Patron St – Josaphat Andrew Vladimir I of Kiev National Day – 24 August National Emblem – gold trident on an azure background Around The World Monday 4th May – Patron St – Josaphat Andrew Vladimir I of Kiev National Day – 24 August National Emblem – gold trident on an azure background Around The World Monday 4th May - Ukraine Science and Exploration! Patron St – Josaphat Andrew Vladimir I of Kiev National Day – 24 August National Emblem – gold trident on an azure background Key Facts • Ukraine pronounced [ʊkrɐˈjinɐ] is a country in Eastern Europe. • It is bordered by Russia to the north-east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west; and Romania, Moldova, and the Black Sea to the south. • Ukraine is currently in a territorial dispute with Russia over the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia added in 2014. • Including the Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine has an area of 603,628 km2 (233,062 sq mi), making it the second-largest country in Europe after Russia, and the 46th-largest country in the world. • Ukraine has a population of about 42 million, making it the eighth or ninth-most populous country in Europe, and the 32nd-most populous country in the world. • Its capital and largest city is Kiev. • Ukrainian is the official language and its alphabet is Cyrillic. The dominant religion in the country is Eastern Orthodoxy. • Currency is Ukrainian hryvnia Patron St – Josaphat Andrew Vladimir I of Kiev National Day – 24 August National Emblem – gold Key Phrases trident on an azure background • Hello - Здравствуйте Здравствуйте • Goodbye - до побачення Як вас звати? • Please – Будь ласка • Thank you - Дякую • Мене звуть My name is… - мене звуть ...... містер Сміт • What is your name? - Як вас звати? • I live in… - я живу в ...... • I would like an ice cream please. - я хотів би, будь ласка, морозива. • How much is that please? - скільки це, будь ласка? Patron St – Josaphat Andrew Vladimir I of Kiev National Day – 24 August National Emblem – gold trident on an azure background

• Ivan Puluy • 1845 (Grymayliv, Ukraine) — 1918 (, Czech Republic) • Ivan Puluj was a Ukrainian physicist and inventor who has been championed as an early developer of the use of X-rays for medical imaging. His contributions were largely neglected until the end of the 20th century. Puluj did substantial research into cathode rays, publishing several papers on the topic between 1880 and 1882. As a result of experiments into what he called “cold light”, Puluj developed the Puluj lamp, which was mass-produced for some time. This device was also a kind of primitive X-ray tube, but it was not until Wilhelm Röntgen discovered the X-rays and published his findings that Puluj recognized the potential of his own device. He published his results in a scientific paper, titled Luminous Electrical Matter and the Fourth State of Matter in the Notes of the Austrian Imperial Academy of Sciences (1880 — 1883), but expressed his ideas in an obscure manner using obsolete terminology. Puluj did eventually gain some recognition when the work was translated into English and published as a book by the Royal Society in the UK. Patron St – Josaphat Andrew Vladimir I of Kiev National Day – 24 August National Emblem – gold trident on an azure background Around The World Monday 4th May - Ukraine Literacy/English Patron St – Josaphat Andrew Vladimir I of Kiev National Day – 24 August Focus - National Emblem – gold trident on an azure background Comprehension • The Mongol invasion of Europe from the 1237 into 1241. In Eastern Europe, the Mongols destroyed Volga Bulgaria, Cumania, and Russian principalities such as Kiev and Vladimir. • The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on Saturday 26 April 1986, at the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR. • Ukrainian Carpathian mountains are the part of Eastern Carpathians mountain range (which consists of Outer Eastern Carpathians and Inner Eastern Carpathians) in Western Ukraine. • At the height of the 1932-33 Ukrainian famine under Joseph Stalin, starving people roamed the countryside, desperate for something, anything to eat. • The Steppe, belt of grassland that extends some 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometres) from Hungary in the west through Ukraine and Central Asia to Manchuria in the east. • The Ukraine has some of the richest farm land in Europe – over 1,000 miles of flat plains known as steppes. It also has rich supplies of oil and gas. • Polish invaders arrived in 1569. The peasants were tired of being bossed around. They formed the Cossacks, fierce warriors led by fiercer leaders. The Cossacks fought against Poland and eventually formed an alliance with Russia. Then, Russia took over the country. Patron St – Josaphat Andrew Vladimir I of Kiev Focus – National Day – 24 August Comprehension National Emblem – gold trident on an azure background Ukraine Quiz • Now answer the questions related to the piece you have just read. On-line version click here Patron St – Josaphat Andrew Vladimir I of Kiev National Day – 24 August National Emblem – gold trident on an azure background Patron St – Josaphat Andrew Vladimir I of Kiev National Day – 24 August National Emblem – gold trident on an azure background Around The World Monday 4th May - Ukraine Numeracy + Maths Patron St – Josaphat Andrew Vladimir I of Kiev National Day – 24 August National Emblem – gold trident on an azure background Look at the Medals Table and then answer the questions related to the countries. Patron St – Josaphat Andrew Vladimir I of Kiev National Day – 24 August National Emblem – gold trident on an azure background Around The World Monday 4th May - Ukraine Creative Arts! Patron St – Josaphat Andrew Vladimir I of Kiev National Day – 24 August National Emblem – gold Focus – Sunflowers trident on an azure background

Ukraine is famous for it’s Sunflower as this is it’s national flower and in folk imagery represent the warmth and power of the sun, which was worshipped by pre-Christain Slavs. Now try and create a pencil drawing of a Sunflower or a field of Sunflowers.

An enlarged image will be shown on the next slide for you to be able to pick out details. Followed by instructions on how to draw one.

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