- •Seminar n 1
- •Christopher Columbus
- •The first Britain colonies on American territory Christopher Columbus
- •Answer the following questions:
- •II. Complete the following sentences:
- •Iіi. State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.
- •IV. Choose the correct variant.
- •Match each date in the left-hand column with the appropriate event in the right-hand column.
- •VI. Solve the crossword.
- •VII. Divide the text into parts and make up a heading to each part. Be ready to speak on Columbus` life and activity.
- •VIII. Prove that Columbus` voyages were really the stupendous page in the history of America. The first Britain colonies on American territory
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Complete the following sentences:
- •III Choose the correct variant:
- •IV State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.
- •V Match the beginning of each sentence in the left-hand column with the endings in
- •VI. Solve the crossword.
- •VII Speak on the formation of one of the first 13 British Colonies in America. Seminar n 2
- •The Mayflower
- •Native Americans The Mayflower
- •I Answer the questions:
- •II Complete the following sentences:
- •III State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.
- •IV Solve the crossword:
- •V. Tell about your voyage aboard the Mayflower as if you are William Mullins, Richard More or Captain Jones Native Americans
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Complete the following sentences:
- •III. Choose the correct variant:
- •IV. State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.
- •V. Match each date in the left-hand column with the appropriate event in the right-hand column.
- •VI. Match the beginning of each sentence in the left-hand column with the endings in the right-hand column. Combine the sentences so that they make sense.
- •Solve the crossword.
- •Seminar n3
- •The history of slavery in the usa.
- •The Ku Klux Klan The history of slavery in the usa.
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Complete the following sentences:
- •III State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.
- •IV. Choose the correct variant:
- •Solve the crossword.
- •VI. Match the beginning of each sentence in the left - hand column with the endings in the right-hand column. Combine sentence so that they make sense.
- •VII. Find out some interesting facts about slavery in the usa. The Ku Klux Klan
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Complete the following sentences:
- •III. Choose the correct variant:
- •1. The Freeman's Bureau was established by Congress on …
- •IV. Match each date in the left-hand column with the appropriate event in the right-hand column.
- •V. State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.
- •Solve the crossword.
- •George Washington
- •The 9/11 Tragedy George Washington
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •VI. Match the beginning of each sentence in the left-hand column with the endings in the right-hand column. Combine the sentences so that they make sense.
- •Solve the crossword
- •VIII. Prove that g. Washington really was Father of His Country. The 9/11 Tragedy
- •I. Answer the questions:
- •II. Complete the following sentences:
- •III. State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false
- •Seminar n 5
- •Barack Obama
- •The usa today Barack Obama
- •I Answer the questions:
- •II Say if these statements are true or false. Correct if necessary.
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •T he usa today
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •Complete the following sentences:
- •III. State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.
- •IV. Match the beginning of each sentence in the left-hand column with the endings in the right-hand column. Combine the sentences so that they make sense.
- •VII. “American way of life”. What associations arise in your mind with this term?
Answer the following questions:
Where and when was Christopher Columbus born?
What nationality was Columbus?
What do you know about his education?
When did Columbus first take to the sea?
Why and when did Columbus and Diego move to Spain?
What navigation devices did Columbus prefer?
Was Columbus the first one who traveled from Europe to America? Who
had been the first one?
8. Why did Columbus’s explorations have a profound impact on the
world? What was its darker note?
9 What did Columbus promise to Spanish monarchs?
10. When did he start for his first voyage? How many ships and men sailed?
How much time did Columbus’s first voyage to America take?
What particular land did Columbus reach?
How were the islanders with the sailors?
Why did the Spaniards call all islanders “Indians”?
Why did Columbus have to leave about 40 men behind at a fort they named
Navidad?
What was the purpose of Columbus’s second journey?
What happened to the fort of Navidad and his people left there?
Why was Columbus arrested and sent back to Spain? What were the charges?
What did Columbus say on the deathbed? Whom did he say that?
Where is his grave located?
What was Columbus’s the biggest contribution to the geography?
II. Complete the following sentences:
Columbus first took to the sea…
Columbus married with…
From 1485 Columbus and Diego moved to…
Columbus was expert in…
Columbus’s explorations led to the…
On August 3, 1492, Columbus…
When Columbus reached the land on October 12, 1492…
When Columbus visited Cuba and Hispaniola, the islanders were…
Columbus arrived on March 15, 1493 to the…
The purpose of the journey on September 23, 1493 was…
After a battle in 1495, Columbus…
Columbus’s third voyage was…
Columbus' final voyage was…
On July 4, Columbus set sail and found…
After a year of waiting on Jamaica, Columbus set sail for…
Because of his discoveries, Columbus is…
Iіi. State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.
1. Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa (located in China today) in 1351 to
Domenico Colombo, a pure class wool-weaver, and Anna Fontanarossa.
2. The family stayed in Lisbon until 1485, when Columbus' wife Lilli died.
3. He was masterful in interpreting the signs of nature, such as the behavior of birds, the
smell of the air, the color of the sky, the condition of the seas.
4. Columbus was the first European to reach the Americas.
5. Columbus proposed his plans to the Portuguese and Spanish kings, but he was turned
down each time.
6. Columbus set sail on April 3, 1492 with six ships, the Pinta, Nina, and Santa Maria,
and 100 men.
7. Called Tainos by the Spaniards, the islanders belonged to a larger language family
called the Arawak.
8. After the success of finding this new land, Columbus set sail west again on September
23, 1493 with 17 ships and 1,200 men.
9. On July 17, he set sail again and later found Northen America.
10. On May 20, 1506, both of his sons, his brother Bartholomew, and his faithful friend
Diego Mundez were at his side when the admiral murmured “Into thy hands, O Lord, I
commit my spirit” and passed away.