AMERICAN CULTURAL ICONS

AMERICAN CULTURAL ICONS

AMERICAN CULTURAL ICONS
 Group discussion
1. The USA stands for...? The capital?
2. What is the flag? How many states? How many
stars & stripes?
3. Location? How large?
4. The first & current President?
5. Currency? Its power?
6. The Independence Day? How it came? (1 – 2 lines)
 Group discussion
1. The USA stands for The United States of America
Capital: Washington D.C. (District of Columbia)
2. Flag: 50 stars = 50 states & 13 stripes = 13 colonies
3. Location: North America, land border with
Canada/ N & Mexico/ S - Area: 9,826,675 km2
4. George Washington - Donald Trump
5. U.S. Dollars
7. The Independence Day: 4 July 1776
The USA
• These 13 stripes (seven red and six white
ones) represent the former Thirteen Colonies.
On 4 July 1776 these colonies became
independent of Great Britain (Declaration of
Independence). There are 50 stars in the blue
rectangle on top left of the flag. These stars
represent the 50 federal states.