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After completing secondary school most of the UE students go to colleges or universities. Secondary school should give them a general knowledge about members of the EU, including Poland.
Poland is the largest of the East European countries which joined the EU in 2004. It is bordered by Germany, the Check Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania and Kaliningrad Oblast. Poles as nation are unified by the Polish language and a common religion – Roman Catholicism.
The establishment of a Polish state is often identified with the adoption of Christianity by its ruler Mieszko I in 966. The kingdom of Poland was formed in 1025. In the 18th century Poland s territory was partitioned among the Kingdom of Prussia, the Russian Empire and Austria. Poland regained its independence in 1918, but was later occupied by Nazi Germany and the soviet Union during World War II. In 1989 it became the first Eastern European country to overthrow communist rule. Poland joined NATO in 1999 and it increased its profile on the international stage by joining the U.S. led military campaign in Iraq. On April 10, 2010, the President of the Republic of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, among with 89 other high-ranking Polish officials died in a plane crash near Smolensk in Russia.
Polish literature dates back to the 12th century and includes many famous poets and writers such as Jan Kochanowski, Adam Mickiewicz, Julian Słowacki, Bolesław Prus, Witold Gombrowicz, Stanislaw Lem, Ryszard Kapuściński. Writers Henryk Sienkiewicz, Władysław Reymont, Czesław Miłosz and Wisława Szymborska were awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.
Poland is the birthplace of some world famous philosophers, including Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, Jan Śniadecki, Stanisław Staszic, Hugo Kołłątaj, Józef Szaniawski and scientists, including Tytus Chałubiński, Maria Curie_Skłodowska ( the first woman awarded the Nobel Prize for physics), Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Ignacy Domeyko.
The polish music for most people associates with the most famous polish composer and pianist Frederic Chopin.
Polish tourist sights which have already gained a worldwide reputation, are Warszawa, Kraków, Gdańsk, Auschwits concentration camp, Tatra Mountains, Poland’s Mazury lake district and Białowieża Forest.
To sum up, Poland is a stable democratic country with fascinating history, great heritage and several areas of outstanding natural beauty.