Интерактивная игра "America the Beautiful"

Подготовила
учитель английского языка
МБОУ СОШ п. Солидарность
Елецкого муниципального района
Липецкой области
Кирсанова Наталья Николаевна

Данная игра может проводиться как
командно, так и индивидуально
Вопросы игры разделены на 6 разделов,
в каждом из которых представлены по 5
вопросов различного уровня сложности
Вопросы выбираются участниками
самостоятельно путем нажатия на
соответствующий квадрат
При ответе на вопрос участникам
предлагаются варианты ответов, которые
появляются по щелчку. Если участник(и)
может дать ответ без вариантов, игрок(и)
получает дополнительно 10 баллов

Правильный ответ сопровождается
увеличением и звуковым сигналом ,
а неправильный – исчезновением и
следующим звуковым сигналом
В игре используются следующие символы:
возвращение на игровое поле

дополнительная информация
по данному вопросу

What is the official name
of the USA?

America

the United States of America

the States

Los Angeles

What is the capital of the USA?

New York

Washington

How many states are there
in the USA?

45

50

15

English and Spanish

What are the most spoken
languages in the USA?

English and French

English and Arabic

About 450 million

How many people live in the USA?

Over 200 million

Over 320 million

What continent is the USA
situated on?

South America

North America

Europe

The Missouri river

What is the longest river
in the USA?

The Hudson river

The
Mississippi river

Mount Snowdon

What is the highest peak
in the USA?

Ben Nevis

Mount McKinley

Which of the lakes from the group
of Great Lakes belongs only to the
territory of the US?

Ontario

Michigan

Superior

Niagara Falls

This geographical object is between
Chicago and New York. They are
two giant waterfalls
divided by a small island.

Baffin Land

Great Lakes

Who founded America?

Amerigo Vespucci

Christopher Columbus

George Washington

American Indians

Who settled in America before
the first Europeans came there?

Piligrims

Vikings

What is the name of the region in the USA which was originally settled by people from
England?

New York

New World

New England

Which of the American presidents
wrote the Declaration of
Independence?

Abraham Lincoln

Thomas Jefferson

Theodore Roosevelt

Why is Thanksgiving Day so called?

The first Europeans thanked American Indians for surviving

To thank
God for independence

To thank a president for good living

What is the name of the monument
which is the national symbol
of the USA?

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

The Empire State Building

The Statue of Liberty

Which of the birds is the national
emblem of the USA?

kiwi

eagle

parrot

What is the name of the American
flag?

Three-coloured flag

Union Jack

Stars and Stripes

How many stars and stripes are
there on the American flag?

50 stars and 13 stripes

13 stars and 50 stripes

50 stars and 50 stripes

What is the name of the song which is the national anthem of the USA?

The Star -Spangled Banner

America, the Beautiful

Wonderful World

What building is the official
Presidential residence in the USA?

The Capitol

The White House

The Pentagon

It is the tallest building in
New York with 102 floors.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The World Trade Centre

The Empire State Building

What is the name of the monument
which looks like a huge pencil?

The Lincoln Memorial

The Washington Monument

The Jefferson Memorial

This street in New York is a centre
of entertainment: theatres,
restaurants, night clubs and hotels.

Broadway

Fifth Avenue

Wall Street

This object is an internationally
recognized symbol of San-Francisco.

The Library
of Congress

The Statue of Liberty

The Golden Gate Bridge

What city is famous for
skyscrapers?

San-Francisco

Chicago

New York

What city was named after
the first president of the USA?

Washington

Richmond

Detroit

Not far from this city there is the
world-famous “movie-making factory”.
What city is it?

Boston

Los Angeles

Miami

Not far from this city you can see
world-famous Harvard University.
What city is it?

Boston

New York

Philadelphia

In this city you can see some of
the world-famous companies, such
as Coca-Cola or CNN. What city is it?

Salt Lake City

San - Francisco

Atlanta

The country the United States of America has another names:
the United States
the USA
the US
America
the States

Washington, D.C. lies on the Potomac River. It is located in the District of Columbia.
This place was chosen by George Washington to be the capital. The planning and building of a new capital began when Washington was the president. But he did not live there because it was not finished at the time. Only after his death in 1799, the nation’s
capital was named in his
honour.

