Places to visit in USA Gymnzium Pavla Jozefa afrika Kd ITMS projektu: Nzov projektu: Kvalitou vzdelvania otvrame brny V Vzdelvacia oblas: Jazyk a komunikcia Predmet Anglick jazyk Ronk, triedy: VIII.OA Tematick celok: Relie anglicky hovoriacich krajn Vypracoval: Ing. Diana Matisov Dtum: 09/2015 Obsah 1.Mount Rushmore 2.Grand Canyon 3.Quick Quiz 2 3 What can you see in the picture ? 4 MOUNT RUSHMORE MONUNENT MEMORIAL 5 -known as the Shrine of Democracy -in South Dakotas Black Hills National Forest -is the site of four gigantic carved sculptures depicting the faces of 4 U.S. Presidents -who represent the birth, growth, development and preservation of this country What are the names of the presidents ? 6 George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln 7 Some interesting facts: -four presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln -sculptor Gutzon Borglum, -work on the project workers erected the sculpture under dangerous conditions, removing a total of 450,000 tons of rock -the enormous carved heads, each of which reached a height of 8 meters MOUNT RUSHMORE MONUNENT MEMORIAL 8 Original design: - the four presidents were meant to be represented from the waist up 9 10 What can you see in the picture ? 11 12 Some interesting information: GRAND CANYON -is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the state of Arizona in the United States -The Grand Canyon is: miles (446 km) long, -up to 18 miles (29 km) wide -attains a depth of over a mile - 6,093 feet or 1,857 meters -Pueblo people considered the Grand Canyon a holy site 13 Activities to do: 14 15 16 17 18 QUICK QUIZ CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER a) Mount Rushmore b) Mount Everest c) Grand Canyon What can you see in the picture? 19 QUICK QUIZ Answer the questions: 1. What is the name of the sculpturer of Mount Rushmore? Gutzon Borglum 2. What are the names of the presidents carved in Mount Rushmore? George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln 3. How many years was the project of Mount Rushmore created? 14 years 20 QUICK QUIZ CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER What can you see in the picture? a) Yellowstone NP b) Grand Canyon c) Rocky Mountains 21 QUICK QUIZ Answer the questions: 1. What is the name of the state where Grand Canyon is? Arizona 2. How long, wide and deep is Grand Canyon? 446 km long, 29 km wide, 1,857 m deep 3. What is the name of the river which carved the Grand Canyon? Colorado presidents/mount-rushmorepresidents/mount-rushmore https://www.travelsouthdakota.com/explore-with- us/great-8/mount-rushmore https://www.travelsouthdakota.com/explore-with- us/great-8/mount-rushmore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHMDDpk12Bo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezpqDi42pRM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHMDDpk12Bo 22 POUIT ZDROJE