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Нажимая кнопку "Продолжить", я принимаю политику конфиденциальности

A nickel, a dime, a penny, “In God We Trust”, “greenback”, "$", a quarter, “bucks”.

 

II. Put all the nicknames of the U.S. money into the correct order starting with the smallest.

III. Match the columns:

An inch	91 centimeters
A mile	45 kilograms
A quart	2,5 centimeters
A pound	470 ml
A hundredweight	Almost a liter
A barrel	30,5 centimeters
A yard	1609 meters
An ounce	450 grams
A foot	A bit more than 3 liters
A gallon	28 grams
A pint	119 liters

 

IV. Answer the questions:

1. Which inscription appears on all the banknotes and coins?

2. What are the two nicknames of a U.S. dollar?

3. Whose face appears on a 1$ bill?

4. Whose face appears on a 2$ bill?

5. Whose face appears on a 5$ bill?

6. Which bill has got the face of Benjamin Franklin?

V. ☼ Prove that the American dollar is an important currency in the world.

INTERESTING FACTS

• The U.S. Department of the Treasury first issued paper U.S. currency in 1862 to make up for the shortage of coins and to finance the Civil War.
• The first paper notes were printed in denominations of 1 cent, 5 cents, 25 cents, and 50 cents.
• Coins are usually made of copper and another element, such as zinc or nickel. Currency paper is composed of 25 percent linen and 75 percent cotton.
• The nickname "greenback" originated as a name for Demand Notes, non-interest notes with green backs issued by the United States in 1861 to finance the Civil War.
• Martha Washington is the only woman whose portrait has appeared on U.S. paper currency. It appeared on $1 Silver Certificates, Series 1886, 1891, and 1896.
• «In God We Trust» inscription first appeared on U.S. coins in 1864. Almost a century later, Congress made it the official National Motto, and today its use is required by law on both U.S. coins and paper currency.
• The American nickel coin is made mostly from copper, not nickel.
• The US Mint once stamped some gold coins with the legend ‘In Gold We Trust’ instead of ‘In God We Trust’.
• The dollar sign - $ - is a modification of the figure 8 that

used to be stamped on the old Spanish coins called pieces of eight.

SUPPLEMENT

TEST REQUIREMENTS:

1. The completion of the portfolio.

2. Oral answer on one of the topics.

3. Commentary on the realias.

4. Operating the map of the USA.

 

PORTFOLIO

• The USA maps – a map of states and a geographical map;
• The USA flag;
• The American symbols;
• The USA historic dates;
• The list of the US Presidents;
• The list of the geographical realias with a short comment;
• The list of states with their capitals;
• A presentation of a region / a state;
• The list of measures;
• Some folklore examples and realias;
• The list of the US holidays;
• The final essay.

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 19^th 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 way of life.

11. The American holidays.

12. The United States capital.

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.

 

 

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”.

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; 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.