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Scotland Posters, Prints, Maps & Charts
for the social studies classroom, home schoolers.
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geography > Europe > United Kingdom posters > Scotland < social studies
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Scotland is one the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom (along with England, Wales and Northern Ireland) in the British Isles. Scotland is in the northern third of the island of Great Britain and consists of approx 800 islands. The Atlantic Ocean is to the north and west of Scotland, the North Channel and the Irish Sea to the southwest, and the North Sea to the east. Edinburgh is the capital, Glasgow is the largest city.
The name Scotland is derived the Latin Scoti, and refers to the Gaels (Gaelic) or people from Ireland, a name bestowed by the conquering Roman Empire in the first century AD. Scotland has settlements as early as the Neolitic; two prominate names of early tribal confederations are the Caledonians (Iron Age period) and Picts (from the Gr. and L. meaning painted or tattooed people). The Romans constructed Hadrian's Wall across what is now northern England to stop raids by the
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Mary, Queen of Scots, stood beneath the Hangman's Tree in Inversaray, to watch the very first Highland Games, in 1554. Still today they are held, every August and September, with stirring rivalry to hammer-throwing, caber-tossing, dancing and wrestling. ...
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Thistles, an ancient Celtic symbol of nobility, is the national flower of Scotland. The thistle has prickles which help the plant ward off herbivorous animals - and in the case of a Scottish story - warn the Scots when a night time invading Viking yelped out when he stepped barefooted on the thistles sharp points.
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King Robert I of Scotland
b. 7-11-1274; Scotland
d. 6-7-1329
King Robert I, also known as Robert the Bruce, was one of Scotland's greatest kings and warriors, leading Scotland during the Wars of Scottish Independence (1297) against the Kingdom of England.
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William Wallace
b. c 1275; Airdrie, Scotland
d. 8-23-1305; Smithfields, London
William Wallace, with Andrew Moray, defeated the English forces at the Battle of Stirling Bridge (9-11-1297), and was knighted and named a Guardian of Scotland.
In 1305 Wallace was convicted of treason and executed - hanged, drawn and quartered - in London.
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Mary I, Queen of Scots
b. 12-8-1542; Linlithgow Palace, Scotland
d. 2-8-1587; beheaded at Northamptonshire
Mary Stuart was crowned Queen of Scotland when she was nine months old, betrothed to the future Francis II of France when she was five, and widowed at the age of 16. Her second marriage to Lord Darnley, produced James I of England, the namesake of the Jamestown Colony. Mary, who was raised a devout Catholic, was the focus of Henry VIII's “rough wooing”, a 1544-1551 war between England and Scotland to make sure his son Edward, and Mary were betrothed. As an adult Mary was eventually imprisoned by her cousin, Elizabeth I, for eighteen years, and finally executed for treason at Fotheringhay Castle.
• Mary, Queen of Scots
• more Women Rulers posters
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Prince Charles Edward Stuart
(Bonny Prince Charley)
b. 12-31-1720; Rome
d. 1-31-1788; Rome
Prince Charles Edward Stuart, known as Bonny Prince Charley and “The Young Pretender”, was the son of James Francis Edward Stuart, “The Old Pretender” (1688-1766), grandson of Jacobite James II of England and Ireland [and James VII of Scotland] (1633-1701), who was deposed from the thrones in 1688. He was also the grandson of Charles I and Henrietta Marie, and nephew of Charles II.
Charles attempted to gain back the throne but was forced to flee Scotland, which he did with the help of Flora Macdonald (1722-1790). The traditional Scottish folk song “My bonnie lies over the ocean”, may refer to Bonnie Prince Charley.
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Golf Course Map, St. Andrews
The modern game of golf originated in Scotland.
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