Alaska – the largest state, that’s why it’s called “The Great Land”
Rhode Island – the smallest state. Its nickname is “Little Rhody”
Kansas – the geographical centre of the USA. It has two nicknames: “the Sunshine State”, “The Central State”
Delaware got a nickname of “The First State”. The people of this state were the first to approve of the Constitution of the USA.
Hawaii has the nickname “The Aloha State”. It was the last state which got its status of a state of the US.

The USA doesn’t have any official
language
English is the most commonly spoken
language within the United States. America, before gaining its independence, was a British colony.
A large influence of Spanish people has
made the Spanish language the second
most widely spoken language within the
country
Chinese is the third-most spoken language
in the United States.  It is spoken by immigrants mainly in the western state of California. 

Most of the population lives in cities and towns
A big number of Americans are of European origin
More than 30 mln of people are Afro-Americans
About 1 mln of people are Indians
The USA is usually called a “melting pot”, a “salad bowl”, “vegetable soup” because people of different nationalities live there, i.e. the Spanish, the English and the French, the Germans, the Swedes, the Dutch and the Swiss

The USA occupies the central part of the North American continent.
It borders on Canada in the north and Mexico in the south.
It is washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the east, by the Pacific Ocean in the west and by the Gulf of Mexico in the south.

The USA has over 250,000 rivers
The length of the river Missouri is
2,540 miles 
The name "Missouri" is derived from the tribe of Sioux Indians called the Missouris and means "town of the large canoes”

The lake is spread out over more
than 307 miles.
It has several cities located on
its shores and thousands of beaches
The Lake is also famous for its
several national parks like the Hiawatha National Forest, Manistee National Forest, Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness, and Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

It is located in south-central Alaska, in the central portion of the Alaska Range
The mountain's peak is 20,310 feet (6,190 meters) above sea level
The mountain is extreme cold, which can be minus 75 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 60 degrees Celsius)
Since 2015 Mount McKinley has got another name Denali which means "The Great One”, "The High One” or “The Tall One”
 It is the centerpiece of Denali National Park.

The Falls at Niagara are about 12,000 years old
There are actually two waterfalls in Niagara, the American Falls and the Canadian Horseshoe Falls.
The word Niagara comes from the word "onguiaahra" which means "a thundering noise".
Water that flows over the Falls at Niagara ultimately ends up in Lake Ontario - from there, water drains by way of the St. Lawrence River in to the Atlantic Ocean.

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who made four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean
Columbus discovered America by accident. He was trying to find a new route to China and thought by sailing west he would find a quicker and easier route.
On 12 October 1492, Christopher Columbus reached the Americas. The second Monday in October is Columbus Day, a holiday commemorating this event.

 

American Indians are also known as Native Americans, Indigenous Americans or Indians
There is no exact information how or when the Native Americans first settled the Americas
Scientists proposes that American Indians migrated from Eurasia to present-day Alaska during the Ice Age
Native Americans gave the white men sweet potatoes, several kinds of beans, many plants (i.e. tobacco)

New England is a geographical region
comprising six states in the northeastern part of the United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, is
New England's largest city. 
Those Englishmen who came to America in
1620 and founded the colony of Plymouth (now state Massachusetts) are usually called the Piligrims
The settlements and towns they built have
English names with the word ‘new’ as a prefix (New York, New Jersey)

The Declaration of Independence was
approved by Congress in 1776 on July, 4th
This document said that The American
colonies had all the rights to stay free and
independent
Since that time this day America has the
greatest national holiday, which is the
birthday of the nation. This holiday is called
Independence Day

Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the
fourth Thursday of November
This holiday was introduced as a national
one by George Washington in 1784
This is a day for families and friends get
together, share a special meal, and the time for a lot of people to give thanks for whatever people have to thank for in their life.
Turkey, corn, pumpkins and cranberry sauce are symbols of Thanksgiving Day

