If you love the outdoors youll fall head over heels for Mongolia I did Whats not to love about a country thats so vast so remote so naturally beautiful What do you already know about Mongolia ID: 621380
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Mongolia
“If you love the outdoors, you'll fall head over heels for Mongolia. I did. What's not to love about a country that's so vast, so remote, so naturally beautiful?Slide2
What do you already know about Mongolia?
This is the flag of Mongolia. Can you see any symbols that you recognise?Slide3
Perhaps you have heard of the most famous Mongolian?
Ghengis KhanHe lived in the 13th century. How long ago is that?Slide4
Where is Mongolia?
Mongolia is a landlocked country
sandwiched
between Russia and China?
If you have a globe in your classroom, see if you can find Mongolia.
Can you find the British Isles? How far away is Mongolia?
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Mongolian Steppes
Steppes are grasslands
Mongolians use the grasslands for grazing sheep and for rearing horses.
Horses are very important for trade.
How do you think people live here?Slide6
Living in Mongolia
Many people are
nomads
What sorts of homes do you imagine they have?Slide7
Yurt (
Ger
)
Yurts are homes that they can pack up and take with them
Yurts have become popular holiday accommodation but they originally came from Mongolia
What would be good about living here?Slide8
Winter on the Steppes
Winters are very coldSlide9
Desert
The Gobi Desert is in the South of Mongolia
It is famous for Bactrian camels and snow leopardsSlide10
What animals live here?
Small wild horses called
Przelwalski’s
Horses
Muskrat
SableSlide11
Eagle Hunters
Eagle Hunting is a famous Mongolian tradition
Only men are Eagle HuntersSlide12
Until recently…..
A film was made in 2016 about the first Eagle Huntress, a 13 year old girl called AsholpanSlide13
Mongolian Mythology
These masks are worn by dancers pretending to be demons
The inspired the Mongolian-fist-demon in Kung-
fu
PandaSlide14
Imagine you are Mongolian and coming to Britain for the first time.
What do you think your first day at school would be like?
Let’s read The Unforgotten Coat and find out.