ЛИТЕРАТУРНО-ТВОРЧЕСКАЯ КОМПОЗИЦИЯ «ДИАЛОГИ ОБ АМЕРИКЕ» (6-7 классы)

ЛИТЕРАТУРНО-ТВОРЧЕСКАЯ КОМПОЗИЦИЯ

«ДИАЛОГИ ОБ АМЕРИКЕ»

Сцена 1

Действующие лица: Турист из России, гид американец

Оснащение: Изображение статуи свободы в Нью-Йорке.

Американец: You are a foreigner, aren't you?

Турист: Yes, that's right.

Американец: Where did you come from?

Турист: I come from Moscow in Russia.

Американец: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't speak your language. I don't see many Russian tourists in America. So, welcome to our country. I'm so glad you've come. Are you enjoying staying in America?

Турист: Yes, I'm having a wonderful time. The first thing I was impressed by is the people living in America. There is a great variety of different nationalities here.

Американец: So I will be glad to be your guide round the "wheel" of the American history. Let's start from the very beginning.

Сцена 2

Действующие лица: Турист из России, гид американец, Колумб, Пилигрим 1, Пилигрим 2, индеец 1, индеец 2.

Оснащение: Изображение средневекового корабля с пилигримами, изображение Карты Колумба.

На экране высвечивается изображение средневекового корабля с пилигримами. На сцену выходит Колумб.

Колумб: In the Middle Ages Spain was very interested in new lands. So I made many voyages to discover them. One day I decided to find the seaway to India, which was famous of unknown exotic fruit, vegetables and different kinds of spice.

But my route was mistaken. When I arrived in the Caribbean I thought I landed in India in Asia, so I called the people there "Indians". In fact they were Native Americans.

Колумб уходит со сцены. Вместо него появляются пилигримы.

Пилигрим 1: In fourteen hundred and ninety-two

Пилигрим 2: Columbus sailed the ocean blue...

Пилигрим 1: Let's sing together this old song

Пилигрим 2: About the voyage that took him long,

Пилигрим 1: About the sailors, those strong brave men.

Пилигрим 2: Let's sing and remember them all again!

Пилигримы подходят друг к другу

Пилигрим 1: Are you unhappy because you're leaving England?

Пилигрим 2: No, I'm not. In England many people were unkind to us because our religion is different. We have a very simple life so people think we're strange. Finally, we decided to sail to America.

Пилигрим 1: Land ahoy! There is a land in the distance!

Пилигрим 2: I am sure it's a wonderful country for us.

Турист: Who are you?

Пилигрим 1: We are Pilgrims, the fist white settlers in North America. We came here in 1620 on the ship "Mayflower" from England.

Пилигрим 2: We took 66 days to sail to America and when we arrived many of the Pilgrims were sick and weak from the terrible weather. When we landed in America we were worried about Indians and wild animals.

Пилигрим 2: But the land was good. Many of the fruits and vegetables were different from those in England. There were also animals to hunt and tasty fish to catch. We started building our first houses.

Пилигрим 2: The winter was very cold and it snowed. A lot of people died and finally there were only 52 of us. One day an Indian suddenly appeared.

Появляются индейцы

Индеец 1: Who are you?

Пилигрим 1: My name is Lizzie and this is John. We are Pilgrims from a far country called England. We came here to start a new life. And who are you?

Индеец 1: We are Native Americans. We

live in small groups of about 20-50 people. We are very peaceful people, and live by hunting and collecting food. Some of us have farms.

Индеец 2: So we can teach you how to cultivate the plants that we now eat: potatoes, beans, maize, tomatoes, pineapples, cacao and many more.

Американец: After that the Native Americans and the white people smoke a pipe of peace which means friendship. Soon everything went well for the pilgrims. A year later they invited all the Indians to a big meal to thank them for their help. Nowadays this day is celebrated in America every autumn and called "Thanksgiving Day"

Сцена 3

Действующие лица: Турист из России, гид американец, президент Линкольн, темнокожий Американец.

Оснащение: Изображение рабов на плантациях. Изображение военных действий с Британией в войне за независимость.

Президент Линкольн за рабочим столом.

Американец: When Christopher Columbus discovered the American continent and the first pilgrims landed here, who thought that this was the place where the future of the world would be made! The declaration of independence was proclaimed in. The war with Britain lasted for eighty years. Slavery grew in the South. The 16-th American President Abraham Lincoln had to lead the country through the four terrible years of the Civil War. And he hated slavery.

