Patron Saint: Saint Dominic de Guzman Celebrated day:August 8th Known for: Founder of the Order of Preachers Around The World Wednesday 1st July The Interesting facts: The language that is spoken in the Dominican Republic is Spanish

Has 750 miles of Has the highest and lowest points in the endless beaches Caribbean.

In the south-western part of the Dominican Republic, there is a town The Dominican flag called Polo. There you can go to has three colours on challenge gravity at the Magnetic Pole (El Polo Magnético). If you stop it, red, white and blue your car in neutral gear downhill, your car will roll up. This is what’s called a gravity hill. This is caused by landed on the island in an optical illusion that has to do with 1492, and named the the shape of the road and the country landscape The Cuban Revolution scenes in the Godfather ll were actually Home to the first filmed at the Presidential Palace in Catholic cathedral within the Americas

In the 17th century, the islands around the Dominican Republic were bases of operation for buccaneers who raided Spanish trade ships Oscar de la Renta, the acclaimed fashion designer, was born in Santo Domingo Baseball is the most popular sport in the Dominican Republic Who was Christopher Columbus?

Christopher Columbus (Cristoforo Colombo) was an Italian-born explorer. He was the son of a wool merchant, believed to have been born in Genoa, Italy, in 1451. When he was still a teenager, he got a job on a merchant ship. He remained at sea until 1476, when pirates attacked his ship as it sailed north along the Portuguese coast. It was on his journey to find a way to China and India in 1492; going the opposite way to the already used journey eastwards past the African coast; that he accidentally came upon the island that is now the Dominican Republic and Haito, naming it Hispaniola. This was due to his miscalculated mappings, measuring the world on a smaller circumference. In his original calculations, he thought that Asia would be 2,400 miles from Portugal, when in fact it is actually 10,000 miles away. The island, however, was already occupied by Native Americans. He set sail on August 3, 1492 with three ships named the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. The voyage was long and difficult. During the journey, his men threatened mutiny and wanted to turn back. Columbus promised them he would turn back in two days if hadn't found land. He was given the title Admiral of the Ocean Sea.

Christopher passed away in the year 1506. Who was Oscar de la Renta

Oscar de la Renta was one of the world's most known and leading women's fashion designers for 50 years. His designs were modern, while maintaining a feminine look, from evening wear to suits, as well as dressing presidential first ladies. He dressed first lady Nancy Reagan in the 1980s, and then provided the gowns for inaugural events for both Hillary Clinton in 1997 and Laura Bush in 2005. Born 22nd July 1932 in Santa Domingo, leaving the island at the age of 18 to study painting at the Academy of San Fernando in Madrid.However, quickly turned his attention to the fashion world, achieving an apprenticeship with Spain's most renowned couturier, Cristobal Balenciaga. It was in 1961, while on vacation in Paris, he was hired for his first real fashion job at Lanvin-Castillo. Within two years, he had moved to New York and joined the American design house of Elizabeth Arden. It was in 1965 he began his own signature ready-to-wear label. In 2002, la Renta expanded in the fashion industry to furniture. As well as this, he added a less expensive line of clothing called O Oscar. He said he wanted to attract new customers whom he could not reach before. Oscar de la Renta passed away 20th October 2014, however, his name still lives on, with new designers creating his work; CURRENT DESIGNERS: Fernando Garcia (Co–Creative Director), Laura Kim (Co–Creative Director) You can view La Renta's clothing lines online : https://www.oscardelarenta.com/

Have a go at designing your own La Renta outfit Dominican Republic Math The Dominican Republic holds a very salty lake, Lago Enriquillo. The lowest elevation in the Caribbean, , it’s an hypersaline lake that covers 375 square kilometers. A very diverse and interesting wildlife inhabits the lake and surrounding areas, among them, pink flamingos. It is also home to the largest population of American crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) living free in their natural habitat in the Caribbean,. There are more than 400 species in its waters. Activity: Draw a scale drawing of the lake. scale to use: 1cm=20km

