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Government Leaders. Presidents. There are 5 countries which we have to learn whose leader’s title is president. To remember these countries we use the acronym CRUMI. CRUMI Presidents. C = China R = Russia U = United States M = Mexico I = India. Current CRUMI Presidents.
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Presidents • There are 5 countries which we have to learn whose leader’s title is president. • To remember these countries we use the acronym CRUMI
CRUMI Presidents • C = China • R = Russia • U = United States • M = Mexico • I = India
Current CRUMI Presidents • China = Hu Jintao • Russia = Demetry Medvedev • USA = Barack Obama • Mexico = Felipe Calderon • India = Pratibha Patil
Former CRUMI Presidents • China = Hu Jintao • Russia = Vladimir Putin • USA = George W. Bush • Mexico = Vicente Fox • India = Abdul Kalam
Remembering the CRUMI Presidents • Use your fingers to say the five countries. • Now let’s come up with a phrase to remember the president’s names
Prime Ministers • There are 3 countries which we have to learn whose leader’s title is prime minister. • To remember these countries we use the acronym UCI (pronounced like Yucky)
UCI Prime Ministers • U = United Kingdom • C = Canada • I = India
Current UCI Prime Ministers • U.K. – David Cameron • Canada – Stephen Harper • India – Manmohan Singh
Remembering the UCI Prime Ministers • When David Cameron was playing his Harp and Singing it sounded Yucky!
Hu Jintao - China Current President of China Took office November 15, 2002
Dmitry Medvedev - Russia President of Russia Began in May 2008
Barack Obama – United States • Became the first African American President in the US. • Inaugurated in 2009 as the 44th President.
Felipe Calderon - Mexico Current President of Mexico Took office December 1, 2006
Pratibha Patil - India Current President of India took office in 2007 The first woman to be elected president in India
David Cameron - UK Current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Assumed office May 10, 2010
Stephen Harper - Canada Current Prime Minister of Canada Assumed office February 6, 2006
Manmohan Singh - India • Current Prime Minister of India. • Took office in 2004 and re-elected in 2009
What about Vladimir Putin? • If he is the Prime Minister of Russia why do we not need to remember him? • The truth is we do have to learn him, but in Russia they do not use the term Prime Minister, they call him the Premier.
Vladimir Putin - Russia Prime Minister of Russia Former President of Russia Began in 2008
Presidents 1. China a. Barack Obama 2. India b. Demetry Medvedev 3. Mexico c. Felipe Calderon 4. Russia d. Hu Jintao 5. USA e. Pratibha Patil
Prime Ministers 6. Canada a. David Cameron 7. India b. Manmohan Singh 8. Russia c. Stephen Harper 9. UK d. Vladimir Putin
Video’s • Sikhism • http://www.archive.org/details/gov.doj.ncj.212664.v1.3 • China: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usua922374w • UK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BWPBrPNces&feature=fvst • Mexico: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSd3UMWOcIE • Canada: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1jaZ6GA5vg