1. American Personalities
Famous people from the USA

2. Topics American Presidents American famous actors and actresses
American famous singers and music bands
American famous sportsmen and sportswomen
American explorers and inventors

3. Presidents of the USA
Can you name at least five Presidents of the USA?
Do you know who was the longest serving President of the USA?
Who was the most important American President?
How many Presidents were there in America?

4. Answers Roosevelt – 12 years, 1 month, 8 days
Lincoln – kept the country together;
Washington – set standard for every other President,
Roosevelt – challenged the American people and industry
to modernize and fight against tyranny 44

5. Match the following pictures with the right name of American President.B
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Dwight David Eisenhower
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Richard Nixon
George Bush
Bill Clinton
Barack Obama E F D G I H J

6. Solution
1. E 2. C 3. D 4. J 5. G 6. F 7. A 8. I 9. B 10. H

7. Famous American Actors and Actresses
What famous American actors or actresses do you know? Can you name any of them?
Try to write down as many actors and actresses as possible.
Do you remember the names
of films they acted in?

8. Famous American Musicians
What styles of music can you find in the USA? Think about it in pairs. Compare historical music styles with contemporary music styles.
Do you have any favourite American music band or singer?
How many American musicians do you know?

9. What other sports can you find in the USA?
Sports in America
American Football
Baseball
Basketball
Ice hockey
Soccer
Lacrosse
A. Jim Brown
B. Jim Palmer
C. Michael Jordan
D. Mark Messier
F. Casey Powell
E. Landon Donovan
What other sports can you find in the USA?

10. Famous American Scientists, Inventors and Explorers
1969
Robert Edwin Peary – the North Pole
Joseph Woodland – bar code
Bill Gates – the Internet
J. F. Cantrell – washing machine
Enrico Fermi – nuclear reactor
Gordon Kaufmann – the biggest dam in the world
Chester F. Carlson – copy machine
George Eastman – camera
Don Wetzel – bank machine
Gordon Gould and Charles Townes - laser
1888
1908
1936
1968
1952
1942
1958
1934
1937

11. Solution 1888 - George Eastman – camera
Robert Edwin Peary – the North Pole
J. F. Cantrell – washing machine
Gordon Kaufmann – the biggest dam in the world
Chester F. Carlson – copy machine
Enrico Fermi – nuclear reactor
Joseph Woodland – bar code
Gordon Gould and Charles Townes - laser
Don Wetzel – bank machine
Bill Gates – the Internet

12. Zdroje
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