CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE:NORTHERN

EUROPE

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE:NORTHERN EUROPE•Essential Questions: How has physical

geography affected where people have settled in Europe?•Learning Target: IWBAT explain how Northern Europe’s culture is unique.•Formative Assessment(s): What are three aspects of Northern European culture?

BELLWORK

What countries do you think are included in “Northern Europe”?

WEIRD FACTS ABOUT THE UK•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj5Fn593-lc

CLASSWORK• TOGETHER, read about Population Patterns on page

295-296• Write and answer the following questions in your

notes:1. What countries are included in Northern Europe?2. What regions does the United Kingdom include?3. What regions does the Great Britain include?4. What happened in 1840 in Ireland leading to 1.6

million people leaving the country?5. What is the largest city in Northern Europe?

VIKING FUN FACTS•Some people believed that the Vikings were sent by God as a punishment•A Viking law-breaker could be killed by anyone•The Vikings abandoned their sick children• There was a special type of Viking warrior called a berserker. They were known to be the scariest and most terrifying of all the Vikings and were certainly the ones who committed the most violent acts during their pirate raids. This is were we get the word “beserk”

CLASSWORK• TOGETHER, read about History and Government on pages

296-297• Write and answer the following questions in your notes:1. What is the group native to Scandinavia?2. What group helped Britain develop after AD 43?3. What groups had power in Northern Europe during the

Middle Ages?4. What new religion was introduced in Europe in the 1500s?5. What were three big changes that developed in Northern

Europe after 1700? Explain the changes that you list.

FAMOUS FAIRY TALES FROM DENMARK•The Princess and the Pea, The Little Mermaid, The Emperor’s New Suit, and Thumbelina were all written in Denmark.•The author was Hans Christian Anderson.•Anderson’s fairy tales were way more depressing than how Disney portrays them.

CLASSWORK• TOGETHER, read about Culture on page 298• Write and answer the following questions in your

notes:1. What languages are spoken in Northern Europe?2. What is the main religion in Europe?3. What is a welfare state and which country has one?4. What two well known authors are from Northern

Europe?

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

•What are three aspects of specifically Northern European culture?

– Reminder, aspects of culture include: Social organization, Customs and traditions, Languages, Arts and literature, Religion, Forms of government, Economic systems, Food and clothing, Music and dance