cultural diversity: holland amanda fullam child development september 2012 1
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Cultural Diversity:HOLLAND
Amanda FullamChild DevelopmentSeptember 2012
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Objectives I. Holland: Terrain and Landscape
I. Surviving below sea levelII. What it looks like today
IV. A Child’s PerspectiveIV. Her typical dayV. Her interests and favorite
III. The Dutch CultureI. A Dutch greeting kissII. Famous Dutch Cheese & BeerIII. The Dutch Royal Family
II. The Industry that drives the cultureI. Glass greenhouses and vertical growthII. Horticulture and Agriculture
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I. Holland: Terrain and Landscape
Holland is approximately the size
of Long Island, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan combined.
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I. Holland: Terrain and Landscape
More than half of Holland is below sea level
I. Holland: Terrain and Landscape
The Dutch and their ancestors have been working to hold back water and reclaim land
from the North Sea for over 2000 years.
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A modern day ‘dike’ or dam that holds back the North Sea.
I. Holland: Terrain and Landscape
The Dutch build canals as roadways to hold water.Their windmills pump water through the canal
system to keep the land from flooding.
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I. Holland: Terrain and Landscape
Windmills of yesterday have been replaced by diesel and natural gas
pumps.
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I. Holland: Terrain and Landscape
Today the Windmills remain part of the
landscape as historical
monuments.
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I. Holland: Terrain and Landscape
Today canals are an important part of the Dutch culture
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II. The Industry that Drives the Culture
Agriculture and Horticulture
The Dutch build glass greenhouses to produce plants and vegetables all year long.
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II. The Industry that Drives the Culture
The Dutch mastered hydroponic vertical growth.
This allows for more produce per square foot.
The Dutch export more than 90% of their produce.
More than 80% of Europe’s produce use comes from Holland.
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II. The Industry that Drives the Culture
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III. The Dutch Culture
The Dutch greeting for
family and friends is a triple
kiss.
It goes from cheek to cheek,
starting on the right cheek
(of the person being kissed)
then left, then right again.
Women kiss women and
men.
Men kiss women.
The DutchKiss
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III. The Dutch Culture
Famous Dutch Cheeses
GOUDAEDAMALKMAAR
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III. The Dutch Culture
Famous Dutch Beer
GROLSCHDUVELHEINEKEN
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III. The Dutch Culture
Dutch Royal Family
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III. A Child’s Perspective
Goede dag, hallo (hello), my name is Nienke
I live in Amsterdam which is in the Netherlands, a small
northern country in Europe, where we speak Dutch.
Even though the name of our country is the
Netherlands, many people call it Holland.
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III. A Child’s PerspectiveI live in a house on a canal near a dike. A dike is like a wall that keeps the sea
water from flooding back onto the land.
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III. A Child’s PerspectiveOn weekdays I wake up at 7:00, get dressed, then eat breakfast. For breakfast I usually eat rolls with jam, cheese and boiled eggs. After breakfast I walk to school with my brother Edwin. I have to be at school by 8:30. I have a lunch break in the middle of the day. I bring a ham and cheese sandwich, an apple, and a carton of milk (chocolate is my favorite). I get out of school at 2:30.
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III. A Child’s Perspective
Dutch is the main language in Holland. Many children in Holland speak two languages besides Dutch, usually English and German or French. I speak Dutch and English. I study English in school
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III. A Child’s PerspectiveI love the holidays. My favorite is Easter because I love decorating eggs. I also like to look for the chocolate eggs and other candies that my parents hide in our yard. My favorite Easter game is eiertikken (eh-yer-TIK-ken). How we play it is we bump decorated Easter eggs together and see who's breaks first.
Another holiday I like is St. Nick's Day. Every December 5th Sinterklaas (Santa Claus) and his helper, Zwarte Piet, give presents to children.
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III. A Child’s Perspective
Most Netherlanders wear clothing that is the same as people wear in the United States and Canada. People on farms and in fishing villages sometimes wear klompen, which are the famous Dutch wooden shoes. Even though the shoes are noisy, they protect our feet from damp earth better than leather shoes do. We never wear our wooden shoes in our homes. We leave them outside and change into leather shoes.
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III. A Child’s Perspective
I hope you enjoyed learning about Holland.
Tot ziens (good bye)
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Dutch customs and etiquette. (2012, August 29). Wikipedia. Retrieved September 20, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_customs_and_etiquette