Тақырыбы:Do
you know the USA?
Оқушыларды пәнге қызықтыруда сыныптан тыс
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зор. Әріптестерімнің
назарына 10 - 11 сыныптар оқушылары арасында өткізген «Do you know
the USA?» тақырыбындағы жұмыс жобасын ұсынып
отырмын.
Do you know the USA?
(презентациясымен)
Aims:
- to teach pupils to speak about the
USA;
- to develop the speech habits of pupils; to
get information and facts from the history of the
USA;
- to educate pupils to love
English.
Visual aids: an interactive board, slides and
pictures.
U.
RED
10. Where does the president of the USA live
and work? /in the White
House/
20. What are the main political parties of
the USA? /the Democratic Party and the Republican
Party/
25. Which of the U. S. Presidents served the
longest of all other Presidents? /Franklin D.
Roosvelt/
30. What was the original name of New York?
Why was the city renamed? /New Amsterdam. It was renamed in honour
of Britain’s Duke of
York/
40. When did the American Civil War end? /in
1865/
50. What services does AMTRAK provide?
/AMTRAK provides railway
services/
WHITE
10. Who was the first president of the USA?
/George Washington/
20. Why do the Americans celebrate the 4th of
July? /Declaration of
Independence/
30. In what city can you see the UN Building?
When was this organization formed? /In New York. The UN
Organization was formed after World War II, in
1945/
40. Where do black people mainly live in New
York? /in Harlem/
50. Who is the third president of America?
/Thomas Jefferson/
BLUE
10. How many states are there in the USA?
/50/
20. What is the highest building in
Washington? /the
Capitol/
25. What is the largest city in the U. S.?
/New York/
30. What street in New York is famous for
cinemas, theatre, shops,
restaurants?
Why is it called “the Great White Way”?
/Broadway. It is called “the Great White Way” because of the
electric signs which turn night into
day./
40. What American state meets the sun first?
/Maine/
50. What city do Americans mean when they say
about “Fun City”? /New
York/
S.
RED
10. In which city is Hollywood? /Los
Angeles/
20. What is the oldest university in the USA?
/Harvard University was organized in 1636 in Cambridge,
Massachusetts/
30. When is President’s Day celebrated?
/third Monday of
February/
40. Name the first person who walked on the
Moon. When was it? /Neil Armstrong (Edwin Aldrin), in
1969/
50. By whom was the 1st American car made?
When was it made? /Henry Ford – XIX century, in 1903 he founded
“Ford Motor Company” in Detroit (Michigan) where the conveyer was
used for the first
time./
WHITE
10. Which is the biggest state in the USA?
/Alaska/
20. What is the nickname of Texas? /the Lone
Star State/
30. What is the name of American flag? What
do its parts symbolize? /”The Stars and Stripes”, the 13 stripes
represent the 13 original colonies, the 50 five - pointed stars
represent the present number of states. In 1777 the “Stars and
Stripes” became the official flag of the USA. Flag Day was first
celebrated in 1877 on the flag’s hundredth
birthday./
40. What was the middle name of J. Kennedy?
/Fitzgerald/
50. Where is the “Popcorn Museum”? /in
Marion, Indiana/
BLUE
10. On what river is the capital of the USA
situated? /the Potomac
river/
20. On what holiday do children say, “Trick
or treat! Money or eat!”?
/Halloween/
25. What is Detroit famous for? /Automobile
Industry/
30. Name the first president who lived in the
White House. /John
Adams/
40. What is nickname of the USA government?
/”Uncle Sam” is a cartoon symbol of the US
government/
50. How many presidents of the USA were
assassinated and who are they? /4 presidents were assassinated: A.
Lincoln – 16 (1865), James Garfild – 20 (1881), William McKinley –
25 (1901), J. F. Kennedy – 35
(1963).
A.
RED
10. What is the national symbol of America?
/the bald eagle/
20. What state is called “the Magnolia
State”? /Mississipi/
25. What book did Harriet Elizabeth Beecher
Stowe write? /”Uncle Tom’s
Cabin”
30. What is the largest office building in
the world? /the Pentagon – it was built between 1941 -
1943/.
40. What state is especially rich in coal?
/Illinois/
50. What American president met Stalin during
the Second World War? /F. D.
Roosevelt/
WHITE
10. When is Thanksgiving celebrated? /on the
fourth Thursday of
November./
20. The colors of American flag are … /red,
white, dark - blue/
30. What is the national sport in America?
/baseball/
40. What American place of interest is known
to many children of the world? Where is it situated? /Disneyland,
near Los Angeles in California opened in 1955, and Disney World in
Florida opened in
1971./
50. Where was coca - cola invented? /Coca -
Cola was invented by Dr. John Pemberton in Atlanta, on the 8th of
May 1886, but it was given the name Coca - Cola by his partner,
Frank Robinson.
BLUE
10. Who was the youngest president of the
USA? /J. F. Kennedy – 43 years
old/
20. Who is the last president of the
USA?
25. Who was the 22nd and 24th President of
the USA? /Stephen Grover
Cleveland/
30. Who discovered America? /Christopher
Columbus/
40. “An American tragedy” was written by …
/Theodore Dreiser/
50. What is QWERTY? /The first six letters on
the top of the keyboard/