Numbers Activity: Complete the sums below, by translating the numbers: • 1/one = uno 6. cinco / uno = • 2/two = dos 1. tres x ocho = • 3/three = tres 2.seis x siete = 7. tres2 = • 4/four = cuatro 3. nueve / dos = 8.nueve - seis = • 5/five = cinco • 6/six=seis 4. diez - cuatro = 9. dos + cuatro = • 7/seven =siete 5. cinco2 = 10. siete x cinco = • 8/eight = ocho • 9/nine = nueve Language: Spanish • 10/ten = diez Answers

• 1. tres x ocho = 24

• 2.seis x siete = 42

• 3. nueve / dos = 4.5 6. cinco / uno = 5 • 4. diez - cuatro = 6 7. tres2 = 9 • 5. cinco2 = 25 8.nueve - seis = 3

9. dos + cuatro =6

10. siete x cinco = 35 The Dominican Republic is known for having both the lowest and highest points in the West Indies.

Duarte Peak; originally known as Mount Loma Tina, then Trujillo Peak; is the highest peak in the West Indies. It rises to 10,417 feet.

The lowest point is held at Lake Eriquillo with its surface being at 144 feet below sea level. Using the measurements of the highest and lowest points, work out the distance between each in feet.

Now you have done that, work out what this would be in metres.

1 foot (ft) = 0.3metres(m) Answers

Feet = 10,561ft Meters = 35,203.33m English During the winter the Dominican Republic is known as home to humpback whales. Each year, the northeastern coast of the Dominican Republic, the Bay of Samaná, homes between 2,000 and 3,000 of giant Humpback wales. They migrate from the north Atlantic too the warm Dominican waters for calving and breading as they're newborns dont have enough fat two survive the cold winter waters up north. They are found here until March time before they return to there summer feeding grounds between North America, greenland, and Iceland.

Read through the paragraph above and try to spot the different spelling and grammar mistake. There are 10 mistakes Imagine you have been to the Dominican Republic where you have been whale watching and have seen the highest and lowest points within the West Indies and all the other amazing sights of the Dominican Republic. Compose a poem about your experience. Fill in the blanks to the following sentences:

The Dominican Republic is home to the ______point and ______points in the West ______. In the winter time, the ______visit the island. It has 370 _____ of endless ______. The native language is ______. Christopher ______landed on the Dominican Republic in 1492.

miles lowest Columbus highest Spanish humpback whale beaches Indies Dominican Republic How many words can you make using the letters that spell out the Dominican Republic?

Santa Domingo is the capital city, along with being the largest within the country. The currency that is used in the Dominican Republic is the Peso.

The Dominican Republic is the second largest island in the Caribbean, second only to Cuba.

Natives of the Dominican Republic are called Dominians Geography

The Dominican Republic can be found within the same area as Cuba and Puerto Rico, and shares the land with .

See if you can find it on the map above Did you find it? Things to do in the Dominican Republic: Visit Santa Domingo, the Visit the lagoon of country’s capital and see Visit the coral reef Hoyo Azul the history of the Dominican Republic

Visit the waterfall Salto Alto Visit the secluded beach Playa Rincon, surrounded by mountains Visit the museum Centro Leon to see the history of the island

Create a travel brochure/ leaflet for the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic has an all year round tropical climate. In Azua, the rainfall is just 25 inches of rain a year, whereas in the southern coast, Santa Domingo, the rainfall is approximately 57 inches a year. The rain tends to fall in short periods, with thunder and can become quite intense, however, because they are just short showers, the hours of sunshine aren't affected too much. Temperatures range between 18-33 degrees C (64-91degrees F)and 6-8hours of sunshine, in the north coast, 20-32 degrees C (68-90 degrees F) with 7-8 hours of sunshine.

