Information about the USA. (from the internet)




Theme: «Symbols of the America»

Form:8 AӘ

T: Dear students! Today we shall prepare for an interesting and exiting traveling to a very large English-speaking country. Which country is this song from? Listen to the song and guess the name of this country. Why do we think so? (song “Yankee Doodle”Yankee Doodle went to town,A-riding on a pony;Stuck a feather in his hatAnd called it macaroni. Yankee Doodle, keep it up,Yankee Doodle dandy;Mind the music and the stepAnd with the girls be handy.

Yes, it is an old American song. It is now the national anthem of the American state Connecticut.

The topic of our lesson is: “Travelling to America”.

(Слайд 1.)

II. Phonteic drill

But first let us read and translate the new words to the topic.

(Слайд 2.)

to occupy [‘okjupai] занимать

to include [in’klu:d] включать

to stretch простираться

total area [‘tэutl ‘eэriэ] общая площадь

to border [‘bo:dэ] on граничить с

coast [‘kэust] побережье

highly developed [di’velэpt] высокоразвитый

independence независимость

 

III. Warming up.

T: Do you like to travel? What can you tell me about travelling? (Слайд3)

Travelling is…

• …a good way of getting information.

• …a way to have good time.

• …a way to learn languages.

• …a possibility to communicate with people from other countries.

• …a way to visit places of interest and to feel greatness of monuments of the world history and art.

 

Tourism is very popular all over the world that is why people began to establish different companies for comfortable travelling.

Which ways of travelling do you prefer? Why? Use active words.

I consider

I believe

I think

To my mind words at the blackboard (Слайд 4.)

P: (in chain)

I like (I don’t like) to travel:

by plane;

by train;

by ship;

by bus;

by car;

on foot, because it is interesting;

cheap;

exiting;

expensive;

popular;

slow;

dangerous;

fast;

romantic;

comfortable;

boring.

How can we travel to the USA? Can we travel to the USA by ship? Let us travel by plane because it is very fast, comfortable and exiting.

There are a lot of places of interest in our world and many beautiful countries.

Tell me the names of the cities and places of interest on the screen. (Приложение 1)

(Слайд 5)

IV. leixic

How much do we know about the USA? Read the sentences and find the right answer. (Слайд 6)

1.Christopher Columbus discovered America in…

a) 1402 c) 1492

b) 1482 d) 1432

2.The American flag is often called…

a) Union Jack c) The Stars and Stripes

b) The Red Dragon d) The White Eagle

3.There are… stripes on the American flag.

a) 7 c) 50

b) 6 d) 13

4.The capital of the USA is…

a) Washington, D.C. c) New York

b) London d) Los Angeles

V. Reading the text

Open your books on page 87 and find the answer to the question:

Is the USA a very large country? (Слайд 7)

Information about the USA. (Слайд8)

The flag of the USA is often called “The Stars and Stripes”. There are 50 stars on it: one for each state.

The flag has 13 stripes. There are 7 red stripes and 6 white stripes: one stripe for each of the first 13 colonies of the USA.

The eagle became the official national symbol of the country in 1782. It has an olive branch (a symbol of peace) and arrows (symbols of strength). You can see the eagle on the back of the dollar bill.

One of the most famous symbols of the USA is the Statue of Liberty. France gave the statue to America in 1884 as a symbol of friendship. The Statue is in New York on Liberty Island.

“Uncle Sam” is a cartoon symbol of the American Government. He has appeared in magazines and newspapers for last 150 years. In 1812 Samuel Wilson sold meat to US Army. Everybody called him Uncle Sam. The first letters of his name US were the same as the first letters of the United States.

T: Answer my questions:

How many stars and stripes are there on the American flag?

What is the official symbol of the country?

Who gave the Statue of Liberty to America?

What was “Uncle Sam” by profession?

T: And now listen to the melody of the National anthem of the USA.

(melody)

3. АВС сұхбаты

T: Find the information about the geographical position of the USA.(Слайд 9)

What countries does the USA border on? (Слайд 10)

Call the largest rivers of the USA. (Cлайд 11)

Are the lakes of the USA very deep? (Слайд 12)

Name the highest mountains of the USA. (слайд 13)

Describe the climate of the USA. (Слайд 14)

Т: What places of interest would you like to visit in America? Look at the list of the best places to visit in the USA.

Information about the USA. (from the internet)

T: How many states are there in the USA? (Слайд 15)

Now read the Internet information and count the states. (Приложение 2)

There are 51 states there.

Name the largest states and give the transcription to the names.

Ha доске прикрепляются названия штатов, к ним подбирается транскрипция.

T: Name the Largest cities of the USA.

What is the capital of the country? (Слайд 16)

What places of interest would you like to visit? Read the Internet Information.

V. About the USA

The United States has two main political parties: the Democrats (the Donkey) and the Republicans (the Elephant).(Слайд 17)

There are other political parties too, but they play little if any role.

How to become President of the USA. (Слайд 18)

To become a US President you must…

• be 35 or older;

• be a US citizen born in the USA;

• have lived in the USA at least 14 years.

You can only serve two terms.

T: Answer my question. Can anybody of us be selected as a new President of the USA? Why?

P: We were not born in the USA.

T: Who was the first president of the USA? (Слайд 19) How many presidents can we see in the picture?

Who is the new president? Look at the information about Barack Obama.(Cлайд 20, 21)

Delivering cards



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