The Statue of Liberty is a copper statue,
a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886.
The statue depicts a woman, standing
upright, dressed in a flowing robe and a spiked crown, holding a stone tablet close to her body in her left hand and a flaming torch high in her right hand. 
 The statue is 46 meters tall and more than 204 tons by weight

The bald eagle was chosen as the emblem
of the United States of America on June 20th, 1782
The bald eagle was chosen as the emblem
of the United States because of its long life, great strength and majestic looks, and also because it was then believed to exist only on this continent.
On the backs of gold coins, the silver
dollar, the half dollar and the quarter, we see an eagle with outspread wings. 
The eagle symbolises independence and
freedom

An American flag has got another
nicknames: Old Glory and The Star-Spangled Banner.
The current design of the U.S. flag is its
27th; the design of the flag has been modified officially 26 times since 1777.
The first American flag was made by
Betsy Ross who knew George Washington well.
The first unofficial flag, made in 1776 at
the beginning of the War of Independence, showed 13 stripes and the Union Jack in the left corner.

The 50 stars on the flag represent the
50 states of the United States of America
The 13 stripes represent the thirteen
British colonies that declared independence from the United Kingdom, and became the first states in the U.S
The last stars representing Hawaii
Island and Alaska were added in 1959.
The 50-star flag was ordered by then
president Eisenhower on August 21, 1959, and was adopted in July 1960. It is the longest-used version of the U.S. flag and has been in use for over 57 years.

It has been the residence of every U.S.
president since John Adams, the second US president, in 1800.
The White House has 6 floors and 132
rooms. 
You can see the sports facilities such as
indoor tennis courts, a running track, swimming pool, bowling alley, billiard room and cinema. 
Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) opened
the White House to the public and invited guests every day of American independence.

It is designed in the Art Deco style and
has been named as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World 
The construction of it lasted two years
and was completed in 1931
It is the tallest building in New York
City and the second-tallest building in the United States, after the Sears Tower in Chicago.
Each day over 4,000 people take the
elevator up to the observatory of the Empire State Building to catch a minute of glory. 

The Washington Monument is
an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C
It is a United States Presidential
Memorial constructed for George Washington, the first president of the US and the leader of the revolutionary Continental Army that won independence from the British after the American Revolutionary War.
There is an elevator in it which can bring
visitors to the top of it in 70 seconds. There you can enjoy the magnificent view of the city

Broadway is the longest avenue in New
York
Its total length is more than 400 miles
(21 km)
Broadway was built when the first
settlement of New Amsterdam appeared
The name Broadway is the English
language literal translation of the Dutch name, Brede weg, which means “broad road”
Broadway is known widely as the heart
of the American theatre industry
There are more than thirty theatres
there

The Golden Gate Bridge connects San
Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean
The total length of the Golden Gate
Bridge is 2.73 kilometers (1.7 miles).
There are 6 driving lanes and 2
sidewalks.
The color of the Golden Gate Bridge is
actually called ‘international orange‘.
International Orange was selected as the color of the bridge because it provided visibility in the fog for passing ships
The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the
seven wonders of the modern world.

It is the city with the biggest population
in the USA
Its population is almost 9 million people
New York is a multinational country. New
Yorkers speak about 75 different languages
It is a big seaport on the Hudson River
New York City is made up of five
boroughs: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island
It has many landmarks famous all over
the world: the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Fifth Avenue, Times Square and Carnegie Hall

The City of Washington was founded in
1791 to serve as the new national capital.
It is often called “the heart of America”.
The government of the States works and the President lives here.
The population of it is not big, near
700, 000 people
The buildings in Washington are not high.
It is so because of a special law, which forbids to build houses taller than Capitol.
Washington is a large scientific and
cultural centre. There are five universities, many research and designing institutes are concentrated here.

It is the second most populous city in
the US (after New York City) 
Its population is nearly 4 mln people
Los Angeles gains the nicknames: City of
Angels, Angeltown, Lalaland, Tinseltown, the Big Orange, City of Flowers and Sunshine, and of course L.A.
L.A. has at least 90 theaters with over
1,000 theatrical productions annually and more than 300 museums. That’s why it’s often called the “Creative Capital of the World.”