To measure the amount of rainfall we experience, put a large plastic bottle in the garden for a day and night, then measure how much water is in the bottle the next day. (Make sure to leave the lid off of the bottle and keep the bottle up-right to collect the water) Art

The Dominican Republic's flag is the only flag in the world that includes an image of the Holy Bible.

If you were to make a flag for the Dominican Republic, what would your design be? Draw your idea. The Dominican Republic has a vast array of wildlife including: flamingos, ridgeway hawks, humpback whales and dolphins, iguanas and other reptiles including crocodiles .

Take a further look into what wildlife inhabits the island and create a collage of different pictures of them. Colour me in More facts

The Palmchat bird is the national symbol of the Dominican Republic

The population of the Dominican Republic is 10,499,707

Haiti and the Dominican Republic were one country before being divided and the Dominican Republic gaining independence. It is the only island that is made up of 2 countries in the Caribbean.

The country's celebrated independence day is the 27th February (1844) Sugar! The Dominican Republic is known to be economised by the industry of sugar. Although sugar cane was introduced to the island of Hispaniola in the early 1500s by Spanish colonists, the sugar industry in what would later become the Dominican Republic did not develop as extensively as it did in Cuba and Puerto Rico until the outbreak of two foreign wars. At the beginning of the 1860s, civil war broke out in the United States. The booming sugar industry of the American South was severely impacted by the conflict. As production decreased and market demand increased, greater amounts of sugar were imported from the Caribbean. 1868 marked the beginning of the Ten Years’ War in Cuba. Cuban planters fled to the neighbouring Dominican Republic, where they contributed to the modernization of the sugar industry and became, along with Spanish and Italian entrepreneurs, the main investors in the revitalized industry. By the beginning of the 20th century, traditional Dominican export crops like coffee, cacao and tobacco had been replaced by sugar. While Dominicans still cultivated sugar cane in their fields, ownership of the great sugar mills had passed to foreign investors; to large American corporations like the New-Jersey based South Porto Rico Sugar Company and the Connecticut-based West Indies Sugar Finance Corporation. It wasn’t until well after the end of the Occupation in 1924 that sugar production in the Dominican Republic returned to the hands of Dominicans…or, that is to say, one Dominican in particular, the dictator Rafael Trujillo, whose iron control over the island’s economic interests extended to the sugar industry.

http://www.edwardianpromenade.com/history/the- sugar-industry-in-the-dominican-republic/ With the aid of an adult, here is a recipe that includes the use of DIRECTIONS: 1. Preheat oven to 170°C. sugar:

3-Ingredient Sugar Biscuits: 2. Use an electric mixer to cream the sugar and butter, whipping the two until 100 g plus 2 tbsp. salted butter the butter is almost white and the 70 g sugar mixture is light and fluffy, almost like a slightly gritty frosting, then stir in flour. 120 g plain flour sprinkles (optional) 3. Form the cookies into 1" balls, placing them about 2 inches apart on a baking sheet. If using sprinkles, flatten cookies into a disc shape and top with sprinkles.

4. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies are lightly golden Language: English Spanish Pronounced Good morning Buenos días. booEHN-os DEE-as Good afternoon Buenas tardes. booEHN-as TAR-dehs Good evening Buenas noches. booEHN-as NO-chehs Hello, my name is Hola, me llamo OH-la meh YA-mo What is your name? Cómo se llama usted? KOH-moh seh YA-mah oos-TEHD

How are you? Cómo está usted? KOH-moh ehs-TA oos-TEHD I am fine Estoy bien ehs-TOY bee-EHN Please Por favor. pohr fah-VOR Thank you Gracías gra-SEE-ahs Goodbye Adiós ah-dee-OHS Yes Si See No No No

Have a conversation using the words above in Spanish Gracías Thank you Thank you for visiting the Dominican Republic, we hope you enjoyed your visit

Gracias por visitar Republica Dominicana, esperamos que hayas disfrutado tu visita