Турист входит в кабинет президента.

Президент: Good afternoon to you.

Турист: Good afternoon, Mr. President.

Президент: So, you wanted to see me.

Турист: Yes, Mr. President.

Президент: You are not American, aren't you?

Турист: No, Mr. President.

Президент: And you've come to ask me some questions.

Турист: That's right, Mr. President.

Президент: All right. Stay and ask your questions.

Турист: Where were you born, Mr. President?

Президент: I was born in Kentucky.

Турист: Did you spend all your childhood in Kentucky?

Президент: No. When I was seven my family had to leave Kentucky.

We moved to Indiana.

Турист: What do you remember of your childhood?

Президент: Many, many things. I remember the death of my dear mother.

Турист: How old were you then?

Президент: Nine. A young lad of nine.

Турист: And did your father marry again?

Президент: Yes, he married Sarah Bush Johnson. She was a new mother to me. A wonderful person.

Турист: Did she encourage you to study?

Президент: Yes, I didn't like farm work. I knew it wasn't going to be my life. My new mother saw it and encouraged me to read.

Турист: What did you like to read?

Президент: Anything and everything. I liked "The Life of George Washington", Shakespeare, Aesop's "Fables".

Раздаётся стук в дверь.

Excuse me. Come in.

Входит афроамериканец.

Президент: Good afternoon. Who are you?

Афроамериканец: Good afternoon, Mr. President. My name is John.

Президент: Where did you come from?

Афроамериканец: I was born here in America. But my grandfather came from Gambia in Africa and my grandmother came from Ghana.

Президент: So you have the roots from both countries?

Афроамериканец: Yes, my grandfather was about fifteen when he arrived in America. White slave traders took him from his village in Gambia one day and put him on a ship to the New World.

Президент: A long journey?

Афроамериканец: Yes, many slaves died from hunger and diseases during this journey.

Президент: And your grandmother, his wife, how old was she when she came here?

Афроамериканец: About 7 years old. She came with her mother.

Президент: Where did they meet?

Афроамериканец: On a cotton farm. One day my grandfather tried to run away but his master caught him and punished. He nearly died. My grandmother looked after him.

Президент: So, slavery have been existed in America for hundreds of years. Slaves have no rights at all - they are the property of their owners. They live in very bad conditions, receive minimal amounts of food and are treated very badly.

Now it is the year of 1863. I sign the Emancipation Proclamation - the great historical document that makes all slaves free!

Сцена 4

Действующие лица: Турист из России, гид американец, Китаец.

Оснащение: Видео материал

Звучит китайская музыка

Турист: Chinese music? here in America?!

Китаец: This is San Francisco. I am a Chinese American. I have lived here all my life.

Турист: Oh! I would like to know much about the history of Chinese people in America.

Китаец: My ancestors came here in 1850s. Before they lived in towns and villages in China. The men used to work in the fields and women used to stay at home cooking and looking after the children. Their life was difficult then and very poor. So over 20 thousand people came to California to find gold. They had a dangerous life. Their work was extremely hard. Some people found gold and became rich. But many people found nothing.

So many Chinese got jobs building rail ways from the West coast to the East coast. That was a difficult life too. Thousands of people died from cold, deceases, accidents and explosions.

A lot of Chinese came to live in San Francisco. They built homes in the centre of the city and called it "China Town". For a long time their life was hard. The government didn't allow them to get education. More than that, in 1906 a huge earthquake hit the city and completely destroyed China Town. But they rebuilt it.

This is China Town today. San Francisco has changed a lot. But some traditions have remained. And people do many of the same things they used to do. For example, we celebrate Chinese New Year with bright dragons, a symbol of China.

Все участники проекта выстраиваются в линию на сцене.

Американец:There are fifty states in the United States of America. The people of the United States are a mixture of many different nationalities. So, the United States is a big melting pot of countries. People from many different countries came to the US and made one country out of many.

Все вместе поют песню, положив руки друг другу на плечи.

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND

(words and music by Woody Guthrie)

This land is your land, this land is my land,

From California to the New York island,

From the red-wood forest to the Gulf Stream water;

This land was made for you and me.

As I was walking

That ribbon of highway

I saw above me

That endless sky-way,

I saw below me

That golden valley,

This land was made for you and me.