Презентация "Presidents' Day"
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Презентация посвящана Дню Президентов, который отмечаеся в США в феврале, и содержит информацию о первом президенте Джордже Вашингтоне и шестнадцатом презеденте Абрахаме Линкольне, а также о том, как этот праздник отмечают в США. В презентации использованы элементы анимации. В конце презентации находится небольшой quiz.
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Presidents' Day Presidents ’Day George Washington Abraham Lincoln
Presidents' Day Washington's Birthday , also known as Presidents' Day , is a federal holiday held on the third Monday of February. The day honors presidents of the United States, including George Washington, the USA's first president and Abraham Lincoln, the USA16 th president.
Presidents' Day In the weeks or days leading up to the holiday, schools often organize events and lessons for students about the presidents of the United States and George Washington in particular.
President's Day Top Events
Interesting Facts
George Washington was commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) and served two terms as the first U.S. president, from 1789 to 1797. video
George Washington During the American Revolution, he led the colonial forces to victory over the British and became a national hero. In 1787, he was elected president of the convention that wrote the U.S. Constitution.
George Washington Two years later, Washington became America’s first president. Realizing that the way he handled the job would impact how future presidents approached the position, he handed down a legacy of strength, integrity and national purpose.
George Washington Just a few years after leaving the office of president, Washington caught a bad cold. He was soon very sick with a throat infection and died on December 14, 1799.
Abraham Lincoln The son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Lincoln had to struggle for a living and for learning. Five months before receiving his party’s nomination for President, he sketched his life: video
Abraham Lincoln I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families–second families, perhaps I should say. My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks…. My father … removed from Kentucky to … Indiana, in my eighth year…. It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up…. Of course when I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher … but that was all.”
Abraham Lincoln a self-taught lawyer, legislator and vocal opponent of slavery, was elected 16th president of the United States in November 1860, shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln His Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for slavery’s abolition, while his Gettysburg Address stands as one of the most famous pieces of oratory in American history .
Abraham Lincoln President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at the Ford Theatre in Washington D.C. He died the next day on April 15, 1865.
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Fun Facts about Abraham Lincoln
Quiz The tallest president American Revolutionary War (1775-83) 16th president of the United States president of the convention that wrote the U.S. Constitution.