1. The student will describe the cultural characteristics of Europe.
European Languages
SS6G11
The student will describe the cultural characteristics of Europe.

2. SS6G11
a. Explain the diversity of European languages as seen in a comparison of German, English, Russian, French, and Italian.

3. Essential Questions
Why is it important for countries within Europe to have the same languages?
How does the diversity of languages in Europe reflect its unique cultural characteristics?

4. Vocabulary Diversity- Comparison- Dialects-
differences (races and cultures)
looking at the similarities and differences of things
a variation of a language

5. German German is the official language of ________ and ________.
It is also spoken in Switzerland, eastern part of France, Luxembourg, Italy, and parts of Eastern Europe.
Many ________ are spoken in Germany and other nations of Europe.
Germany
Austria
dialects

6. English English is the official language of ____________.
It is spoken differently from region to region.
English lends itself to having different _____________.
People in the __________ _________ speak English but it sounds different than that spoke in Britain.
Britain
accents
United States

7. Russian Russia Slavic Europe
Russian is the official language of __________.
Russian is known as a ____________ (a branch of Indo-European) language.
It is the largest native language in ___________.
Russian is also spoken widespread outside of Russia.
Slavic
Europe

8. French Known as a ‘__________ language.’
French is the official language of ___________.
It is also spoken widely in Belgium and Switzerland.
romance
France

9. Italian Known as a ‘____________ language.’
Italian is the official of ________.
It is spoken in Switzerland, also.
romance
Italy

10. What is difficult about different countries having different languages?
Why is it important for countries within Europe to have the same languages?
How does the diversity of languages in Europe reflect its unique cultural characteristics?