United KingdomBy Jerica Tallo

• The United Kingdom is a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system.

• Capital city is London.• Consists of four administrative countries:

England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.

Education System

• Nursery (ages 3-4)

• Primary Education (ages 4-11)

• Secondary Education (ages 11-18)

• Tertiary Education (ages 18+)

Education System

• The leaving age for compulsory education was raised to 18 by the Education and Skills Act 2008.

• State-provided schooling and sixth form education is paid for by taxes.

• England also has a tradition of independent schooling, but parents may choose to educate their children by any suitable means.

• Full-time education is compulsory for all children aged between 5 and 16, with a child beginning primary education during the school year he or she turns 5.

Education System

• The school year begins on 1 September (or 1 August if a term starts in August). Education is compulsory for all children from their fifth birthday to the last Friday in June of the school year in which they turn 16. This will be raised, in 2013, to the year in which they turn 17 and, in 2015, to their 18th birthday.

Curriculum

• National Curriculum– Has 12 subjects.– Core subjects: English, Mathematics, and Science

• Foundation subjects, are compulsory at one or more Key Stages: Art and Design; Citizenship; Design and Technology; Geography; History; Information and Communication Technology; Modern Foreign Languages; Music; and Physical Education

• Religious education in all Key Stages, Sex education from Key Stage 2, and Career education and Work-related learning in Key Stages 3 and 4.

Fun Facts

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am9P0FRSfvk&feature=related

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxSNv4Sxb6A&feature=fvwrel

• What is one cultural difference that could make an impact in the classroom?

• What is one similarity that would allow you to "connect"?

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British Foods

• Fish and Chips• Afternoon Tea• Sunday Roast• Christmas Pudding• Apple Pie (since the

Middle Ages)– 18th Century America

• Carbonated water (used for soft drinks) invented by Joseph Priestley in 1767.

• First recipe for Ice Cream was published in London in 1718.

• The 18th-century English aristocrat John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich is claimed to have originated the concept of the sandwich.

Literature

• Shakespeare• Jane Austen• Lewis Carroll• J.R.R Tolkien• J.K Rowling• Charles

Dickens

Film

• Alfred Hitchcock• Charlie Chaplin• Julie Andrews• Michael Caine• Vivien Leigh• Kate Winslet

Performing Arts

• Theatre • Ballet

Music

• Andrew Lloyd Webber

• Beatles• Adele• Spice Girls• Coldplay• The Rolling Stones• The Who• Elton John