The USA Ht-22 8C

Take me on a journey to the USA and let your story begin.

 Your goals

 

       You will    

• get to know a quite a few things about the USA  through films and texts

• be able to compare with Sweden by using the facts you will learn and by using earlier knowledge and own experience.

• make a written diary

• Put a wordlist in your project.

  Intro: 

Uppgiften – instruktioner till eleverna

Hi there guys. I know you are travelling in North America right now when studying geography. We are traveling to the same country in English with other topics and another language of course. You can also use your information that you have already (via geography-work).

 

You are going to embark on a 30-day road trip around USA. Feel free to go about it anyway you like, but you have to include the following points (1-9)somewhere in your story/travel journal. Feel free to include photos/pictures and you can choose how to present your story/travel journal to the others: either as a verbal presentation, written poster, or slide/PP or iMovie.  At an early stage, let me know which presentation you prefer and how you are planning your work. You can send a little note to me via chat in teams, or talk to me during lesson.

DO NOT forget to include a list of the sources you have used in your presentation. 

 

START with you arriving at Washington Dulles International Airport in the capital of the USA, Washington DC or at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.  Then, feel free to go in any direction, by any means of transportation and with any budget. It is good if you start off making a mind map. You have to write a little about every place you visit/every point. What are you doing there? Why are you there, What can you see, what can you feel, hear and so on. How do you get there? Describe the weather.

https://lektionsbanken.se/planeringar/usa-trip/?grade=746&subject=749&section=0     

 

INCLUDE:

1. Size of population of the USA.
2. Names and basic information about, at least, two big cities of your own choice. I prefer that the cities are on different coasts in different states.
3. A national park ex Yellowstone , Grand Canyon (Include descriptions of accurate scenery and landscape)
4. Three sights/attractions that are well-known (own choice) ex Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Golden gate bridge, The White House, Mount Rushmore, Pentagon etc…
5. Make a list of A few american slang words
6. At least two kinds of animals who only exists in North America. https://themysteriousworld.com/animals-found-only-in-north-america/
7. A meeting with a native American. The indigenous people of America. https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/native-americans/ If you can compare the native people of Sweden with the ones in USA, please do so.
8. Follow a teenager on a typical school day. Describe school system. Compare to yours. https://www.justlanded.com/english/United-States/USA-Guide/Education/The-American-school-system, https://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/countries/usa/school, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZBSwj6YLfk
9. Compare the 4^th of July with our national day, 6th of June. ( search net or see your wings book)
10. Extra: Write about an American idol, role model for ex Mae Jemison, Steve Jobs, Rosa Parks, MLK, Halima Aden https://medium.com/thrive-global/9-celebrities-who-are-great-role-models-for-your-kids-3127dd78fc86

Some example or suggestions to travel guides: https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/countries/unitedstates.html

USA´s Tourist Commission:
https://www.visittheusa.se/unitedstories
https://www.visittheusa.se/
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/states/
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/states/new-york/                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Way of working   

                 

https://lektionsbanken.se/planeringar/usa-trip/?grade=746&subject=749&section=0                                                                                             

• seeking and choosing information  (during no more than two lessons)

  1. looking for pictures/photos to illustrate your TV studio. You can use Power point  (about 10 slides)

  2. from texts + 3. from the Internet about your state, for example: capital, sights, tourist information, famous places, famous people, nature, culture, history, films, food, environment, animals, , weather, sports, geography, population, inhabitants, fashion, religion, education/school, criminality, shopping, music, local accent, medical care, ways of living, dumb laws.  (Look at this. It might help to interesting for news.

  IF you have a special interest – start with that! 

• preparing two or three questions about your state to be used in a quiz/Jeopardy/Kahoot

 

Examination

 

1. Write a diary over your trip. 

The USA – tips, links

The USA

Just the facts/Encyclopedias & Almanacs/State links/Did you know/State’s famous people/

http://www.ipl.org/div/stateknow/tx1.html

The U.S. states

http://www.history.com/topics/us-states

Facts about the states

http://state.1keydata.com/

Visit the USA

http://www.visittheusa.se/

Travel and holidays to the USA

http://www.visitusa.org.uk/

How the states got their shapes

http://www.history.com/search?q=how%20the%20states%20got%20their%20shapes

How to elect the president in the USA

http://www.history.com/topics/electoral-college

History of Halloween

http://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween

History of Thanksgiving

http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving

Industrial revolution

http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution

The great depression

http://www.history.com/topics/great-depression

How Nevada got its shape

http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/nevada/videos/how-nevada-got-its-shape

How Florida got its shape

http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/florida/videos/how-florida-got-its-shape

Both – the USA

Search for videos about the wild life – wild animals in the USA

http://www.natgeotv.com/ca

Wild Animal Fact Sheet

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html

Läroplanskopplingar

Syfte

• förståelse av engelska i tal och skrift,
• förmåga att formulera sig och kommunicera på engelska i tal och skrift,
• förmåga att anpassa språket efter olika syften, mottagare och sammanhang, och
• förståelse av kulturella och sociala förhållanden i olika sammanhang och områden där engelska används.

Centralt innehåll

• Levnadsvillkor, traditioner, sociala relationer och kulturella företeelser i olika sammanhang och områden där engelska används, även i jämförelse med egna erfarenheter och kunskaper.
• Talad engelska, även med inslag av regional och sociolektal variation, och texter, från olika medier.
• Talad engelska och texter som är instruerande, informerande, beskrivande, berättande, diskuterande, argumenterande och kontaktskapande – varje slag för sig eller i olika kombinationer – till exempel samtal, intervjuer, nyheter, reportage och tidningsartiklar.
• Sökning och värdering av innehåll i muntliga och skriftliga källor av olika slag, utifrån olika syften.
• Samtal, diskussion och skrivande där eleverna berättar, beskriver, instruerar och motiverar sina åsikter.