Внеклассное мероприятие Из истории США
материал по английскому языку по теме

Цели и задачи:

1. Образовательные.-проверить знания учащихся основного  страноведческого материала;
2. Развивающие.- развивать артистические способности учащихся.
3. Воспитательные.- воспитывать «чувство локтя» -умение работать в команде; повысить мотивацию к изучению предмета.

Содержание . Всё мероприятие сопровождается компьютерной презентацией “The USA”

 Ведущий: In our days everybody knows what the word “America” means. First of all it is the name of the country – the United States of America and then is the name of the two continents – North America and South America. Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492.

A poem “ Let’s Remember Columbus” #76(4)

Выходит ученик в образе Колумба:

 I decided to sail west to find a new way to India. After sailing 4 thousand miles we reached some land.

It was not India, it was a new land –a new continent. It was America – Central America in fact.

People began to speak about the land as “the New World”.

Tribe music. Появляется индейское племя, садятся полукругом, «курят» трубку мира.

Native Americans had lived in the New World before Christopher Columbus arrived there.

We are  very peaceful. We want to live happily with nature and each other.

We  believe in many gods and think  that gods live in trees, stones, water and fire.

We are skilled in hunting, fishing and farming.

We often have special ceremonies with dances and music.

Another famous tradition is smoking of a peace pipe. When we smoke this pipe together it means friendship.

 A little bit of tribal dancing

Дети в образе первых переселенцев едут на корабле “Mayflower”

England became interested in the New World too. The first English settlements appeared in America at the beginning of the seventeenth century.

The song “We shall overcome”#78 (4)

 On the 6-th of September in  1620 we left England for the New World on board the ship the “ Mayflower’

We want to start a new happy and rich life .

After three months’ voyage we have landed in the North-East of America.

We have set up a colony and called this pert of the country “New England”

Ведущий:There were 13 colonies in 1733. The Americans began to fight for their independence from England and got it . George Washington became the first president of the United States.

The Song “ America” or Madonna’s “American Pie”