1. This is what we are doing today
I will give you a light introduction to The United States Of America.
Then you will go online and work with some tasks.
Later you will be writing.

2. Goals for today and onward.
By the end of this school year we will visit several themes connected to America.
Today:
A light introduction with some facts about the United States of America.
Write some sentences about the USA based either on this presentation or things that you discover while working with computers later.

3. The United states of America
People and places then and today.

4. What I will be talking about
How The USA looks today, and how it started out.
About an American tradition and how it started.
The current president and some past ones.
Grand Canyon.

5. The USA takes form
Starts with 13 states fighting for independence from the British crown.
Today there are 50 states
How did they become a part of the country?
- Some were taken through war
- Others were purchased
Alaska was bought from Russia. Later became a state in 1959
Finn kartet som viser hvordan USA vokser 5

6. An American tradition today
Every year Americans celebrate Thanksgiving.
On the fourth Thursday of November (the 24th this year)
The main dish is Turkey.
As a tradition the president will pardon one turkey every year. The one on the left had no such luck.

7. Thanksgiving starts
The first Thanksgiving was held during the time of the colonies.
Clip of someone explaining why Americans have this holiday.
5:30-8:0

8. Who is the president today?
Current president of The USA
In a few months it will be Donald Trump or Hillary R Clinton.
The election is held november the 8th . 8

9. Some previous Presidents of the USA
Mount Rushmore
From the left
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Theodore roosevelt
Abraham lincoln
G.W – first president. T.J – third president and a man of many occupations. T.R – 26th and an outdoors man. A.L – 16th and against slavery. 9

10. Grand Canyon

11. Are these the things you connects with the United States of America?

12. Enough from me
You can now open your laptops and go to New Flight 2’s homepage.
Go to chapter 8: here and there in the USA

13. Your taskes right now
work with the tasks you find under ‘people and places in the USA’.
two of each in work with words and games.
Write down the name of three people or places that stuck in your mind from the presentation or from the tasks.
Go online and to find information so you can write one sentence about each of them. Write down where you found the information
Ex: ‘Hillary Clinton could become the first female president of the United States of America’