Lecture 2 american history and national symbolism First

Lecture 2 american history and national symbolism First Settlers and War for Independence The Civil War and Abolition of Slavery America after September 11 th, 2001 Practicing at Home (optional): The American R sound. The American Flap. Sloppiness.

American Values: Start in History • freedom: first settlers and the War for Independence • equality: abolition of slavery • hard work: colonial times

1. first settlers and war for independence Christopher Columbus departed on his first voyage in search of a quicker route to Asia. Columbus encountered the islands which became known as the West Indies, in the Caribbean Sea. Here: Columbus takes leave of Ferdinand V and Isabella, the king and queen of Castile, who sponsored his first expedition in 1492

The Second Continental Congress, made up of about 50 delegates from the American colonies, convened on May 10, 1775. On July 2, 1776, the Congress voted for national independence, and on July 4 it adopted the Declaration of Independence. The Congress also declared itself the supreme government of the colonies, commissioned George Washington to raise a continental army, issued paper money, and established local governments.

Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence is the document in which American colonists proclaimed their freedom from British rule. The document included an expression of the colonists’ grievances and their reasons for declaring freedom from Britain. The Declaration of Independence’s eloquent rhetoric and political significance rank it as one of the world’s great historical documents. Its major author was Thomas Jefferson.

Liberty Bell The 943 -kg (2080 -lb) Liberty Bell, originally cast in England in 1752, sounded on July 8, 1776, in Philadelphia at the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. It sounded again on each successive Independence Day (July 4 th) until it cracked. The bell is considered a symbol of American independence.

2. the civil war and abolition of slavery Abraham Lincoln, the 16 th President (1809 -1865)

Henry Bruekner's 1855 painting The Marriage of Pocahontas (to John Rolfe)

Over 600, 000 people died in the Civil war which lasted for four years (1861 -1865) Richmond, the capital of Virginia, was completely destroyed in the war General Robert E. Lee (1807 -1870)

Margaret Mitchell’s bestseller “Gone with the Wind”: love during the Civil War in America 1939, George Cukor Clark Gable as Rhett Butler Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara

3. the 21 st century after september 11, 2001 George W. Bush, jr. the 43 rd (current) President of the U. S. A.

Terrorists Destroy World Trade Center A fireball erupts from the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York City after a hijacked passenger jet crashed into it on September 11, 2001. Another hijacked jet had crashed into the north tower about 15 minutes earlier. Both of the 110 story skyscrapers soon collapsed completely. Hijackers crashed a third plane into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and a fourth hijacked plane crashed in Pennsylvania. The terrorist attacks, which killed more than 3, 000 people, were the deadliest in United States history.

Why? Why do people hate America? Why do I hate America? Give three reasons ◄ “Contains valuable information and insights that we should know, over here, for our own good, and the world’s” Noam Chomsky

clementine In a cavern, in a canyon, excavating for a mine, Dwelt a miner, 49 -er, and his daughter Clementine. Oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine! You are lost and gone forever, dreadful sorry, Clementine! Light she was and like a fairy and her shoes were number nine. Herring boxes without topses, sandals were for Clementine. Oh my darling, oh my darling… (etc. ) Drove she ducklings to the water every morning just at nine, Stubbed her toe against a splinter, fell into the foaming brine.

Starting with the Gold Rush of 1849, mining developed rapidly in the American West. As gold, silver, copper, and lead mines were established, towns sprung up around them, providing a place for the miners to sleep, eat, and buy supplies. Many of these towns were later abandoned when the mines around them closed.

Clementine Ruby lips above the water, blowing bubbles soft and fine. . . But alas! I was no swimmer, so I lost my Clementine. In a churchyard, near the canyon, where the myrtle does entwine, There grow roses and other posies, fertilized by Clementine. Then the miner, '49 -er, soon began to peak and pine, Thought he oughter jine his daughter, now he's with his Clementine.

Clementine In my dreams she still doth haunt me, robed in garments soaked with brine. Tho' in life I used to hug her, now she's dead I draw the line. Now ye Boy Scouts, heed the warning to this tragic tale of mine: Artificial respiration would have saved my Clementine. How I missed he! How I missed her! How I missed my Clementine! Till I kissed her little sister and forgot my Clementine.

Найдите русские соответствия: first settlers freedom of religion religious denomination daily services material wealth Native Americans flint-knapping hide-tanning pursuit of happiness abolition of slavery

Translation task Norfolk covers a land area of 139 sq km (54 sq mi), with a mean elevation of 4 m (12 ft). According to the 2000 census, whites are 48. 4 percent of the population, blacks 44. 1 percent, Asians 2. 8 percent, Native Americans 0. 5 percent, and Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0. 1 percent. The remainder are of mixed heritage or did not report race. Hispanics, who may be of any race, are 3. 8 percent of the people.