Washington, D.C. in pictures

Autor: Mgr. Alžběta Fojtů

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Inovace výuky na Gymnáziu Otrokovice formou DUMůCZ.1.07/1.5.00/34.0488

• District of Columbia• Potomac River• Maryland and Virginia• the Mall area • white marble• neo-classicist style• Pierre L'Enfant • capitals:

– New York (1785 – 1790)– Philadelpia (1790 – 1800) – Washington, D.C. (1800 – .. )

WASHINGTON, D.C. – BASICS

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•legislative branch = Congress•wedding-cake style” dome•north wing = the Senate •south wing = the House of Representatives •a rotunda•Statue of Freedom

THE CAPITOL

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THE WHITE HOUSE• home and main workplace • Washington never lived there• six levels • The Oval Office • 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms• 412 doors, 147 windows• 28 fireplaces• 8 staircases, 3 elevators• a tennis court, jogging track,

swimming pool, cinema, and bowling lane

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• white obelisk• marble, granite, and sandstone• 50 flags around• 170m (world´s tallest stone

structure)• contributions • stopped by the American Civil

War • halfway up different

THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT

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•3rd President, American Founding Father •bronze statue •good acoustics

JEFFERSON MEMORIAL

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• Reflection Pool • Pantheon-like • 16th President • quotations • freeing slaves• MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.• March on Washington for

Jobs and Freedom in 1963• 1969 Vietnam War protest

LINCOLN MEMORIAL

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WAR MEMORIALS

VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL•the Wall•northeast of the Lincoln memorial•60,000 men and women´s names•polished black granite walls

KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL

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ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

•2.5 km2

•people who died in United States wars •127,500 persons •ex-presidents •The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

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• What is the capital of the USA (explain)?

• Where is it situated and why?

• What is the Mall? What can be found there?

• What style and materials were used?

• How many capitals and which has the USA had?

WASHINGTON, D.C. in questions

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WASHINGTON, D.C. in questions• What does the photo show?• Who lives / has lived there?• Who was the first person living there?• What can be found inside?

•What can you see in the photo? •Describe it.•What parts does it have?•Who seats inside?

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• What can you see in the photo? • Describe it.• What colour(s) does it have and why?• What do you know obout its history?

WASHINGTON, D.C. in questions

• What can you see in the photo?

• Describe it.• What can you find inside?

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• What can you see in the photo?

• Describe it.• What can you find inside?• Are the two pictures linked

somehow?• Do you know any important

events which took place here?

WASHINGTON, D.C. in questions

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WASHINGTON, D.C. in questions

• What is in the picture?• Describe it.• Why do so many people visit

this place?

• What is in the picture?• Describe it.• What is the most famous part of this

place? • What does it symbolize?

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Použité zdroje

• BRENDLOVÁ, S. Basic Facts on English Speaking Countries. 2000. ISBN 80-85784-87-4.

• BURKE, S., POWERS, A.L. Eyewitness Travel: Washington, DC. DK: 2009. ISBN 978-1-46540-055-0.

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Všechny objekty použité k vytvoření prezentace jsou součástí SW Microsoft Office nebo jsou vlastní originální tvorbou autora.