III. OPERATE the MAP of the UNITED STATES
American Linguistic Countrystudy 2013
PORTFOLIO
Ò The USA maps – a map of states and a geographical map;
Ò The USA flag;
Ò The American symbols;
Ò The USA historic dates;
Ò The list of the US Presidents;
Ò The list of the national parks with a short comment;
Ò The list of states with their capitals;
Ò A presentation of a region; + an essay;
Ò The list of measures;
Ò Some folklore examples and realias;
Ò The list of the US holidays;
Ò A final essay;
Ò The list of realias.
I. TOPICS for the ORAL ANSWER
1. The classification of the American realias.
2. The geographical regions of the USA.
3. The discovery and colonization of America.
4. The important wars in the American history.
5. The 19th century expansion.
6. The American symbols.
7. The official names of the states and their nicknames.
8. The American system of money.
9. The American measures.
9. The American folklore.
10. The American customs and traditions.
11. The American holidays.
12. The United States capitol.
II. COMMENT on the REALIAS
The Classification of Realias
Bronx cheer, BYOB, Big Apple, size 9, What’s up?, The Rocky Mountains, Washington, the Mississippi, Barrack Obama, Michael Jackson, Fennimore Cooper, Amway, Coca Cola, the Civil War, Gone with the Wind, buffalo, prairies, public schools, drugstore, apple pie order, baseball, Disneyland, April Fool, California, Niagara Falls, Barbie doll, Ford, Michael Phelps, western, Broadway, grizzly bear, cheerleader; breakdance, Bugs Bunny, the Congress.
The U.S. History
Native Americans; Leif Ericson Day; Santa Maria; Ch. Columbus; 1492; Indians; Columbia River; District of Columbia; CBS; Amerigo Vespucci; America; James River; Jamestown Settlement; Pilgrim Fathers; Mayflower; Plymouth Colony; 1620; 1606; Thanksgiving; Plymouth Colony; Plymouth Rock; America’s Hometown; 1750; 13 colonies; Vinland; Black Americans; Columbia Pictures; Boston Tea Party; Boston Tea Party, July 4, 1776; Philadelphia; the Declaration of Independence; the American Revolution=the War of Independence; the Constitution; the Potomac River; the Industrial Revolution; Ellis Island; the Founding Fathers (Thomas Jefferson; George Washington; Benjamin Franklin; James Madison; Alexander Hamilton; John Adams), We the People, The Louisiana Purchase, the Oregon Trail, the Gold Rush, the Forty-niners, the Confederate States of America, the Union, the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, Abolitionism, Ku-Klux-Klan; The Spanish-American War, President Wilson, President Franklin Roosevelt, Great Depression, the New Deal, Pearl Harbor, Cold War, President Kennedy, Peace Corps, Watergate Crisis, Martin Luther King, the Civil Rights Movement, “I Have a Dream” speech.
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The U.S. Geography
Eastern Standard Time, Central, Mountain, Pacific, New York, Denver, Los Angeles, Washington, Hawaii, Alaska, Key West, the Florida Keys, the Great Lakes, Superior, Huron, Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, Niagara Falls, the Great Plains, the Midwest, the Rio Grande, the Sierra Nevada, Mount Whitney, Mount McKinley, the Cordillera Mountains, Cascade Range, the Rocky Mountains, the Appalachian Mountains, the Great Plains, the Great Valley, The Yukon, the Mississippi, the Ohio, the Missouri, the Columbia, the Colorado, New England States, Middle Atlantic States, Southeast, Southwest, Midwest, Mountain, Pacific, Death Valley National Park, Rocky Mountain NP, Grand Canyon NP, Yellowstone NP, Everglades NP, Sequoia NP, Glacier NP, Arches NP, Redwood NP, Yosemite NP.
The U.S. States
Alabama; Alaska; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; Florida; Georgia;
Hawaii; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Montana; Nebraska; Nevada; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Ohio; Oklahoma; Oregon Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; South Carolina; South Dakota; Tennessee; Texas; Utah; Vermont; Virginia; Washington; West Virginia; Wisconsin; Wyoming.
The U.S. Symbols
Star-Spangled Banner, Stars and Stripes; Old Glory; Starry Flag; Pledge of Allegiance; Uncle Sam, Liberty Bell, Bald Eagle, Great Seal, Motto, Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, From sea to shining sea, America the Beautiful; “In God We Trust”, “One Out of Many”.
The U.S. Regions
The Rust Belt, the Dairy Belt, the Nation’s Breadbasket, the Amish, Bluegrass music, the Big Muddy, The America’s Vacationland, The Sunshine State, John Brown, Martin Luther King, Jr., The Mormon State, Houston, NASA, L.A., The Last Frontier, The Great Salt Lake, The Green Mountain State, Paul Revere, Civil Rights Movement, The Sunshine State, Walt Disney World, Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center, Margaret Mitchell, “Gone with the Wind”.
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Washington, D.C.
District of Columbia, the Capitol, the White House, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Zoo, the Library of Congress, the Potomac River.
New York City
NYC, the Big Apple, Broadway plays, the Great White Way, Wall Street, Empire State Building, the Met, Central Park, the Statue of Liberty, the WTC Memorial, Ellis Island, Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Brooklyn Bridge, George Washington Bridge, the Hudson River, the East River.
U.S. Money
A nickel, a dime, a penny, “In God We Trust”, “greenback”, $, a quarter, “bucks”.
The U.S. Measures
An inch, a foot, a yard, a mile, an ounce, a pound, a hundredweight, a pint, a quart, a gallon, a barrel, Fahrenheit.
The U.S. Folklore
The Cherokee Bear Legend, The Pleiades, Mother Goose Rhymes, Jack and the Beanstalk, Tyl Eulenspiegel, Paul Bunyan, the Tales of Brer Rabbit, tall tales, Pecos Bill Rides a Tornado, John Henry, Casey Jones, Johnny Appleseed, Daniel Boone, Davy Crocket, Billy the Kid, Jesse James; “Yankee Doodle”; “Old MacDonald”; “Home on the Range”; “God Bless America”’
The U.S. Holidays
New Year’s Day; Martin Luther King’s Day; President’s Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus Day; Veteran’s Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas; y; St.Patrick’s Day; Mother’s Day; Good Friday; Easter; “Treat or Trick”; Beggar’s Night; Easter Parade; Washington’s Cherry Tree; Scavenger Hunt; Black Monday; Inauguration Day.
III. OPERATE the MAP of the UNITED STATES
- Show the geographical regions of the United States on the map.
- Show the main rivers of the USA on the map.
- Show the biggest lakes of the USA on the map.
- Show the main mountain ranges of the USA on the map.
- Show the time zones of the USA on the map.
- Show the biggest American cities on the map.
- Show the American states.
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