National Day of Poland (for younger)

National Independence Day (for younger pupils)

National Day of Poland - 11 of November (https://www.wincalendar.com/ Independence-Day-Poland)

National Day

A national day is a day on which celebrations mark the nationhood of a nation or state. It may be the date of independence, of becoming a republic, or a significant date for a patron saint or a ruler.

The national day is often a public holiday.

Many countries have more than one national day.

France

July 14, Bastille Day, Fête nationale - French National Day

Spain

Oct 12, Hispanic Day, The Fiesta Nacional de España

Italy

June 02, Republic Day, Festa Della Repubblica

Romania

Romania’s National Day (Ziua Națională), or Great Union Day (Ziua Marii Uniri), is an annual public holiday on December 1 to celebrate the unification of Romanian provinces.

Romania also has 

• Constitution Day (Dec 8)  
• Flag Day (June 26) and 
• Anthem Day (July 29)

Great Britain

April 23

St George's Day in England remembers St George, England's patron saint. According to legend, he was a soldier in the Roman army who killed a dragon and saved a princess.

The anniversary of his death, which is on April 23, is seen as England's national day.

(https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/uk/st-george-day)

Poland

Nov 11, Independence Day, Narodowe Święto Niepodległości May 3, Constitution Day, Święto Trzeciego Maja

November 11,

National Independence Day 

National Independence Day (Polish: Narodowe Święto Niepodległości) is a national day in Poland celebrated on 11 November to commemorate the anniversary of the restoration of Poland's sovereignty as the Second Polish Republic in 1918 from the German, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires.

Following the partitions in the late 18th century, Poland ceased to exist for 123 years until the end of World War I, when the destruction of the neighboring powers allowed the country to reemerge. (en.wikipedia.org)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iuxn1Gamazk&t=176s

The story behind Poland’s National Anthem

The man behind the now famous lyrics is Józef Wybicki (1747-1822), a jurist by profession, but also a renowned Polish intellectual, poet, diplomat and political activist. 

(https://kafkadesk.org/2019/02/23/the-story-behind-polands-national-anthem/)

After the 1795 partition of Poland, which erased the country from the map, between its Russian, Austrian and Prussian neighbors, Wybicki headed to Italy to help form the Polish Legions, to fight alongside France’s Napoleon Bonaparte’s army – who was seen, at the time, as the most promising bet to help Poland regain its independence.

(https://kafkadesk.org/2019/02/23/the-story-behind-polands-national-anthem/)

"Mazurek Dąbrowskiego"

• The LYRICS were written by JÓZEF WYBICKI in Reggio Emilia, Cisalpine Republic in Northern Italy in 1797

• The MUSIC is an unattributed mazurka and considered a "folk tune"...

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W1TCX0W_7M

The Mazurka

The mazurka (Polish: mazurek) is a Polish musical form based on stylised folk dances in triple meter, usually at a lively tempo...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRo0xXWlPps (Mazowsze)

"Mazurek Dąbrowskiego"

"Poland has not yet perished,

So long as we still live.

What the alien force has taken from us

We shall retrieve with a sabre.

March, march, Dąbrowski,

From the Italian land to Poland.

Under your command

We shall rejoin the nation."

Jan Henryk Dąbrowski

The founder and general of the Polish Legions Jan Henryk Dąbrowski – to whom the song is dedicated – wrote to Wybicki a few weeks later: “The soldiers seem to like your song more every day. We are humming it often too, with all the due respect to the author”.

(https://kafkadesk.org/2019/02/23/the-story-behind-polands-national-anthem/)

THE NATIONAL ANTHEMS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthem

Multiple Choice

Does Poland have a National Anthem?

• Yes

• No

• I don't know :)

Multiple Choice

Who wrote the lyrics for the National Polish Anthem?

• Józef Wybicki

• Jan Henryk Dąbrowski

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Adam Mickiewicz

Multiple Choice

Where was the Polish national anthem written?

• Poland

• France

• Italy

• Russia

Multiple Choice

When was the Polish national anthem written?

• 1797

• 1897

• 1918

• 1991

Multiple Choice

The melody of the Polish anthem is a lively and rhythmical...

• Krakowiak

• Kujawiak

• Mazurek

• Oberek

• Polonaise

Multiple Choice

For how many years Poland wasn't on a map?

• 53

• 75

• 123

• 153

Multiple Choice

When did Poland gain independence?

• In November 1918

• In November 1920

• In November 1937

• In November 1945

Multiple Choice

Who was Jak Henryk Dąbrowski?

• a songwriter

• Polish general and statesman

• Polish President

• Italian general

Multiple Choice

When it's an Independence Day in Poland?

• May 3

• Aug 15

• Nov 11

• Dec 24