Dear students, I chose five areas and five songs/pieces of music that are important for the Czech people. I hope you enjoy them! 

SYMBOLS

1. Czech national anthem Kde domov můj (Where is my home) was part of the comedy Fidlovačka aneb Žádný hněv a žádná rvačka (Fidlovačka, or No Anger and No Brawl), it was first performed in 1834.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e12rGRO4JuA&t=27s

CHALLENGES

2. Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) went deaf when he was 50 but still composed afterwards, for example Vltava. Documentary in English - classical music - where you can hear and see Vltava :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW9dszYFCyU&t=256s

HISTORY AND POLITICS

3. The Velvet Revolution (Czech: Sametová Revoluce) against the one-party government of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia that had lasted more than 40 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npMZ7UxwVgU

FILM

4. Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard won an Oscar for the best film song Falling slowly in 2008. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4uFFNl6FQ4

EVERYONE´S FAVOURITE :)

5. Karel Gott (1939 – 2019) was a Czech singer, considered the most successful male singer in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. He was voted the country's best male singer in the annual Český slavík (Czech Nightingale) national music award 42 times, most recently in 2017.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BibNLUQG_-4

Favourite performers in your countries:

Israel - Zvika Pik, Hungary - Cseh Tamas, Germany - Rammstein, Japan - B´z, Bosnia - Halid Beslic, Zdravko Colic, USA - Britney Spears

LET´S PLAY! Learn and detect the word kočka. Is she nice?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3y4XQ4B4Vw