USA Symbols and Landscape

By Dagmar MachůŠkola: SOU Valašské KloboukyRočník: Nástavbové studium Podnikání 1Název projektu: Zkvalitnění výuky prostřednictvím ICTPředmět: Anglický jazykDatum vytvoření: 5.6.2013Registrační číslo projektu:CZ.1.07/1.5.00/34.0459

Tematická oblast: Reálie anglofonního světa

What the USA flag looks like?

What meaning does the US flag carry?

• The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United States of America.

• The 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain and became the first states in the Union.

The other well-known symbol is….

• Great Seal is used to authenticate certain documents issued by the United States federal government.

…and one more symbol of The USA is…

• A One Dollar Bank note.

The US Landscape

Cooperate and search for this information…

Group A• Population of the USA• The firts settlement of

America?• The largest state of the USA• The name and lenght of the

longest road connecting the East with the West

Group B• Capital City of the USA• The name of the first US

president?• The highest mountain• The price of bread

Homework

• What is the US Anthem? Can you say anything about it?

• Pick any US state and write 15 sentences about it to introduce it to your mates.

Reference• AUTOR NEUVEDEN. google.co.uk [online]. [cit. 11.3.2014]. Dostupný na WWW: https://www.google.co.uk/search?

q=the+usa+flags&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=0RQfU4HcBqag7Aaa_oH4Bw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=610#q=usa+flags+over+the+years&tbm=isch&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=ZcSuVv_-0OvlhM%253A%3BKaOsXrPdSv593M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fupload.wikimedia.org%252Fwikipedia%252Fcommons%252Ff%252Ff9%252FUS_historical_flags-United_States_of_America.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fen.wikipedia.org%252Fwiki%252FFlag_of_the_United_States%3B1714%3B1433

• AUTOR NEUVEDEN. wikipedia.org [online]. [cit. 11.3.2014]. Dostupný na WWW: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States

• AUTOR NEUVEDEN. wikipedia.org [online]. [cit. 11.3.2014]. Dostupný na WWW: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States