Scots

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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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/scots

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. What is the etymological origin?Derived from the Scoti, an Irish people who settled in western Scotland
2. What is the political union?Acts of Union in 1707, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain
3. Who are the Scots?Scots are people from Scotland, a country in the north of the United Kingdom. Their history began with the Scoti, a Celtic group that moved from Ireland to Scotland in the 5th century.
4. Where did the Scots originally come from?They started as the Scoti, who came from Ireland and settled on Scotland’s western coast around the 5th century.

Dál Riata: An ancient Gaelic kingdom located in what is now western Scotland and northeastern Ireland.
Pictish Stones: Carved stones created by the Picts, featuring intricate designs and symbols, found throughout Scotland.
Acts of Union: Legislation passed in 1707 that united the Kingdom of Scotland with the Kingdom of England to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Highland Clearances: The forced displacement of tenant crofters in the Scottish Highlands during the 18th and 19th centuries.