1. The National Emblems of the USA
Презентация к учебнику «English VI»
(Афанасьева О.В., Михеева И.В.)
Выполнила: учитель МАОУ «Гимназия №23»
Михалева Н.Г.

2. Songs
The official song of the USA is “the Star-Spangled Banner”(«Звездное знамя») (written by Francis Scott Key) It is devoted to the National Flag
The national song (the Americans want it to be the official song of their country) is “America, the Beautiful”(«Америка-красавица»)
People from other countries know it well. They sing it using their countries’ names instead of the name “America” in it.

3. the Flag It is called “Stars and Stripes”
It has 50 stars which represent 50 states and 13 stripes which represent original 13 colonies
The colours are symbolic:
Red -hardness and valour (доблесть)
White -purity and innocence
Blue -justice

4. the Bald Eagle (белоголовый орлан)
It was chosen because of its long life, great strength
At that time Americans thought this bird existed only on the American continent
This bird symbolises independence and freedom

5. “Uncle Sam”
it’s a tall white-haired man with a white goatee (козлиная бородка) and a star-spangled suit
Many people think it was named after Samuel Wilson who was a businessman and in 1812 supplied the U.S. army with beef in barrels. On the barrels letters “U.S.” were written. One of the workers said that U.S. stood for Uncle Sam Wilson
This symbol is still spirit of the USA

6. the Statue of Liberty
It’s a present from France to the American people. (on July 4th, 1884)
It was a symbol of a great hundred-year international friendship between America and France during the American revolutionary war.
The Statue of Liberty was originally a black woman.
But then it was changed to a white woman because it would hurt the feelings of the South that lost the war.

8. Mount Rushmore National Memorial
It’s in South Dakota
It represents the first 150 years of the history of the USA
It’s 18 metres high
It covers 5.17 km and 1,745 m above sea level
The presidents are: G.Washington, Th.Jefferson, J.Madison, A.Lincoln

9. the Motto
The National American motto is
“In God We Trust”