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United Kingdom Country Report Kit
Everything a student needs to research and write a report on the United Kingdom: the reading, the maps and the pages to fill in. Nothing else to look up.
- 4 reading pages: United Kingdom fun facts with the flag, History, Land and Work, and Culture and Daily Life
- 5 maps: landmarks, cities, Where in the World, outline, and rivers, lakes and neighbors
- A 9-page My Country Report booklet, from fast facts to a trip plan, a stamp to design and a written report
- A pennant to cut out and hang, two map skills sheets and a 10-question reading quiz
- Answer keys, a grading rubric and talking points for the teacher
- Two print-ready PDFs, 26 pages each, US Letter: color, and ink-saving black and white
Each student on a different country? Get every country kit for $24.
Look inside: all 26 pages
Read it, map it, write it.
The reading pages and maps hold every answer the booklet asks for. About one third of the booklet is looking things up. The rest asks students to choose, plan and explain.
What is in the United Kingdom kit
To read and study
- United Kingdom fun facts: six short true stories, the flag, By the Numbers and Did You Know
- History: the country’s story from its first peoples to today, with a timeline, people to know and words to know
- Land and Work: the land and climate, what people grow, make and mine, and how one leads to the other
- Culture and Daily Life: food, school, sports, holidays, music and crafts, with everyday words to say
- Five maps, including Where in the World with latitude and longitude, and a rivers, lakes and neighbors map with a letter key
To fill in and make
- My Country Report booklet: cover, Fast Facts, My Map, Culture and Daily Life, My Trip, Think Like a Geographer, Design a Stamp, Dig Deeper and My Report
- A pennant with the country’s name and outline, to color, cut out and hang
- Name the Cities and Name the Rivers and Lakes sheets, each with a word bank
- A 10-question reading quiz, answer keys, a rubric and talking points for the teacher
Free: the United Kingdom History reading page
One page on the history of the United Kingdom for grades 3 to 5, free to print in color or black and white. It is the second reading page in the kit.
Stone Age Britain
Long ago, Britain was joined to Europe by land, and hunters walked across. When the ice melted, the sea rose, and Britain became an island about 8,000 years ago. Farmers arrived about 6,000 years ago. These prehistoric people, who lived before writing, raised the giant stones of Stonehenge about 4,500 years ago.
The Romans
In AD 43, a Roman army crossed the sea and conquered much of Britain. Some British tribes fought back. Queen Boudica (BOO-dih-kuh) led a big revolt around AD 60, but the Romans won. The Romans built roads, towns and baths and founded London. In AD 122, Emperor Hadrian ordered a wall built across the north to guard the edge of his empire. The Romans left around AD 410.
Saxons and Vikings
Next, the Angles and Saxons sailed from what is now Germany and Denmark and settled in the south and east. Their kingdoms became England, the "land of the Angles." In the late 700s, Vikings from Scandinavia began to raid and then settle, and York became a Viking town. King Alfred the Great fought the Vikings and then made peace with them.
1066 and the Magna Carta
In 1066, William, Duke of Normandy in France, sailed to England. He beat King Harold at the Battle of Hastings and became king. People call him William the Conqueror. The Normans built stone castles, such as the Tower of London. In 1215, English nobles made King John agree to the Magna Carta, a charter that said even the king had to obey the law.
Four Countries, One Kingdom
Wales was joined to England in the 1500s. In 1603, King James VI of Scotland also became king of England, but each country kept its own Parliament, a group that makes laws. On May 1, 1707, England and Scotland joined as one country, Great Britain. In 1801, Ireland joined, making the United Kingdom. In 1922, most of Ireland left to form its own country, and Northern Ireland stayed.
Factories, Empire and Today
In the 1700s and 1800s, Britain built some of the world’s first big factories, steam engines and railroads. British ships sailed the world, and Britain ruled a large empire in the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. In the 1900s, most of those lands became independent countries. The United Kingdom fought in both World Wars and was on the winning side both times. Today, it is a busy country of cities, farms and science.
United Kingdom through time
- 2500 BC Big stones raised at Stonehenge
- AD 43 Romans invade Britain
- 1066 Battle of Hastings
- 1215 King John agrees to the Magna Carta
- 1707 England and Scotland unite
- 1779 The Iron Bridge is built
- 1801 Ireland joins the UK
- 1922 Most of Ireland leaves the UK
- 1945 World War II ends
People to know
- Boudica: Queen who led a revolt against Rome
- Queen Elizabeth I: Ruled England from 1558 to 1603
- William Shakespeare: Wrote plays such as Romeo and Juliet
- Isaac Newton: Scientist who explained gravity
- Florence Nightingale: Nurse who made hospitals cleaner
Free United Kingdom maps
Each of these maps is free to print on its own. The kit puts its maps in one file with the reading pages and the booklet.