Boston is one of the oldest cities in the
United States, founded on the Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by Puritan settlers from  England
It was the scene of several key events of
the American Revolution, such as he Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the Siege of Boston.
Boston an international center of higher
education, including law, medicine, engineering, and business, and the city is considered to be a world leader in innovation

Atlanta contains a notable amount of historical museums and sites:
the Martin Luther King, Jr. National
Historic Site, which includes the preserved childhood home of Dr. Martin Luther King
the Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War
Museum, which depicts the Battle of Atlanta in the Civil War
the World of Coca-Cola, featuring the
history of the world-famous soft drink brand and its well-known advertising
the Margaret Mitchell House and Museum, where Mitchell wrote the best-selling novel ’Gone with the Wind’.

Список источников текстового материала

Шереметьева А.В. Английский язык. Страноведческий справочник. – Саратов: Лицей, 2008
Клементьева Т.Б., Шэннон Д.А. Счастливый английский Книга 2 для 7-9 кл. общеобразоват. шк.- Обнинск: Титул, 2002
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States
http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-most-spoken-languages-in-america.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_the_United_States
http://www.en365.ru/population_usa.htm
http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/longest-rivers-in-the-united-states.html
http://www.studfiles.ru/preview/5188981/page:3/
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Lake_Michigan
https://www.livescience.com/32011-lake-michigan.html

https://www.livescience.com/40595-denali-mount-mckinley.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali
http://www.worldwizzy.com/library/Denali
http://www.history.com/topics/niagara-falls
http://www.newyorkstatesearch.com/information/Niagara_Falls_information.html
http://lektsii.org/8-84851.html
http://www.history.com/topics/exploration/christopher-columbus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/architecture/statue-of-liberty.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/north-america/united-states/new-york/articles/statue-of-liberty-fascinating-facts/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States
https://slovo.ws/topic/usa/68.html

Список источников текстового материала

Список источников текстового материала

http://www.english-online.at/government/american-flag/history-of-american-flag.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner
http://onesong.ru/41/NATIONAL-ANTHEM-OF/tekst-pesni-THE-USA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House
https://www.mapsofworld.com/travel/destinations/usa/white-house-washington-d-c
https://traveldigg.com/white-house-the-united-states-presidential-house/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building
http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/10-surprising-facts-about-the-empire-state-building
http://wirednewyork.com/skyscrapers/empire-state-building/
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Washington_Monument
http://deskarati.com/2011/09/16/the-washington-monument/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/monuments/washingtonmonument/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge
http://www.history.com/topics/golden-gate-bridge
http://justfunfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-the-golden-gate-bridge/
http://www.history.com/topics/new-york-city
http://wikitravel.org/en/New_York_City
http://www.free-city-guides.com/washington-dc/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston
https://heritagecalling.com/2016/01/14/a-brief-introduction-to-boston-the-making-of-a-market-town/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta

Список источников текстового материала

Источники аудиоматериалов
http://xmuzic.me/a/315372-National_Anthem_Of_The_Usa/ гимн сша мелодия
http://muz-color.ru/?s=Full+USA+national+anthem гимн сша полная версия

Ссылки на иллюстрации

Слайды 5, 35 США
https://imagecdn1.luxnet.ua/radio24/uploads/424x239_DIR/media_news/2017/01/562e63ef987ec099948e235d8d490fe1c33f57eb.jpg
Слайды 6, 36 Вашингтон
http://www.rcc-travel.ru/upload/iblock/d46/Washington3.jpg
Cлайд 7 Карта США
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MzMzWDUwMA==/z/AuAAAOSwL7VWnwHV/$_1.JPG?set_id=8800005007
Слайд 8 Земной шар
https://www.waterfordschools.org/cms/lib/CT01001345/Centricity/Domain/576/international-travel.jpg
Слайд 9 Жители США
https://www.votpusk.ru/story/edit/foto/small/52212.jpg
Слайд 10 Карта Северная Америка
http://sparun.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/North-America.jpg
Слайды 11, 40 Река Миссури
http://media.web.britannica.com/eb-media/66/101766-004-D6E47F4B.jpg

