RETOUR

CIVILIZATION :

The UNITED STATES

 

(Liens vérifiés le 04/08/2009)


 

 


Information
- Symbols - Maps / Posters -
Activities
-
Lesson plans
- Webquests -
Games
- Songs - Cartoons - Cards-
Animations
- Videos

 


Pages complémentaires :

Civilisation : Les Etats-Unis (Main page)

Presidents' Day + US Government
+ HISTORY of the United States + The United States : geography
+ Symbols
(vocabulary) + 'Songs' (in history)

 

Information :

  • Homefacts
    Critical Health Safety and Environmental Information on US cities.
    "Homefacts provides community profiles on cities in the US based on crime, demographics, environmental hazards, water/air quality, UV index and
    community resources like schools, colleges, police/fire stations, airports, zoos and much more."

    (homefacts.com)

 

  • American Culture (Council on International Educational Exchange)
    American People - Day to Day USA - Culture Shock - Free Time - Health and Safety - Banking and Money

  • FirstGov for Kids (kids.gov)
    "provides links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject."

 

  • ZoomSchool : The USA - civilization (enchantedlearning.com)

 

 

  • American culture - "Click a state to read about American culture." (internationaleflcafe.com)


  • Informations sur les différents Etats (maps, statistics, history, state symbols...)
  • 50 States and Capitals (50states.com)
    Des études très variées concernant chaque état : biographies, histoire, constitution, géographie, drapeaux, oiseaux, arbres, editorial cartoons, live web cams...
  • United States of America, (un site qui complète le précédent )
    with National Anthem, Flag, Map and People, Economy, Geography, Government, Newspapers, Museums and Institutions, City Guides, Weather... -(emulateme.com)

 

  • United States - National Anthem :
    Listen to vocal anthem - Listen to instrumental anthem - Lyrics (national-anthems.net)
  • The US50 is an extensive guide to history, outdoors, tourism, events and attractions for the fifty states. (theus50.com)

 

  • All 50 American States Home Pages avec une carte interactive - une mine de renseignements. (globalcomputing.com)
  • States of America Teaching Theme (Teach-nology) :
    Clip Art, Images, Photos
    Resource Materials
    Downloads
    Sites For Background Information
    Hands On Activities
    Interactive Sites For Students
    Web Quests
    Work Sheets - Work Sheets You Can Customize
    Lesson Plans

 

 

Symbols : 

  • A Guide to American Flags (law.ou.edu)



  • Symbols of the USA (enchantedlearning)
    "the Stars and Stripes (the US flag), the Great Seal of the USA, the bald eagle (our national bird), the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the US Capitol, the White House, Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty (a gift from France), The Gateway Arch, Mount Rushmore (carved on a mountain in South Dakota), The Star Spangled Banner (the national anthem of the USA), The Pledge of Allegiance, Yankee Doodle , Uncle Sam (a cartoon figure designed by Thomas Nast), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, Gettysburg, Monticello, the Golden Gate Bridge, and many others."

  • American Icons :
    George Washington - Statue of Liberty - American Flag - Abraham Lincoln - Liberty Bell -
    Bald Eagle - Fourth of July - Declaration of Independence - United States Constitution -
    Washington Monument - Lincoln Memorial - Pledge of Allegiance - Star-Spangled Banner (kidport.com)

 

  • United States - National Anthem :
    Listen to vocal anthem - Listen to instrumental anthem - Lyrics (national-anthems.net)

 

 

Maps / Posters :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • All 50 American States Home Pages avec une carte interactive - une mine de renseignements. (globalcomputing.com)
  • States of America Teaching Theme (Teach-nology) :
    Clip Art, Images, Photos
    Resource Materials
    Downloads
    Sites For Background Information
    Hands On Activities
    Interactive Sites For Students
    Web Quests
    Work Sheets - Work Sheets You Can Customize
    Lesson Plans

 

Activities :

  • America in the 50ties
    "Here are six pages about life in America in the 50ties.
    Explore the photos, watch the videos , play the games, you'll learn a lot!"

    Created by Renée Maufroid (Ac. Lille)

     

  • Krista from Arizona
    "A young American girl has accepted to introduce herself, to talk about her family, her friends, her house, her schoolday.
    See the 5 pages with the recordings.
    Thank you Krista for your precious help!"
    Activities created by Renée Maufroid.

