Podpora rozvoje cizích jazyků pro Evropu 21. stol.

1. Podpora rozvoje cizích jazyků pro Evropu 21. stol. INVESTICE DO ROZVOJE VZDĚLÁVÁNÍ Tento projekt je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem České republiky.

2. History ofthe USA

3. Why are these dates important? • 1492 • 1620 • 1773 • 1776 • 1781 • 1861-1865 • 1607 • 1941 • 1963 • 1965-1975 • 2001 • 1929

4. Christopher Columbus • 1492 • Sailing under the Spanish flag • Discovered America • Italian • Famous explorer • Ships – Niňa, Pinta, Santa Maria

5. Jamestown, Virginia • 1607 • 2 groupsofEnglishpeoplemadethedangerousjourneyacrosstheAtlantic • Firstcolony in Jamestown • FoughtwiththeIndians • Pocahontas, died in England, married J. Rolfe

6. Pilgrim Fathers • 1620 • 101 Englishmen, womenandchildrenarrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts • Strongideasabout religion – theydidn´t agreewiththeChurchofEngland • ShipMayflower • Theythoughtthatallmenwereequalandsotheydidn´t haveslaves • Theywereillandhungry, Indianshelpedthem, corn • ThanksgivingDay, on the 4th ThursdayofNovember

7. The War of Independence • 1770 – 13 colonies, allgoverned by Britain • Hightaxes – angrypeople • 1773 – 342 boxesofteathrownintotheseaat Boston – BostonTea Party • 1775 – BritainatwarwithitsAmericancolonies • George Washington – the leader ofAmericanarmy

8. Declaration of Independence • 1776 • Thomas Jefferson • July 4 • Founding Fathers • 1781 – the Americans won the war • 1788 – G. Washington – the first president

9. The Civil War • Differences between the North and the South • 600,000 people died • South – slaves • North – slaves were not allowed • 1860 – Abraham Lincoln, president • North won the war • 1865 – Lincoln was shot at the theatre

10. The Wild West • Cowboys – not soromanticjoblike in films • 1869 – railway line fromtheEast met the line fromtheWest in Utah • 2 millionNativeAmericans in the 15th century • TheEuropeansbroughtdiseaseswhichkilledIndians, theyfoughtandkilledIndianstoo • 1900 – lessthan 250,000 NativeAmericans • 1890 – indianwarsendedwiththeBattleofWoundenKnee, many Siouxpeopledied, reservations

11. Great Depression • 1929 – thestock market crash • Timeof prosperity changedinto a timeofhardship • Americanswerefrustrated • 1932 – a new president, Franklin Roosevelt, cameupwith a plancalledthe New Deal to improvethesituation • 1939 – Americaneconomystarted to boom

12. The Second World War • 1941 – Japanesebombedthe US naval base atPearlHarbor, Hawaii • 1945 – Harry Truman, thenew president, had to decideifanatomic bomb shouldbeusedagainst Japan • Japan surrendered • 1939 – Albert Einstein wrote a letter to Roosevelt aboutanatomic bomb danger in Germany, Oppenheimer, a leader oftheproject, startedwithexperiments • 2 bombs – Fat Man, Little Boy

13. Black Americans • About 10 % oftheAmericans – black • A lot of prejudice againstblackpeople • Ku Klux Klan – wentout to beat andmurderblackpeople • Until 1954 – had to go to separateschools, problems in buses, restaurants • Martin Luther King • 1964 - Nobel PeacePrize • 1968 - murdered in Memphis

14. Martin Luther King´s speech • „I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.“ 1963, Washington

15. What do you know about • JFK • ColdWar • KoreanWar • Vietnam War • Wars in IraqandAfghanistan • BlackFriday • New Deal • FoundingFathers?

16. 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.