BACK TO :
VOCABULARY
RESCOL

SYMBOLES / SYMBOLS / LOGOS


(Updated on 23/04/2011)


 

 

Cliparts / Pictures

 

Servers  
Encyclopedia and Dictionaries  
Examples :

Symbol names - Animals and Birds - Celebrations - Colours - Comic books -
Countries
( England / Northern Ireland / USA )

- Flags - Hinduism - Maths - Musical groups - Peace -
Phonetics
- Punctuation - Signs - Texts - Weather
-
Wedding cake
- Wedding dress and bouquet

Interactive exercises : Celebrations - Peace - Punctuation and Keyboard - USA - Weather
Exercises to print : USA - Weather
Lesson plans : Celebrations - Logos - USA
Webquests  
Cartoons  

Related pages :

Civilization : The United States
Civilization : The United Kingdom
Signs

Mascots
Punctuation

Cliparts / Pictures :

 

 

 

 

Servers :

  • Logo Serveur (logoserver) :
    Baseball - Basketball - Football - Hockey - Soccer - Lacrosse - Tennis - Volleyball - Softball - Rugby - Roller - Hockey

 

Encyclopedia and Dictionaries :

 

  • NATIONAL EMBLEMS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
    ex : Ireland = shamrock
    (discoverinternet.org)

  • National emblem
    (statemaster.com)

    • 1 National animals (National fauna)
    • 2 National personifications
    • 3 Plants (National flora)
    • 4 Trees
    • 5 Inanimate objects
    • 6 Nationalized patriotic symbols
    • 7 Patron saints
  • Encyclopedia of graphic symbols - (symbols.com)
    "SYMBOLS.com contains more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics. In 1,600 articles their histories, uses, and meanings are thoroughly discussed.
    The signs range from ideograms carved in mammoth teeth by Cro-Magnon men, to hobo signs and subway graffiti."

 

  • AskOxford.com (Oxford dictionaries - Ask the experts) - Symbols (askoxford.com)


Examples :

Symbol names - Animals and Birds - Celebrations - Colours - Comic books -
Countries
( England / Northern Ireland / USA ) - Flags - Hinduism - Maths - Musical groups - Peace -
Phonetics
- Punctuation - Signs - Texts - Weather
- Wedding cake - Wedding dress and bouquet

  • Symbol names - Audio + Transcript
    ex : How to read the word '@' used in the email address?
    (BBC)
  • Animals and Birds :

  • Celebrations :

  • Colours :
    • Symbolic Use of Colors in Flags - (enchantedlearning.com)
      "Very often, the colors used in a flag represent the values of that country (or other entity)."



  • Comic books :

  • Countries :

    • England :

       

      • Icons, symbols and institutions (traditions-uk)
        The BULLDOG / John BULL / BRITISH LION / BRITANNIA / The BOWLER HAT / CRICKET / The British BOBBY /
        TEA / A FULL ENGLISH BREAKFAST / ENGLISH PUBS / The ROBIN



    • Northern Ireland :

      • SYMBOLS
        - Symbols used by both main traditions in Northern Ireland
        - Unionist and Loyalist symbols
        - Nationalist and Republican symbols
        - Flags used in Northern Ireland
        - Examples of symbols used in Loyalist murals
        - Examples of symbols used in Republican murals




    • USA :


      • The Statue of Liberty - "The Symbols of Liberty" (nps.gov) - UPDATED





      • Informations sur les différents Etats : state symbols (classbrain.com)

      • Symbols of the USA : (enchantedlearning.com)
        "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."



      • Symbols of U.S. patriotism (teachervision.fen.com)




      • The symbols of US Government (interactive exercise) - (lve.scola.ac-paris.fr)



      • American Icons : (kidport.com)
        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




  • Flags :

    • Symbolic Use of Colors in Flags - (enchantedlearning.com)
      "Very often, the colors used in a flag represent the values of that country (or other entity)."




  • Hinduism : Symbolism in Hinduism - Présentation PowerPoint (primaryresources.co.uk)


  • Maths :


  • Musical groups :


    • Musical groups - Icons
      "This illustration contains the names of 48 musical groups rendered as icons. Can you figure out the names of the bands?
      Click on the image at El Espíritu de los Cínicos to see the answers."

      (cinismoilustrado.blogspot.com)




  • Peace :
    • Peace symbols
      "The concept of peace is a very important one in cultures all over the world. Think about how we greet people.
      In some languages, the phrases for greetings contain the word for peace."

      - Read article online and do a language activity
      - See/print audio script

      (British Council)

     

  • Phonetics :

  • Punctuation :

    • Learn your English alphabet : Common symbols (full stop - comma - question mark... ) - (learnenglish.de)


  • Signs :

  • Texts :

    • Symboles utilisés pour remplacer des textes :
      Histoires, Nouvelles, Recettes de cuisine, etc






  • Weather :
  • Wedding cake :

  • Wedding dress and bouquet


INTERACTIVE exercises :

Celebrations - Peace - Punctuation and Keyboard - Signs - USA
- Weather

 

Exercises TO PRINT : USA - Weather

Lesson plans : Celebrations - Logos - USA

  • Celebrations :

  • Logos :

     

    • Logos - Warm up activities (identifying, describing, analysing logos)
      "Objectives:
      Make students familiar with language of advertising.
      Make students aware of /Pre-teach vocabulary and ideas which may be used in the future.
      Make students aware of what messages the symbols transmit."




  • USA :

    • My America - activités sur les symboles des USA (field-trips.org)
      Stop 1-Welcome to the My America Field Trip!
      Stop 2-Star-Spangled Banner
      Stop 3-History of the Flag
      Stop 4-July 4th
      Stop 5-The History of the Pledge of Allegiance
      Stop 6-Statue of Liberty
      Stop 7-About the Statue of Liberty
      Stop 8-Ellis Island & Immigration
      Stop 9-American Indians
      Stop 10-Reservation Map
      Stop 11-"American" Wildlife
      Stop 12-Bald Eagle
      Stop 13-American Bison
      Stop 14-Wild Horses
      Stop 15-Mount Rushmore
      Stop 16-Crazy Horse (Tashunkewitko)
      Stop 17-American History
      Stop 18-Goodbye & Thanks for Coming!

     

 

Webquests :

  • American symbols in Comic books - a webquest
    "Learn a few things about Captain America and discover the most famous American symbols through various activities (with animated pictures and videos)"

    (worldofteacherfortin.perso.sfr.fr)

 

  • United States Symbols Webquest (ncsd.k12.mo.us)
    "You will be making a U.S. symbols book that will include 6 current symbols and the new symbol that you would nominate."


 

 

Cartoons :