Слайд 12 Гора Маккинли
http://travelfeed.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/9374725724_4bb150693d_b_Denali-National-Park.jpg
Слайд 13 Озеро Мичиган
http://widefon.com/_ld/189/s71027436.jpg
Cлайд 14 Ниагарский водопад
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gWw9sF81A0E/Tn4EkRYIpnI/AAAAAAAAATM/URXYWSyhf1o/s400/Niagara_Falls_by_emilio72.jpg
Слайд 15 Христофор Колумб
http://st-listas.20minutos.es/images/2011-09/303580/3182870_640px.jpg
Слайд 16 Американские индейцы
http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/confucius2/11750818/78402/78402_320.jpg
Cлайд 17 Новая Англия
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dk5pyz4v3V0/TVKz7iGmTOI/AAAAAAAAACQ/CWbNYHqoFiI/s1600/blog.jpg
Слайд 18 Томас Джефферсон
https://storage.googleapis.com/wzukusers/user-16506796/images/56f77dea31be31hvcOZc/Thomas-Jefferson6_d600.jpg

Ссылки на иллюстрации

Ссылки на иллюстрации

Cлайд 19 День Благодарения
http://www.bostonhomestayblog.com/Ask-an-Expert-First-Thanksgiving-520.jpg
Слайд 20 Статуя Свободы
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/48673801.jpg
Слайд 21 Орел
http://freewallpapers4desktop.com/thumbs/bald_eagle-t2.jpg
Cлайд 22 Американский флаг
http://www.winnerflags.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/american_flag_guidelines.jpg
Cлайд 23 Американский флаг
http://www.clipartsuggest.com/images/362/clipart-3d-america-map-flag-enhanced-7pICZd-clipart.png
Cлайд 25 Белый дом
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/2gB4gvvfMoDKtCBe0SjahQUAFApcvXRCceP5gezmPNbu6cf4R_9NlsKH6IfSyaOmnHhGGFyvqXRER16hQyB61FSwXd6yugNAzSTZapckuOwbRkMD8r8
Слайд 26 Empire State Building
http://barnaul-travels.ru/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Amerika6206.jpg

Ссылки на иллюстрации

Слайд 27 Памятник Вашингтону
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rWWdAMUF4bQ/U3D2RHsYyoI/AAAAAAAABI0/5OHJ5rQ_laE/s1600/464px-Washington_Monument_2012.jpg
Слайд 28 Бродвей
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aQfFgLoughU/T9oa4wv-WGI/AAAAAAAAC44/mKSphLao2mo/s1600/teatro000.jpg
Слайд 29 Мост Золотые Ворота
https://inrepublic.com/uploads/photos/thumbnail/2017/06/05/28788/850_761d42894a1b22a2c9ef27f314334ea5.jpg?1497817759
Слайд 30 Нью-Йорк
http://www.yapi.com.tr/Uploads/HaberMedya/153259/913f9c4d3d8549fcbfd4adceae4c0a13-480x268.jpg
Слайд 31 Вашингтон
http://imagecache5.art.com/LRG/100/10021/K3MW500Z.jpg
Слайд 32 Лос-Анжелес
http://www.usasianpost.com/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_27.21d63100500.w400.jpg

Ссылки на иллюстрации

Cлайд 33 Бостон
http://www.winwalls.ru/mini/201305/18059.jpg
Cлайд 34 Атланта
http://www.securitymagazine.com/ext/resources/SEC/2014/September/SEC0914-asis-feature_422px.jpg?1409675949

Используемые источники

Фон синий
http://333v.ru/uploads/07/07df7d80a3bd2e7e33959087b637d90b.jpg
Флаг США
http://www.lentatour.ru/%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8/%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8/USA.png
Статуя Свободы
https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=640x10000:format=jpg/path/s44bbe201f2f006eb/image/i0cfaa74a643ba4e3/version/1422005901/image.jpg

Вы можете использовать данное оформление
для создания своих презентаций, но в своей презентации вы должны указать
автора шаблона:

Кирсанова Наталья Николаевна
учитель английского языка
МБОУ СОШ п. Солидарность
Елецкого муниципального района
Липецкой области