Unit 2 Texas - Crossing Borders

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Welcome!

Have a seat and take out your book

At the end of the lesson you:

- Are able to tell something about Texas

- Know a bit more about John F. Kennedy

TEXAS

Texas is well-known for its massive size. As the second-largest state in the US in both land mass and population, the state of Texas encompasses over 268,597 square miles. To put that into perspective, Texas is twice as big as Japan or Germany and 10% bigger than France. If Texas were a country, it would rank 40th largest in land size.

Texas is huge

JFK

JOHN F. KENNEDY

Assignment

1. Open your book on p. 53.
2. Read the introduction
3. Do exercise 2,3 and 4
4. Done? Study the vocabulary

Texas is the lone star state, because it has one star on its flag.

1. True
2. False

Where was president John F. Kennedy killed?

1. Washington D.C.
2. Delaware
3. Dallas
4. Washington State

We know why John F. Kennedy was killed

1. True
2. False

Jack Ruby died because of his death sentence

1. True
2. False

What have you learnt about Texas and John F. Kennedy?