Unit 2 Texas - Crossing Borders

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Welcome

Everyone!

Learning goals

You are able to:

- Tell something about the state of 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

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

Let's get started on unit 2

Read Crossing Borders, page 54

Read 'A Fatal Visit to Dallas', page 54

Please do ex. 2 & 3, page 55