume and John Stuart Mill.

44. Notable Scottish inventions include the method of logarithms (1614), tarmac (1820) and the pneumatic tyre (1887).

45. Many of Scotland's most famous inventions - kilts, tartans and bagpipes - were actually developed elsewhere. Kilts originated in Ireland, tartans have been found in Bronze Age central Europe and bagpipes are thought to have come from ancient central Asia.

46. Famous names from Scottish literature include: Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

47. The flag of Scotland is known as the saltire (pictured below) or St. Andrews Cross.

48. The flower of Scotland is the thistle.

49. Scotland has the highest proportion of redheads in the world. Around 13 per cent of the population has red hair, with 40 per cent carrying the recessive gene.

50. The first official international football match was played at the West of Scotland Cricket Club in Partick in 1872, between Scotland and England.

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Scottish referendum: 50 fascinating facts you should know about Scotland

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5. The Hamilton Mausoleum in South Lanarkshire has the longest echo of any man-made structure in the world; a whole 15 seconds. 6. Scotland has more than 600 square miles of freshwater lakes, including the famous Loch Ness. 7. The capital of Scotland, Edinburgh, is only its second largest city, after Glasgow.

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Robert Burns: The Man And His Legend (Documentary)

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A look at the life and legend of Scotland's most celebrated son, Rabbie Burns.

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Robert Burns - The Peoples Poet - BBC Documentary

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Writer Andrew O'Hagan asks what made Robert Burns one of the world's favourite poets. He travels through the landscape of modern Scotland in a poetic journey to the places that inspired Burns and to discover the story of his wild and dramatic life.

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6.The Hound of the Baskervilles (Padlet)

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6.The Hound of the Baskervilles (Padlet)

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Scottish literature: Scottish literature, the body of writings produced by inhabitants of Scotland that includes works in Scots Gaelic, Scots (Lowland Scots), and English. This article focuses on literature in Scots and in English; see English literature for additional discussion of some works in English. For a

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4. 50 Best Scottish Books of the Last 50 Years

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4. 50 Best Scottish Books of the Last 50 Years

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In anticipation of Book Week Scotland 2013, literary critic Stuart Kelly and staff at Scottish Book Trust compiled this list of the top 50 Scottish books of the last 50 years. Click on the individual covers to find out what Stuart (and a few SBT staffers) thought of each book. Then, head over to the results page to find out which books came out on top.

Stuart Kelly

Stuart Kelly is an author, reviewer, and Man Booker Prize judge. He is on the council for the International Man Booker and judged the Granta Best of Young British Novelists. His book, Scott-Land: The Man Who Invented a Nation, was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson non-fiction prize and was Radio 4's Book of the Week. He writes reviews for The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday, The Guardian and The Times.

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50 Best Scottish Books of the Last 50 Years

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In anticipation of Book Week Scotland 2013, literary critic Stuart Kelly and staff at Scottish Book Trust compiled this list of the top 50 Scottish books of the last 50 years. Click on the individual covers to find out what Stuart (and a few SBT staffers) thought of each book.

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Everyone has different reasons for wanting to explore Scotland. Perhaps it's the words on the page of a book that have inspired you, or maybe you want to follow in the footsteps of a Scottish literary great?

It's no secret that across the centuries the country has produced dozens of acclaimed writers, and the remarkable landscapes have been used as the settings for a number of works of prose and poetry. Why not uncover Scotland's many literary connections while you are here?

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Everyone has different reasons for wanting to explore Scotland. Perhaps it's the words on the page of a book that have inspired you, or maybe you want to follow in the footsteps of a Scottish literary great?

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Scotland - Scottish Literature | Scottish Poetry and Books |

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The official gateway to Scotland provides information on Scotland's thriving literature industry.

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Much Middle Scots literature was produced by makars, poets with links to the royal court, which included James I (who wrote The Kingis Quair ). Many of the makars had university education and so were also connected with the Kirk.