CANADA basic facts Mgr. Zdislava Šmídová

Anotace Kód DUMu: VY_32_INOVACE_3.AJ.17 Číslo projektu: CZ.1.07/1.5.00/34.0114 Vytvořeno: únor 2013 Ročník: 3. ročník a 4. ročník – čtyřleté gymnázium (RVP-G) Septima a Oktáva – osmileté gymnázium (RVP-G) Anotace: Tento materiál by vytvořen jako téma pro maturitní okruh: CANADA – basic facts na Gymnáziu a JŠ Svitavy; přibližně na jednu, popřípadě více vyučovacích hodin (pro výklad i opakování – shrnutí učiva). Obsahuje jednak přehled faktografických údajů, tak i anglickou ustálenou terminologii, doplněné o interaktivní cvičení: videa, poslechy, rozhovory s diskuzí na dané téma (role-play). Je primárně zaměřen na dva poslední ročníky gymnázia, i přesto se dá využít i v nižších ročnících osmiletého i čtyřletého studia vcelku nebo jeho jednotlivé části. Pomůcky: interaktivní tabule Vzdělávací oblast Jazyk a jazyková komunikace Vzdělávací obor Anglický jazyk Tematický okruh CANADA - basic facts

CANADA basic facts geography climate government economy division 10)

CANADA Discuss in pairs: What do you know about Canada? Write down a list of places, things, symbols… associated with Canada. 11) 13) 12)

BASIC FACTS CANADA *“kanata“ the Indian word – means “village“ * the second largest country in the world *Canada’s nickname: “The Great White North” capital: Ottawa official language: French and English national symbols: maple leaf and beaver largest cities: Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary area: 9, 970,610sq km population: 32, 507, 874(2004) currency: Canadian dollar 14)

NATIONAL FLAG consists of two vertical bands of red with a white square between them and a red maple leaf centered in the white square is based on a strong sense of Canadian history: - red and white were proclaimed the official colours of Canada in 1921 by the British King George V. Canada’s aboriginal people had discovered the food properties of maple sap, which they gathered every spring In 1965, it became a component of the national flag of Canada 15)

NATIONAL ANTHEM Video: Canadian National Anthem 16)

NATIONAL ANIMAL The Canadian national animal is the beaver is less populous now than it used to be because of past trapping 9)

GEOGRAPHY Mountains: the Coast Mountains the Rocky Mountains the Mackenzie Mountains *Mount Logan (6, 050m) in St. Elias Mountain, Yukon Video: Logan Expedition 2009 2)

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GEOGRAPHY Rivers: the St Lawrence the Mackenzie the Fraser Lakes: Great Bear Lake Great Slave Lake - largest in Canada - the deepest in North America Lake Winnipeg Lake Ontario, Erie, Huron, Superior (Michigan – the USA)

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NIAGARA FALLS one of the wonders of the world very south of Ontario - between Lake Erie and Ontario on the border with New York state one of the great tourist destinations in Canada a major producer of hydro-electricity for the country . the Canadian fall is called the Horseshoe Fall - 49 m high and almost 1 km wide

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CLIMATE north – Artic cold (-40 – 50 °C winter) west coast - warmer temperatures: - mild summers (summer +10 +35°C) - cold winters area between the Great Lakes experience seasonal extremes: - evaporation of the waters of the Great Lakes makes the air and temperature very humid * summer - hotter than it actually is and provides a great thunderstorm * winter - evaporated water has different results – large amounts of snow falls – bury cars and trucks completely

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GOVERNMENT a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations Constitutional monarchy - – parliamentary democracy with a federal system the head of state is the British monarch - - Queen / King represented by the Governor General the Cabinet : Prime Minister the Canadian Parliament is composed of - Queen / Governor General – The House of Commons - The Senat

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ECONOMY Agriculture – wheat, beef, cattle, barley, oats, vegetables, fruits, tobacco, dairy products - fishing,cod, lobster, salmon Industry- -raw materials - coal, gold, uranium, other metal ores, oil and gas -manufacturing – motor vehicles, food products, machinery, wood, petroleum, leather -hydro-electric industry -machine-building and chemical industries Major exported goods: motor vehicles, wood, wheat Major imported goods: computers, electronic and electric appliances, scientific equipment  

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DIVISION Canadian administration: 10 provinces 3 territories Viz. Prezentace VY_32_INOVACE_3.AJ.18 Canada – its history and administration

ROLE-PLAY Discuss in pairs: What basic facts do you know about Canada? What do you know about the geography of Canada? (work with a map) Can you name Canadian lakes? (work with a map) What is the climate like in Canada? What do you know about the political system in Canada? What national symbols can you name? What do you know about the main agricultural and industrial products?

Zdroje a použitá literatura FOTOGALERIE: 2) HOLDSWORTH, Gerald. File:Mount Logan.jpg [online]. [cit. 7.2.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Mount_Logan.jpg Ditta Kukaňová (se souhlasem autora objektu) 1), 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 17) Použité obrázky 10) – 16) pocházejí z otevřené galerie Microsoft Office (Powerpoint).

Zdroje a použitá literatura KNIŽNÍ ZDROJE: SMITH - DLUHÁ, Gabriella a kol. Angličtina otázky a odpovědi. Olomouc: INFOA, 2007, ISBN 80-7240-489-X. EL-HMOUDOVÁ, Dagmar. Angličtina - Maturitní témata. Český Těšín: Petra Velanová, Třebíč, 2006, ISBN 9788086873046. ELEKTRONICKÉ ZDROJE: ORŠULÁK, Tomáš; DOKTOROVÁ, Tatiana. CANADA [online]. [cit. 7.2.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.skola.amoskadan.cz/s_aj/ajhtm/ae/ae10.htm TAYLOR, Gerald. Canada [online]. [cit. 8.2.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.bridge-online.cz/aitom/upload/maturita/temata/21_canada_basic_facts.pdf GULLEY, Jeff. Behind the maple leaf [online]. [cit. 8.2.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.bridge-online.cz/aitom/upload/maturita/temata/22_behind_the_maple_leaf.pdf GULLEY, Jeff. Canada - the great [online]. [cit. 8.2.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.bridge-online.cz/aitom/upload/maturita/temata/23_great_white_north.pdf Veškeré hypertextové odkazy jsou platné ke dni vytvoření díla.