24 October, 2013

History, geography and English – 3 in1

The Window on America center continues project “Discover USA” with partner English Specialized School # 22. 
The Dnipropetrovsk WOA Head S. Usenko presented to the students of specialized School No 22 (with focus on the English language) traditions of the American holiday – the Columbus Day.
The students were offered to watch an informative slide show about the history of Christopher Columbus ‘s four voyages to the American continent, animated cartoons about his life and a documentary about the Columbus Day parade in New York.
The children learned a lot of interesting historic facts saw the voyages’ routes and at the same time practiced several learning activities - reading, translation and auditing.
 To commemorate the impact of Columbus’s voyages on the history of American continent his name was given to a country in Latin America, a province in Canada, a federal district and a University in the USA.
Number of participants – 67 persons.




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