Конспект урока английского языка в 9 классе Проблемно-диалоговое обучение Тема: «Матери и дети»
план-конспект урока по английскому языку (9 класс) на тему

МБОУ СОШ №2 г. Волгореченска, Костромской области

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«Знаете ли вы Америку?»

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учитель английского языка

Полянина Наталья Алексеевна

Q U I Z

1.  How many separate parts do the United    States of America consist of? What are these parts?
2.  How many Great Lakes are there in the  USA? Name them.
3.  Where are the Niagara Falls – between which two lakes?
4.  What state is the territory of the City of Washington included in?
5.   When was the United States Constitution written?
6.   What are the three branches of the US national government?
7.  What nationality was Christopher Columbus?
8.  In 1620 a large group of the English left England and sailed to North America. How was their ship called?
9.  How many first colonies were there on the Atlantic coast by the end of the 17th century?
10. When was Harvard College founded?
11. When and why did the Boston Tea Party happen?
12. When did the War for Independence start? Who was appointed commander-in-chief?
13. What important event took place on July 4, 1776?
14. Who were the abolitionists? What did they demand?
15. What nations took part in the Civil War, 1861-1865?
16. What was the Ku Klux Klan?
17. What was Henry Ford famous for?
18. What was the Cold war?
19. What American was the first person on the moon’s surface?
20. Who designed the plan of Washington?
21. Which are the tallest buildings of Chicago?
22. What is the longest river in the United States? How long is it?
23. What president ruled the country for the longest period? How many years?
24. What is the national bird of the country?
25. Who was “The adventures of Tom Sawyer” written by?

Q U I Z (answers)

1. 3 parts: 1) the main part, the United States proper

                   2) Alaska

                   3) Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean

2. 5 lakes: lake Superior, lake Michigan, lake Huron, lake Erie, lake Ontario

3. The Niagara Falls are situated on the Niagara river joining Lakes Erie and Ontario.

4. The City of Washington is situated in the Columbia District – a territory not included in any of the states.

5. in 1787

6.  the legislative, the executive, the judicial branch

7. Italian

8. Mayflower

9. 13

10. in 1636

11. the 16th of December, 1773. The colonists refused to pay the tax on the tea. They preferred to open hundreds of boxes of tea and threw them into the water, than to pay the tax.

12. the 19th of April, 1775. George Washington was appointed commander-in-chief.

13. On July 4, 1776, the Congress adopted Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence. A new nation, independent from Great Britain, was born.

14. The abolitionists demanded to abolish slavery.

15. People of the same nation (American) took part in the civil war.

16.  The Ku Klux Klan was a secret organization, which aim was not to let blacks use their rights as citizens.

17. Henry Ford was famous  for making cheap cars quickly, using an assembly line (конвейер). In 1917 his car cost 345 dollars.

18. The Cold war was the struggle between the United States and communist countries after World War II. The “weapons” were words, ideas, economic and military aid.

19. Neil Armstrong

20. The French engineer Pierre Charles L’Enfant.

21. The John Hancock Tower (“Big John”), the Standard Oil Building (“Big Stan”) and the Sears Tower.

22. The Mississippi, 3,700 kilometers long.

23. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 12 years  

24. the bald eagle

25. Mark Twain

Литература:

Голицынский Ю. “United States of America”

Скулльтэ В. “Learning English”