Banknotes of the UK by https://padlet.com/class5c/rg65b37bwf68 eTwinning Project by Polish- English School students in Poznań en-us 2019-10-08 06:32:48 UTC 2023-02-11 22:35:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Pound_Sign.svg/768px-Pound_Sign.svg.png class5c https://padlet.com/class5c/rg65b37bwf68/wish/396981492 2019-10-12 13:03:24 UTC https://padlet.com/class5c/rg65b37bwf68/wish/396981492 Who was Winston Churchill? class5c https://padlet.com/class5c/rg65b37bwf68/wish/396981614 Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born on 30 November 1874, died on 24 January 1965. 
He was a British politician, a speaker and a strategist. 
He was also a writer, a painter and a historian.
 
He was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom two times. 
He won Nobel Prize winner in literature.
He was a honorary citizen of the United States of America.
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She was born on 16 December 1775, she died on 18 July 1817. 
She was an English novelist. She never got married.
She wrote books on life of the upper class.
She did not complete her studies in literature but she wrote wonderful stories.
Her two younger brothers were soldiers and were awarded high army ranks.
The most famous books of Jane Austen are:
Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
Mansfield Park
Emma
Northanger Abbey
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He was born on 3 September 1728 in Birmingham. He died on 17 August 1809.
Together with James Watt he invented a steam engine. That was a very important invention that helped to start the industrial revolution.]]> 2019-10-14 18:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/class5c/rg65b37bwf68/wish/397573637 Who was James Watt? class5c https://padlet.com/class5c/rg65b37bwf68/wish/397573724 James Watt was a Scottish engineer and inventor. He was born on 30 January 1736, he died on 25 August 1819. He helped to invent a steam machine and then to make it better.
The unit of power is called WATT to commemorate Mr James Watt.]]> 2019-10-14 18:34:47 UTC https://padlet.com/class5c/rg65b37bwf68/wish/397573724 class5c https://padlet.com/class5c/rg65b37bwf68/wish/397581566 2019-10-14 18:52:53 UTC https://padlet.com/class5c/rg65b37bwf68/wish/397581566 Who was Adam Smith? class5c https://padlet.com/class5c/rg65b37bwf68/wish/397581685 Adam Smith was a Scottish economist, a philosopher and a writer. The £20 features a portrait of Adam Smith and images of factory workers.
Smith was born on 16 June  1723, he died on 17 July 1790.
He wrote books on economy, capitalism and liberalism.
His most famous book was:
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.]]> 2019-10-14 18:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/class5c/rg65b37bwf68/wish/397581685 class5c https://padlet.com/class5c/rg65b37bwf68/wish/397753042 2019-10-15 06:31:21 UTC https://padlet.com/class5c/rg65b37bwf68/wish/397753042 Who was Robert the Bruce? class5c https://padlet.com/class5c/rg65b37bwf68/wish/397753068 Robert VIII de Bruce, also called Robert I was a king of Scotland.
He was born on 11 July 1274, died on 7 June 1329.
He freed Scotland from the English rule by winning the decisive Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.
He confirmed Scottish independence in the Treaty of Northampton in 1328.
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Most of his works were written in Scots - a version of English.
Burns also collected folk songs from across Scotland and revised them.
He is regarded a pioneer of the Romantic movement. 
His most famous works were:
Auld Lang Syne
To a Mouse
A Man's a Man for A' Tha
Ae Fond Kiss"
Scots Wha Ha
Tam O'Shanter]]> 2019-10-15 06:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/class5c/rg65b37bwf68/wish/397755870