Great Poles
Citizenship is the status of a person recognized under the law as being a legal member of a sovereign state.
The Constitution of the Republic of Poland affords a number of rights to Polish citizens, and lists a number of obligations.
You will be able to discuss what it means to be a good citizen.
You will be able to name a couple of great Polish citizens and justify your choice.
Solve the crossword and you will find out what the main topic of this chapter is.
- A heart surgeon who, with his team, performed the first successful heart transplantation in Poland.
- A poet and a Nobel Prize winner, known not only for her poems, but also for her sense of humor.
- A politician, the first prime minister of free Poland.
- A movie director, and an Oscar winner.
- A poet, the most famous hero of his works is Mr. Cogito.
- A cavalry captain of the Polish Army, an intelligence officer, the author of reports on the Holocaust.
- A social activist, a founder of the Polish Humanitarian Action.
- A social activist, during the Second World War she managed the action of saving Jewish children.
- A composer and a piano virtuoso, independence activist, statesman and politician.
- A leader of NSZZ Solidarność and the first president of the Republic of Poland elected in free elections.
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What does it mean to be a good citizen? Is it enough to study or work hard, pay taxes and not break the law? Or should we go an extra milego an extra mile? Can somebody who is under ageunder age be a good citizen and act towards the common goodact towards the common good?
Once you decide on the qualities that should characterize a good citizen, try to think about outstanding historical and contemporary (XX and XXI century) figures that deserve the title of a Great Pole. Look at the gallery of the great Poles. These are just a few of many, who deserve the name. They are authority figures, leaders, scientists, poets, social activists, sportsmen and sportswomen. Do you know them? Do you know what their achievements are?
Some other prominent Poles of the twentieth and twenty‑first century are: Józef Piłsudski, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, Lech Wałęsa, priest Jerzy Popiełuszko, Zbigniew Religa, Jerzy Owsiak, Danuta Siedzikówna “Inka”, Kazimierz Kamieński “Gryf” and “Huzar”, Władysław Grabski, Władysław Sikorski, Irena Sendlerowa, Zbigniew Herbert, Czesław Miłosz, Franciszek Kornicki, and many others. Look them up, for example on the Internet, and create your own gallery of great Poles. Compare your choices with the rest of your class.
You can also watch a couple of short movies about some of these people.
Together as a class you will create a project on great Poles. Decide, which of them you would like to find out more about – each of you chooses one. Create a common Prezi or PowerPoint presentation (on Google Disk), and add information and pictures about your great Pole. Make it as interesting and captivatingcaptivating as you can! Did you know that Mrs Skłodowska was one of the first women to have a driver’s licence? Or that Lech Wałęsa loves fishing?
When you finish your presentation, it can be turned into a movie if you choose some appropriate music to go with it. Share it with your friends and family!
Listen to the abstract recording to review the material and new vocabulary. Then do the vocabulary exercise. Match the pairs: English and Polish words.
iść o krok dalej, bardziej się postarać, pochłaniający, być niepełnoletnim, pracowitość, przestrzeganie prawa, działać na rzecz dobra wspólnego
| go an extra mile | |
| to be under age | |
| to act towards the common good | |
| compliance with the law | |
| diligence | |
| captivating |
Keywords
citizenship, activism, good citizen
Glossary
iść o krok dalej, bardziej się postarać
być niepełnoletnim
działać na rzecz dobra wspólnego
przestrzeganie prawa
pracowitość
pochłaniający