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Teacher's Guide for FACES ® PolandTeacher Guide prepared by: Gloria W. Lannom, a frequent contributor to FACES ®. As you read this issue, keep in mind the various place names mentioned. We will locate some of them on the map later on. What is the capital of Poland? (Warsaw) What are the colors of the Polish flag? (white and red) Look at the article titled "Only in Poland," page 6. What does the phrase "critical natural element" mean? (living things must have it to survive) How was the salt mined at Wieliczka before mechanization? (miners chopped big blocks out of the underground salt veins, loaded them into barrows, and took them to the surface for processing - this was very hard work!) Where did all this salt come from, anyway? (Poland lay beneath the sea millions of years ago and when hot dry periods followed, the water partly dried up, leaving deposits of salt and sand.) If you visit the Wieliczka mines today, what would you see? (an underground city of cathedrals, churches, and chambers, with statues and furniture) Why are some of the rooms melting? (moisture or humidity, possibly due in part to so many visitors to the chambers) In the article "Welcome to Poland," what types of festivals celebrated in Poland does the writer mention? (harvest, religious, and public, as well as family celebrations) In paragraph 3, what word could describe the meaning attached to sowing a seed from the last year's harvest to begin the next? (continuity, the idea of continuing the cycle of agricultural growth) When does the church year begin? (the Christmas season) What special food do Polish Catholics eat on Easter morning? (hard-boiled decorated eggs) How many important Jewish holidays are listed in the article? (seven) What conclusion does the writer draw at the end of the article? (Poles really like to celebrate holidays and special occasions.) Read the article titled "A Breath of Fresh Air: Touring Poland's Skansens." Hmm. Skansen doesn't sound like the Polish words we have seen so far in this issue. Where did the word come from and what does it mean? (skansen is a borrowed Swedish word meaning open-air cultural museum; the idea of an open-air cultural museum originated in Sweden.) Where was the first Polish skansen located and when did it open? (near Gdansk in 1906) What do visitors see at a skansen? (a collection of mostly wooden village buildings and objects from a particular area showing how people of the past lived and worked) "Krakow: Poland's Royal Gem" tells how many years this beautiful city served as the seat of Poland's kings. What is the number? (500 years) Name some groups the Krakovians fought against in order to save their city. (Tartars, Teutonic knights of Germany) See the section "Through Time" to find the names of other groups that invaded Poland. Krakow is proud of its many famous figures. Who is the most important modern international figure from this city? (Pope John Paul II) This is his religious title and name. What is his original Polish name? (Karol Wojtyla) In "Music in the Air!" you discover how much the Poles love music. Which three cities are especially famous for musical activity? (Warsaw, Krakow, and Poznan) Name Poland's most famous composer. (Fr' ©d' ©ric Chopin) What was his favorite musical instrument? (piano) Copernicus and Madame Curie are Poland's most famous scientists. What were their fields of specialization? (Copernicus - astronomy; Curie - physics and chemistry) What was the theory of the universe that Copernicus developed? (heliocentricity of planetary motion) What does this mean? (the Sun is motionless at the center of the solar system and all the planets revolve around it) Why was this such a revolutionary idea? (up to that time it was thought that the Earth was at the center of the universe and people did not want to change their ideas of the universe and Earth's place in it) What two radioactive substances did Madame Curie discover? (polonium and radium) To what language group does Polish belong? If you don't know, consult your dictionary! (western group of Slavic languages) Can you think of some other Slavic languages? You might need to look in the dictionary. (Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Czech, Serbo-Croatian) Now let's look at the map of Poland. Find the following places that have been mentioned in this issue and indicate their general location: Warsaw (east-central), Krakow (south), Carpathian Mountains (south), Gdansk (north), Poznan (west). A Quick Review: WHO ARE THEY? Where possible, add the place name closely associated with them.
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