Appendix 5. United States. Factbox

STATE, ABBREVIATION	CAPITAL
Alabama (AL)	Montgomery
Alaska (AK)	Juneau
Arizona (AZ)	Phoenix
Arkansas (AK)	Little Rock
California (CA)	Sacramento
Colorado (CO)	Denver
Connecticut (CT)	Hartford
District of Columbia (DC)	Washington
Delaware (DE)	Dover
Florida (FL)	Tallahassee
Georgia (GA)	Atlanta
Hawaii (HI)	Honolulu
Idaho (ID)	Boise
Illinois (IL)	Springfield
Indiana (IN)	Indianapolis
Iowa (IA)	Des Moines
Kansas (KS)	Topeka
Kentucky (KY)	Frankfort
Louisiana (LA)	Baton Rouge
Maine (ME)	Augusta
Maryland (MD)	Annapolis
Massachusetts (MA)	Boston
Michigan (MI)	Lansing
Minnesota (MN)	St. Paul
Mississippi (MS)	Jackson
Missouri (MO)	Jefferson City
Montana (MT)	Helena
Nebraska (NB)	Lincoln
Nevada (NV)	Carson City
New Hampshire (NH)	Concord
New Jersey (NJ)	Trenton
New Mexico (NM)	Santa Fe
New York (NY)	Albany
North Carolina (NC)	Raleigh
North Dakota (ND)	Bismarck
Ohio (OH)	Columbus
Oklahoma (OK)	Oklahoma City
Oregon (OR)	Salem
Pennsylvania (PA)	Harrisburg
Rhode Island (RI)	Providence
South Carolina (SC)	Columbia
South Dakota (SD)	Pierre
Tennessee (TN)	Nashville
Texas (TX)	Austin
Utah (UT)	Salt Lake City
Vermont (VT)	Montpelier
Virginia (VA)	Richmond
Washington (WA)	Olympia
West Virginia (WV)	Charleston
Wisconsin (WI)	Madison
Wyoming (WY)	Cheyenne

Task 1. Draw the map of the USA. Match all geographical places mentioned in this text on it.

Task 2. Find information and write a report about one state (students’ choice).

Additional information:

1. America was discovered by Columbus in 1492. It was called the “New World”. Later it was named after Amerigo Vespucci who said he had been there before Columbus.

2. At first there were 13 stars and 13 stripes on the national flag of the USA. There was one star and one stripe for every state in the new country on July 4, 1777. Then new states were added and new stars appeared on the flag. Now there are 50 states and 50 stars on the American flag. The 13 stripes represent the original 13 states.

Americans have a special holiday – Flag Day – celebrated on June 14.

3. The national motto is “In God We Trust”. It first appeared on US coins after April 22, 1864, when it was written on a 2-cent piece. On July 30,1956 it became the national motto.

Appendix 6. Write a report on the following questions; Choose any of the topics.

1. Places to See in London.

2. My Favourite American Writer.

3. Famous Britons.

4. Customs and Traditions of GB.

5.  Political System of GB.

6. Sports in GB.

7. Massmedia. Newspapers of GB.

8. Constitutional Law of GB / USA.

9. Education in GB/ US.

10. The Discovery of the US.

11. My Favourite American City.

12. Presidents of the USA.

13. Interpol.

14. Russian Militia.

15. Crimes & Law.

16. The System of Courts in Russia.

Feel free to offer your own topic for the report.

Appendix 7. Physical Map of Great Britain.

 

Appendix 8. Physical Map of the USA.

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   Ресурсы Интернета:

1. URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk

2. URL: http://www.ox.ac.uk

3. URL: http://www.just-English.ru/abc.html

4. URL: http://www.edufind.com/English/grammar/toc.cfm.

5. URL: http://www.edu.ru

6. URL: http://nota.triwe.net/English11

7. URL: http://www.number-10.gov.uk.

8. URL: http://www.royal.gov.uk/

9. URL: http://titania.cobuild.collins.co.uk./direct.info.html

10. URL: http://ucl.ac.uk/English-usage/ice.html

11. The White House - URL: http://whitehouse.gov.

12. URL: http://oed.com

13.  URL: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

14. URL: http://www.english.language.ru/tests

15. URL: http://www.rambler.ru/dict/enru/

16.  URL: http://www.britannica.com/

17.  http://www.gale.com/free_resourses/lit_kit/guide.htm

18. http://www.fbi.gov.

19. Карта Великобритании. – URL: http://strlondon.narod.ru/main.html

20. Карта Великобритании. – URL: http://www.tury.ru/index.php/countries

21. Карта США – URL: http://WWW.AMONDSMITH.RU/usa.htm

22. System of Russian Education - ­­URL: http://www.useic.ru/russian_education/

23.  Metropolitan Police - URL: http://www.met.police.uk

24. Энциклопедия Кирилла и Мефодия – URL: http://www.km.ru

Содержание

I. ПОЯСНИТЕЛЬНАЯ ЗАПИСКА……………………………………..2

II. СОДЕРЖАНИЕ УРОКОВ:

Lesson 1. MY FAMILY………………………………………………………3                       

Lesson 2. HIGHER EDUCATION…………………………………..………...4

Lesson 3. TOWN…………………………………………………………….…7

Lesson 4. GREAT BRITAIN…………………………………………………10

Lesson 5. THE USA…………………………………………………………..12

Lesson 6. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF THE US & THE UK…………….17

Lesson 7. POLICE WORK IN THE USA, BRITAIN………………………..18

Lesson 8. CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS…………………………………26

Lesson 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE…………………………………………..28

Lesson 10. MY FUTURE PROFESSION…………………………………….30

III. APPENDIX………………………………………………………………32

IV. СПИСОК ИСПОЛЬЗОВАННОЙ ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ……………………..38

 

 

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