     

  • Symbols of the American Government : Activity Book - 49 pages
    (maser.ca)

 

  • The Mid-Atlantic States : animated activities and games
    "The Mid-Atlantic States (also called Middle Atlantic States) of the United States traditionally refers to that section of the Atlantic Seaboard between New England and the South. The definition always includes New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and usually includes Delaware, Maryland,and Washington D.C. Virginia and West Virginia are sometimes included as well."
    (sheppardsoftware.com)

 

 

  • Mystery State Activity (Education World)
    "Each sheet offers five clues to help students identity of one of the 50 U.S. states."
    - with "ideas for using the Mystery State activity in your classroom."

 

 

Lesson plans :

  • Civilisation d'Amérique du Nord (cndp.fr)
    La revue « Textes et documents pour la classe » "entraîne les élèves à la découverte des cultures "natives" aux Etats-Unis.
    Le magazine propose, sur le site du Cndp, des fiches pédagogiques pour l'école, le collège et le lycée (du niveau A1 au B2). Elles utilisent des sites Internet, des textes, des sons."

  • State Unit Studies (easyfunschool)

  • Fifty states - elementary lesson plans (proteacher.com)

  • States of America Teaching Theme (Teach-nology) :
    Clip Art, Images, Photos
    Resource Materials
    Downloads
    Sites For Background Information
    Hands On Activities
    Interactive Sites For Students
    Web Quests
    Work Sheets - Work Sheets You Can Customize
    Lesson Plans
  • Carnival - a lesson plan (Elementary - Pre-Intermediate)
    with Notting Hill Carnival, London - Rio de Janeiro Carnival - New Orleans Mardi Gras
    +
    New Orleans Mardi Gras (information, history, pictures and videos)
    (reward-english)
  • Carnival for Pre-Intermediate - Intermediate (reward-english)

 

Webquests :

 

 

 

 

  • About the USA - niveau 6ème (Ac. Nancy-Metz)
  • States of America Teaching Theme (Teach-nology) :
    Clip Art, Images, Photos
    Resource Materials
    Downloads
    Sites For Background Information
    Hands On Activities
    Interactive Sites For Students
    Web Quests
    Work Sheets - Work Sheets You Can Customize
    Lesson Plans
  • Native Americans - a webquest
    Maintenant en PAGE WEB!


    - "recherche à faire par des élèves de 3e,

    en lien avec l'unité de New Live 3e sur les Native Americans."
    - proposée par
    Sylvie Chateau (Collège du Géhan - Saulxures sur Moselotte 88)

 

Games :

  • The Mid-Atlantic States : animated activities and games
    "The Mid-Atlantic States (also called Middle Atlantic States) of the United States traditionally refers to that section of the Atlantic Seaboard between New England and the South. The definition always includes New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and usually includes Delaware, Maryland,and Washington D.C. Virginia and West Virginia are sometimes included as well."
    (sheppardsoftware.com)

 

 

 

Songs :

  • 'Songs' (in history)

  • This Land is My Land - animation FLASH
    - a parody of Woodie Guthrie's song
    (Ac. Caen)

  • United States - National Anthem :
    Listen to vocal anthem - Listen to instrumental anthem - Lyrics (national-anthems.net)
  • America by Neil Diamond (The American Dream)
  • Black Velvet by Alannah Myles :
    "Black velvet and that little boy smile
    Black velvet with that slow southern style
    A new religion that'll bring you to your knees
    Black velvet if you please."
  • That's Right (You're Not From Texas) by Lyle Lovett (cowboylyrics.com) - Lien modifié
  • This land is your land by Woody Guthrie :
    "This land is your land, this land is my land
    From California, to the New York Island
    From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
    This land was made for you and me"

 

Cartoons :

Patriotism
(caglepost.com)

 

 

Give them an inch...
(in Alaska)
(cagle.com)

 


Waterboarding

(bendib.com)

 

 

Cards :

 

 

Animations :

 

 

 

Videos :

 

  • Shift Happens
    (YouTube)

    Shift Happens Narrated
    (YouTube)

    Shift Happens
    - a slideshow examining globalization and America s future in the 21st century.
    (slideshare.net)

  • MOVIES (Old Bluejacket's Patriotic Flicks)
    MILITARY & PATRIOTIC MOVIE SELECTIONS -
    NOSTALGIC MOVIE SELECTIONS (Take Me Back to the '60s...) -
    SCENIC MOVIES of AMERICA
    (Beautiful Dixie - The Living Desert - Our National Parks - America, Why I Love Her, narrated by John Wayne...)

  • Americans are NOT stupid - WITH SUBTITLES (You Tube)