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Successful Scots

Successful Scots. Lesson starter: What sort of qualities did countries want in an immigrant? Why did Scots missionaries go abroad?. Today we will…. Understand the ways in which many Scots abroad were successful. Successful Scots. John Logie Baird Went to West Indies then England

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Successful Scots

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  1. Successful Scots Lesson starter: What sort of qualities did countries want in an immigrant? Why did Scots missionaries go abroad?

  2. Today we will… • Understand the ways in which many Scots abroad were successful

  3. Successful Scots

  4. John Logie Baird Went to West Indies then England Invented TV

  5. Katherine, Duchess of Atholl Went to England First Scottish woman MP

  6. James Ramsay McDonald England 1st Scottish Prime Minister

  7. Allan Pinkerton USA Detective Revealed plot to kill Abraham Lincoln

  8. John Alexander McDonald Canada First Prime Minister of Canada

  9. Andrew Carnegie Made lots of money in USA Invested in steel and coal Provided money to build 2810 libraries in the USA and Scotland Govanhill library, Glasgow

  10. Why were Scots so successful? • Spoke English • Usually took some money to get started • Skilled • Educated • Ambitious • Hardworking

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