USA Country Overview Lesson for 10th Grade

1. Итоговый урок в 10 классе по теме «США» Цели урока: Обобщить лингвострановедческий материал по изученной теме Совершенствовать умения и навыки практического владения английским языком с использованием ИКТ. Повысить интерес к изучению иностранного языка К концу урока учащиеся должны суметь заполнить денотатную карту. Учитель английского: Новоковская Л.Г

2. The United States of America

4. OFFICIAL DATA Information • Status: A federal republic • Area: 9364000 sq.km. • Population: 248700000 • Nationality: Americans • Capital :Washington,DC • Location: The North American continent,central part • Government: the head of the state- President;legistative body-Congress,consisting jf the Senate and the House of Representatives • Language: English • Currency: Dollar • Religions:Protestants,Catholics • Ethnic composition;Europeans, Africans, Amerindians

5. What are the cities famous for?Match • Washington The industrial center • New York Agricultural machines • Los Angeles Skyscrapers • Chicago Film business • San Francisco The capital of the USA Philadelphia Financial center • Boston Ship-building center

6. What are Washington’s Sights.? Underline • The Capitol, The St.Paul’s Cathedral, The Library of Congress, Harlem, The White House, The Tretyakov Gallery, The Lincoln Memorial, The Pentagon, The Statue of Liberty, The Washington Monument, Broadway, The Red Square, The Westminster Abbey,The Jefferson Memorial, The Spasskaya Tower, Manhattern, The Aiffel Tower, The Bukingham Palace.

7. Guess the holiday • The Pilgrims sailed to America from Plymouth, England in 1620. They came to America for religious freedom .The first winter in the New World was difficult for them .They had arrived too late to grow many crops. Without fresh food, half of the pilgrims died. The following Spring the Indians taught the pilgrims how to hunt ,fish, plant and survive in America. The crops did well ,and in the fall of 1621 the pilgrims had a great harvest. The Pilgrims decided to celebrate a holiday, preparing a dinner of turkey ,corn, beans and pumpkins. Americans still celebrate this holiday every year.

8. Find the British equivalents • English American • Apartment • Bathtub • Elevator • Candy • Subway • STORE • The Movies • Gasoline • Truck • Highway • Soccer • Vocation • Last name • Pants • Fall • Mailman Autumn, Main road, Shop, The cinema, Bath, Underground, Lift, Football, Surname, Trousers, Holiday, Sweet, Flat, Postman, Petrol, Lorry.

9. Famous Americans Match the names with their occupations Ernest Hemingway Car transformer Walt Disney Writer Henry Ford Writer Frank Lloyd Wright Singer Elvis Presley Writer Benjamin Franklin Architect Stephen Spielberg Inventor Alexander Graham Bell Film maker Ray Bradbury State man Mark Twain Producer

10. Fill the table 3/ Is washed 3/? 4/ Rivers 12 13 14 11 10 5 6 8 7 9/ Rocky 42/Uta 19 50 18 20 24 43 25 17/ gold 21 44 15 27 23/ Lakes 45 28 16 22 46 29 47 30 31 48 32 /M. Twain 49 33 38/ 39 34 37 /industry 51/Cities 40 35 41 36