Osłowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/os-owo--podlaskie-voivodeship

1. Where is Osłowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship?
2. What is the settlement structure (1921)?
3. How many people lived in Osłowo in 1921 and what religions did they belong to?
4. Did the people in Osłowo identify with the same nationality as their religion?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Where is Osłowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship?86 km (53 mi) south of Białystok, the regional capital
2. What is the settlement structure (1921)?Comprised 20 residential buildings
3. How many people lived in Osłowo in 1921 and what religions did they belong to?In 1921, 114 people lived in Osłowo. Of them, 90 were Orthodox, 15 were Roman Catholic, and 9 were Jewish.
4. Did the people in Osłowo identify with the same nationality as their religion?Most residents identified as Polish, but 9 people identified as Jewish. This shows that religion and nationality were not always the same.

Podlaskie Voivodeship: A voivodeship (province) in northeastern Poland, characterized by its diverse landscapes and historical significance.
Gmina: The basic unit of administrative division in Poland, similar to a municipality or township.
Interwar Period: The time between the end of World War I (1918) and the beginning of World War II (1939).
Mosaic: Refers to adherents of Judaism, often used in historical contexts to distinguish from other religious groups.