Podpora rozvoje cizích jazyků pro Evropu 21. stol.

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Symbols of the USA

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The national flag

Also called : The Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, The Star Spangled Banner

current version from July 4, 1960 13 horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the top left hand corner,50 white

stars on a blue field50 stars = 50 U.S. states

13 stripes = the original thirteen colonies that rebelled against the British monarchy and became the first states in the Union.

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The National Flag

Astronaut Alan Shepard raises the United States Flag on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 14 mission.

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The National Flag

A boy holds an American flag during the 2009 National Memorial Day Concert in Washington, D.C.

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• The Bald Eagle is a sacred bird in some North American cultures

• Its feathers are part of many religious and spiritual customs among Native Americans.

• Eagles are considered spiritual messengers between gods and humans by some cultures.

• Pow wow dancers use the eagle claw as a part of their

• Eagle feathers are often used in traditional ceremonies.

The Bald EagleThe Bald Eagle

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The Bald Eagle

"The Founding Fathers made an appropriate choice when they selected the bald eagle as the emblem of the nation. The fierce beauty and proud independence of this great bird aptly symbolizes the strength and freedom of America." (President John.F.Kennedy)

• The Great Seal of the United States including a Bald Eagle grasping thirteen arrows and a thirteen-leaf olive branch was officially accepted on June 20, 1782

• The founders of the United States liked to compare their new republic with the Roman Republic where the symbolism of eagle was prominent.

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The Bald Eagle

can be found in most parts of the US is the only eagle that is found

exclusively on the North American continent

is a very large and powerful bird

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The Bald Eagle

A bird of pray almost extinct in

the continental US late in the 20th century,

now has a stable population , removed from the list of endangered species.

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The Bald Eagle

can be found on

• national seals

• on the back of several coins

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The National Anthem

• "The Star-Spangled Banner"

• Lyrics from a poem written in 1814 by an amateur poet Francis Scott Key after he saw the bombardment of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812

• set to the tune of a popular British drinking song (by John Stafford Smith )Listen to the anthem

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The National Anthem

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight;O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming.And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air,Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

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National motto

~In God we trust.~

•"The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.”( Thomas Jefferson)

• placed on United States coins mainly because of the increased religious sentiment existing during the Civil War.

• the first found references in the U.S. National Anthem

•The words were shortened to In God We Trust and first applied to U.S. coins in 1864

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Other US symbols

• Statue of Liberty

• Rose

• Oak

• White House

• Homer Simpson :-)

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Links

http://www.homeofheroes.coml www.baldeagleinfo.com

www.evergreen.edu

Library.thinkquest.org

http://www.allabouthistory.org/

INVESTICE DO ROZVOJE VZDĚLÁVÁNÍ

Tato výuková prezentace byla pořízena z finančních prostředků hrazených Evropským sociálním fondem a

rozpočtem České republiky

Tento projekt je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem České republiky.