Transcript The National Flag

INVESTICE DO ROZVOJE VZDĚLÁVÁNÍ
Podpora rozvoje cizích jazyků pro
Evropu 21. stol.
Tento projekt je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem
České republiky.
Symbols of the USA
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The national flag
Also called : The Stars and Stripes, Old
Glory, The Star Spangled Banner
 current version from July 4, 1960
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13 horizontal stripes alternating red and
white; in the top left hand corner,50 white
stars on a blue field
50 stars
= 50 U.S. states
 13 stripes = the original thirteen colonies
that rebelled against the British monarchy
and became the first states in the Union.
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The National Flag
Astronaut Alan Shepard raises the United States Flag on the surface
of the moon during the Apollo 14 mission.
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The National Flag
A boy holds an American flag
during the 2009 National Memorial
Day Concert in Washington, D.C.
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The Bald Eagle
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The Bald Eagle is a sacred bird in some North
American cultures
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Its feathers are part of many religious and
spiritual customs among Native Americans.
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Eagles are considered spiritual messengers
between gods and humans by some cultures.
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Pow wow dancers use the eagle claw as a
part of their
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Eagle feathers are often used in traditional
ceremonies.
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The Bald Eagle
• The Great Seal of the United States including a Bald
Eagle grasping thirteen arrows and a thirteen-leaf olive
branch was officially accepted on June 20, 1782
• The founders of the United States liked to compare their new
republic with the Roman Republic where the symbolism of eagle
was prominent.
"The Founding Fathers made an appropriate choice when they
selected the bald eagle as the emblem of the nation. The fierce
beauty and proud independence of this great bird aptly symbolizes
the strength and freedom of America." (President John.F.Kennedy)
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The Bald Eagle
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can be found in most parts of the US
is the only eagle that is found
exclusively on the North American
continent
is a very large and powerful bird
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The Bald Eagle
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A bird of pray
almost extinct in
the continental US
late in the 20th
century,
now has a stable
population ,
removed from the
list of endangered
species.
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The Bald Eagle
can be found on
• national seals
• on the back of several coins
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The National Anthem
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"The Star-Spangled Banner"
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Lyrics from a poem written in 1814 by
an amateur poet Francis Scott Key after
he saw the bombardment of Fort
McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in
the War of 1812
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set to the tune of a popular British
drinking song (by John Stafford Smith )
Listen to the anthem
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The National Anthem
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so
proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose
broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight; O'er
the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly
streaming. And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting
in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still
there. Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
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National motto
~In God we trust.~
• placed on United States coins mainly because of the increased
religious sentiment existing during the Civil War.
• the first found references in the U.S. National Anthem
•The words were shortened to In God We Trust and first applied to
U.S. coins in 1864
•"The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.”(
Thomas Jefferson)
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Other US symbols
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Statue of Liberty
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Rose
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Oak
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White House
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Homer Simpson :-)
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Links
http://www.homeofheroes.coml
www.baldeagleinfo.com
www.evergreen.edu
Library.thinkquest.org
http://www.allabouthist
ory.org/
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INVESTICE DO ROZVOJE VZDĚLÁVÁNÍ
Tato výuková prezentace byla pořízena z finančních
prostředků hrazených Evropským sociálním fondem a
rozpočtem České republiky
Tento projekt je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním
rozpočtem České republiky.