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A First Look at the USA Milada Broukal

A First Look at the USA By Milada Broukal

A First Look at the USA by Milada Broukal


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Summary

Each unit in this background reader opens with an illustrated spread with simple questions designed to prepare students for the readings that follow on American people, places and things, and to familiarize them with the vocabulary of the unit.

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A First Look at the USA Summary

A First Look at the USA by Milada Broukal

As entertaining as they are informative, these stimulating cultural readers introduce students to typically American people, places, and things. The intriguing facts presented in the units not only give students information about the USA, but also inspire crosscultural exchange. Vocabulary and structures used in the texts have been carefully controlled at each level, while the language has been kept natural and lively.

Table of Contents

PART 1: THE UNITED STATES

Unit 1 Florida

Unit 2 Washington

Unit 3 Minnesota

PART 2: U.S.INVENTIONS AND INVENTORS

Unit 4 Isaac Singer's Sewing Machine

Unit 5 Josephine Cochrane's Dishwasher

Unit 6 Garret A. Morgan's Traffic Light

PART 3: U.S.ORIGINALS

Unit 7 McDonald's

Unit 8 Superman

Unit 9 Potato Chips

PART 4: HOLIDAYS AND SPECIAL DAYS

Unit 10 New Year's Day

Unit 11 St. Patrick's Day

Unit 12 Labor Day

PART 5: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Unit 13 The Capitol

Unit 14 The Smithsonian Institution

Unit 15 Arlington National Cemetery

PART 6: U.S.ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Unit 16 Langston Hughes

Unit 17 Grandma Moses

Unit 18 Ella Fitzgerald

PART 7: THE STORY OF AMERICA

Unit 19 Paul Revere's Ride

Unit 20 John Brown

Unit 21 Sitting Bull

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Additional information

CIN020169512XG
9780201695120
020169512X
A First Look at the USA by Milada Broukal
Used - Good
Paperback
Pearson Education (US)
19971117
85
N/A
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