Sights of the USA

A Virtual Tour

11 “B”

Instruction

1. Work in pairs. Choose the places you would like to see yourselves and share your experiences with others.
2. Collect photo/ video to create a tour of your own.
3. Plan your tour: what you are going to show, how you are going to attract and hold the attention of your “tourists”, how you are going to comment the photos or videos. Use active vocabulary of the lesson!
4. Think of some extra ideas that can create the atmosphere (music, sounds of nature, may be even get some treats)
5. Practise your presentation. Stick to timing (5 min).
6. Prepare your questions for “tourists” and try to predict the questions your tourists might ask you.

Welcome to America

Orlando Disney World

Sequoia Natinal Park

Samarevitch Vlad&Zaykovskya Viktoria

-senter California

-1890

- the largest and oldest trees

-1955

-several thematic zones

-a lot of people visit

Welcome to America

Death valley

The White House

Samarevitch Vlad&Zaykovskya Victoria

-official residence and workplace of the President of the US

-between 1792 and 1800

-cultural symbol

-National park

-the hottest and driest place

- 57.7^C

Grand Canyon

Aliona Degis

• Arizona
• More than 4 million people visit it in a year
• rock paintings that were created by native Americans
• UNESCO World Heritage List
• the Colorado River
• https://youtu.be/huqJUghX26Y?si=cQTE3smKQdlSiXbU

Sights of the USA

• The symbol of California
• a complex of concrete slabs with copper stars
• 2,600 slabs
• Stanley Kramer
• slabs with handprints and footprints
• In 2005, Gregory Peck's star was stolen.

Hollywood Walk of Fame

WELCOME TO AMERIKA

• The world's largest lake system in eastern North America, in the St. Lawrence River Basin.
• The total area of the Great Lakes is 245.2 thousand km2
• Helicopter flights, yacht and catamaran rides, fishing, hunting.

ULIANA IVANOVA AND VERONIKA SHNAROVA

Great Lakes

Yellowstone National Park

• States: Wyoming, Montana and Idaho
• Rich flora and fauna
• 290 waterfalls
• 500 geysers.

• 1 March 1872
• The first national park in the USA
• 9000 sq. km

WELCOME TO AMERICA

ULIANA IVANOVA AND VERONIKA SHNAROVA

Statue of Liberty

• Was founded on 28 October in 1886
• 93 meters high
• It's green because it's oxidized.
• There is a museum and an observation deck inside

• Since 1984 in UNESCO
• An icon of Freedom of U.S.
• It served as a lighthouse until 1906

The Brooklyn Bridge

• One of the oldest suspension bridges in the USA
• Its length is 1824 m
• It crosses the East River Strait and connects Brooklyn and Manhattan in New York City.

In 2017, it was included in the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.