Unit One: Independence Day

UNIT ONE
INDEPENDENCE DAY
(4th of July Celebration)

BEFORE YOU LISTEN

Fourth of July is Independence Day

Independence Day honors the birthday of the United States of America and
the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It's a day
of picnics and patriotic parades, a night of concerts and fireworks, and a
reason to fly the American flag.

For further reading, go to:

http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Independence-Day.shtml

NOW LISTEN CAREFULLY!

Click the following link > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbpoC2Y9DIA <

Then listen to it carefully. You may repeat it several times.

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AFTER YOU LISTEN

After you watch and listen to the above video, use the given template to write
your summary (100-150 words) of what you have listened.

Cultural Note:
 Fourth of July (Independence Day):
Since it is celebrated during the summer time with its fine weather,
many people celebrate it by having outdoors activities like picnic, sports,
parade and fireworks display.
 Brooklyn Bridge; a famous bridge that connecting Brooklyn and
Manhattan. It crosses East River, New York.

 Do You Know?
1. Mount Rushmore
What has 60-foot high faces, eyes 11 feet across, noses 20 feet long, and mouths that
stretch 18 feet and is visited by 2.5 million people a year? Mount Rushmore – located
in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The sculpted heads of George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt were carved from a solid
mass of granite. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum was commissioned in 1927 to carve the
massive tourist attraction. It took 14 years to complete and cost a mere $1 million,
and is now considered priceless.

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2. Fireworks Central Celebration

The Fourth of July just wouldn’t be the same without a spectacular fireworks display
Americans of all ages enjoy oohing and ahhhing while watching the fireworks light
up the skies at night. Fireworks Central Celebration is a new feature at America’s
Birthday were we post firework display celebrations being held in cities across the
U.S.
3. History of the Flag
The United States Flag is the third oldest of the National Standards of the world,
older than the Union Jack of Britain or the Tricolor of France. The flag was first
authorized by Congress June 14, 1777. The date is now observed as Flag Day
throughout America. The flag was first flown from Fort Stanwix, on the site of the
present city of Rome, New York, on August 3, 1777. It was first under fire for three
days later in the Battle of Oriskany, August 6, 1777. It was first decreed that there
should be a star and a stripe for each state, making thirteen of both; for the states at
the time had just been erected from the original thirteen colonies.

(Source: http://usacitylink.com)