Дистанційне навчання 6-Д Pace Work( Social studies) 15/04/2021

 Thursday, the fifteenth of April 

 Theme: Consequences of the Civil War in the USA

Today we are going to learn more facts about systems of government. We are going to do some tasks to improve your knowledge.

Lesson 1

1. Reading

Pre-reading task

     T.: In order to learn new items we start to work with lexical cards. (cards #1) Here you can see some new words:

v  American Civil War - civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865

NOTES: The American Civil War (1861-1865) was a long and bloody war between the Southern States and the Northern States.

v  Ulysses S. Grant - 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)

NOTES: On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union

v  Confederate Army - the southern army during the American Civil War

NOTES: On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union

v  military post-military installation at which a body of troops is stationed

NOTES: On that day, Southern troops fired on Fort Sumter, a U.S. military post in Charleston, South Carolina.

v  secede - withdraw from an organization or communion

NOTES: In 1860 and 1861, the Southern States seceded from, or left, the United States.

v  civil war - a war between factions in the same country

NOTES: The American Civil War (1861-1865) was a long and bloody war between the Southern States and the Northern States.

v  Confederate - of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War

NOTES: The Southern, or Confederate, States wanted to keep the right to own slaves..

v  . Army - the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare

NOTES: On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union