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The United States of America(USA)
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What do you know about the USA?
• Name 5 states in the USA• Name 5 cities in the USA• Can you name any
presidents of the USA?• What 2 countries are
neighbors to the USA?• Name 5 famous people
from USA
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USA Map
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Washington DC is the capital of USA
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Barack Obama is the President of USA
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Facts about the USA• The biggest city in the USA is
New York City.
• The currency in the USA is the dollar $
• There are many regiligions in USA, but the main religion is Christianity.
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Learn about American history
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In 1492 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS arrived in the “New World”. He thought he had come to India and called the people who lived there “Indians”:
At that time about 1 million people lived in America.
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In 1620 a group of English settlers arrived in America on a ship called the
Mayflower.
They built one of the first European colonies in America. Have you seen the movie Pocahontas?
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On July 4th, 1776, the Americans made a “Declaration of Independence” from Britain.
After that they fought war that lasted six years.
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George Washington was the first president of the USA.
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America moves West!
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The Oregon TrailPeople traveled to Oregon to settle on farms
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The Gold Rush!
Settlers traveled to California to look for gold and oil.
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Cowboys and Indians
When white Americans moved West, they had to fight or make peace with the Indians.
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Sitting Bull was a Chief of the Sioux tribe. He fought against settlers because he wanted to keep his way of life.
The Sioux won the battle and kept their land.
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The Civil War
For six years, the North fought the South in the Civil War.
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Slavery was the cause of the Civil War between the South and the North, fought from 1860 to 1865.
Abraham Lincoln was against slavery. He believed “ all men were born equal”
The North won the war and slavery ended.
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Important people in USA
Clara Barton started the
Red Cross
Harriet Tubman helped slaves escape the South
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In 1893 Henry Ford built the first car.
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Martin Luther King fought for the rights of black people. He won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon in 1969.
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Food in the USA
• There is lots of different food in the USA. Popular foods are:
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Sports in USA
American football http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bT-e4FwPwU&hd=1
Baseball http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNPRybd7cVQ
Basketball http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fam3N9Pn80Q
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