Цели урока.
Оборудование:
- Верещагина И. Н., Афанасьева О.В. Английский язык: учебник для 4 класса школ с углубленным изучением английского языка – урок № 51-52.
- Звукозапись № 90, 78.
- Картинки, рисунки детей по теме “День Благодарения в Америке”, “Символы России”, сувениры – символы России и Америки
- Презентация “Америка. Символы и праздники”.
Ход урока
Оргмомент. Постановка цели.
- Today we’ll go on an imaginary journey to America. We shall sum up what we have learnt about America, its symbols, holidays and everyday life.
Slide 3
There is a very popular song in America.
Some people want it to become the national anthem.
The song praises the whole country.
Katherine Lee Bates is the author of the song.
She was impressed by a wonderful view of the mountains and the sky while travelling in Colorado.
O beautiful for spacious skies,
for amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Аbove the fruited plain.
America! America! God shed
His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea.
Основная часть урока:
- Let’s review what we know about the history of the country.
Slide 5
- What does the word America mean?
- Who discovered America?
- Who was the first president of the country?
- Have you ever been to America?
- Would you like to go there?
- If you have a chance to go to America, what present – the symbol of our country will you give your American friend?
- While speaking about America, mind your pronounciation.
Slide 6
America, Central America, North America, South America, the USA, the United States of America, Columbus, Christopher Columbus, Plymouth, the Mayflower, Native Americans, San Francisco, Levi Strauss, the Stars and Stripes, the Statue of Liberty, France, New York, Liberty Island, eagle, national hymn.
- What do you know about Columbus?
Slide 7
Correct the sentences.
- Christopher Columbus was born in Spain.
- He wanted to discover America.
- He discovered a new land in 1692.
- People began to speak about the new land as “New England”.
- The second great voyage of Columbus began in 1496.
- Why America is not Columbia if Columbus had found it?
Slide 8
Until the end of his life Columbus thought that he had discovered a new way to India.
That is why the American mainland was called West Indies at that time.
In 1507 the mapmaker Martin Waldseemuller named South America after Amerigo Vespucci.
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian businessman. He made three voyages to America from 1499. He proved that the land called India by Columbus was not India at all. It was a new continent.
- What do you know about the first English settlements? Make up a story.
Slide 9
- 21st September 1620
- Plymouth
- On board the “Mayflower”
- To start a new life
- 21st November 1620
- 74 men, 28 women
- Set up a colony
- “New England”
- Full of Danger
- First harvest
- Thanksgiving Day
- Date Game
Slide 10
- 20 000 years ago
- 1492
- 1493
- 1620
- 1621
- 1733
- 1884
- 1782
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France gave America the Statue of Liberty
- There were 13 colonies in America
- Columbus discovered America
- The eagle became the official national symbol
- Native Americans travelled across the land between Siberia and Alaska
- Columbus made his second voyage
- Pilgrims reached America
- The first Thanksgiving dinner
- Let’s have a rest. We shall sing one of the most famous song in America “We Shall Overcome”.
Slide 11, tape 78
We shall overcome,
We shall live in peace,
We shall all be free,
We are not afraid today!
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe,
We shall overcome some day!
- Do you like holidays? What is your favourite holiday?
Slide 12 – National holidays in the USA.
- New Year’s Day.
Slide 13
- What is special about New Year’s Day in America?
- Do you make promises for the New Year?
- What old Scottish song do Americans sing at midnight?
- - Independence Day
Slide14
- When did the US become independent from England?
- How do Americans celebrate this day?
- Thanksgiving Day
Slide 15
- When did we celebrate Thanksgiving day?
- What did you do for that day?
Make up sentences:
- To draw pictures
- To make a model of the “Mayflower”
- To prepare traditional dishes and eat them
- To learn poems
- To make presentations
- To send musical cards
- To thank smb. for smth
- Let’s have a rest. Look at and listen to a musical card.
Slide 17
- Christmas Day
Slide 18
- What do Americans do for that day ?
- Holiday Game.
Slide 19
- Look at the picture name the holiday and say when the Americans celebrate it.
- Symbols of America.
- The American flag.
Slide 20
Complete the sentences.
- The American flag is often called …
- There are … colours: …, …, … on the flag.
- There are … stars because … .
- There are … stripes for … .
- Americans are … of their flag and … it … .
- The Statue of Liberty
Slide 21
- Who gave the statue to America?
- When was it?
- Where is it now?
- Do you know what size it is?
Slide 22-23
- Look at the picture and learn what the size of the Statue is.
Great Seal of the United States
Slide 24
Make up the sentences:
- Became, 1782, the, official, in, the, eagle, symbol, national.
- Symbol, the, olive, peace, of, an, branch, is.
- Strength, symbols, are, arrows, the,
- Back, the, of, eagle, can, a, bill, seen, the, be, on, the, dollar.
- Eagle
Slide 25
The American bald eagle was adopted as the official emblem of the United States of America in 1782.
The bald eagle was chosen because of its beauty, great strength, long life, and because it's native to North America.
In the wild, an eagle will live 30-35 years (up to 50 years in captivity).
A full-grown Bald Eagle has a wingspan of up to 7 foot. They fly up to 30 miles an hour and can dive at 100 miles an hour!
- Uncle Sam
Slide 26
Historians are not sure how the character “Uncle Sam” was created.
Many think it was named after Samuel Wilson.
Samuel Wilson of Massachusetts (1766-1854) served as a drummer boy and then as a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
Later he was a businessman and in 1812 supplied the US army with beef in barrels. On the barrels letters “US” were written. One of the workers once said that US stood for Uncle Sam Wilson. So the nickname “Uncle Sam” appeared.
Official Flower
Slide 27
The rose was designated the official flower and floral emblem of the United States of America in 1986.
- The Motto
Slide 28
In 1956 the President approved IN GOD WE TRUST the national motto of the United States.
Find out what president was it?
- Mount Rushmore
Slide 29
Mount Rushmore is in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It show the faces of the four American Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. It is a memorial designed by an American sculptor, Gutzon Borglum. It is taller than the Great Pyramid of Egypt and is the world's greatest mountain carving.
- The White House
Slide 30
The White House is the home of the President of the United States. Whoever is President lives and works there until someone else becomes President.
It is located in Washington.
President and Mrs. John Adams became the first family to live in the White House in 1800.
The British burned the mansion down during the War of 1812, but it was rebuilt.
Throughout the years, 43 presidents have made some of the most important decisions in history while living in the White House.
- The President of the USA
Slide 31
- The President of the United States Barack Obama was born on 4th August 1961, in Hawaii.
- When did he become the president of the USA?
- The 9/11 event
Slide 32
- 9/11 is how the worst terrorist attack on the USA is called. It happened on September 11th, 2001.
- Two planes with terrorists on board flew into the Twin Towers in New York.
- Almost three thousand people were killed in the attack.
- It was a great shock for people not only in America.
- A week later president George Bush declared war on terrorism.
- What other symbols of America do you know?
Slide 33
- Symbols of the UK
Slide 34
- Russian Symbols
Slide 35-45
- What does the average American does every day?
- What is the capital of the USA?
- If you want to know, listen to the tape 90 and read exercise 5 on page 157 at home.