Women who changed the world

The purpose of the event was to introduce the most famous women, women who changed the world.
Access students choose the most famous women, search information from the Internet and from the library. they make PowerPoint presentations. There are 25 students and so there were 25 presentations. they made presentations about:Anne Frank, Princess Diana, Cleopatra VII, Marie Curie, Tamar Mepe, Mather Teresa and so on. Students made word banks on the flip charts around the walls. After presentations, presenters were asking questions to the students.

Black History Month

   On 10th February Access Program hosted guest speaker from the American Embassy - Public Affairs Press Attache Jeremy Richard. He made a presentation about the African American History Month. Access students found out that Black History Month celebrates the heritage of African-Americans and their contribution to U.S society.Mr. Jeremy showed the video of the famous speech of Martin Luther King ' I Have a Dream'.
In the end Lika Gumberidze informed access students about the existing exchanged programs in the USA.
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ST Valentine's Day

The main purpose of the event was to raise the awareness of the St.Valentine's day and its celebration in the USA. The following activities were done:
1. The students were given the quiz to find out what background knowledge they had about this holiday
2. Reading activity about St.Valentine was done,which was followed by true and false sentences and comprehensive questions.
3. Students made analogies and matching activities connected to the topic.
4. 4 students made a power point presentation about the history and the celebration of St.Valentines's day.
5. Students made St. Valentine's cards and distributed them in the streets of Gori.
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The day of Amerigo Vespucci

The purpose of the event was to introduce one of the most famous person Amerigo Vespucci.
1) Two students made Power Point Presentation about Amerigo Vespucci.
2) Access students were divided into 4 groups , Students were given the the papers with the topics:Job, Education, Early life, Voyage and their task was to write information on it while listening the presentation.
3) After presentation they changed the papers and the other groups added some informations (Silent discussion).
4) The game ' Scavenger Hunt' was played in groups to check what the students remembered from the presentation. We had the winner group.
5) Our guests made presentation about their country , Czechoslovakia (education, culture, traditions, teenager's life, government).
6) Access students were asking questions.

Thanksgiving Day

  The main purpose of the event was to increase the awareness of the Thanksgiving day  celebration.

1. A group of  four students made a power point presentation. Then they asked questions to find our what the rest of the students remembered.

2. Students in pairs made cloze and  matching exercise.

3. Students in groups were given the paper to make a story according to the PowerPoint presentation- ‘The story of Thanksgiving  picture story’  to check what the students remembered from the presentation. And they draw Thanksgiving  Day pictures picture.

4. Students sang the song ' What are you thankful for Genki English’ -  Karaoke.

5.Students wrote ‘ We are thankful for…’ on the leafs and stick them on the Thanksgiving Tree.

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Pioneers

  The purpose of the event was to introduce one of the most famous and the longest overland Oregon train in North America.

1. Lead-in. Students in groups were given new vocabulary to match with English definitions through the help of the example sentences.

2. We made Power Point Presentation about  American Pioneers.

3. Students were given the map of the USA and their task was to draw travel line on it.

4.The game ' Scavenger Hunt' was played in groups to check what the students remembered from the presentation.

5. Students in groups were given the colored paper to make a cup and a ball for the game.(  'cup & ball game'was one of the games that the children played during the Oregon trail.)Competition was held between groups in throwing the ball into the cup.

6. Karaoke. Students sang the song ' Oh my darling Clementine'

Invited guests:

Jerrold Frank - Regional English Language Officer

Judy Elliot - ELCE program trainer

Lika Gumberidze- USA Embassy 

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The history of the most famous sights of the USA

   The aim of the activity was to increase the awareness of the history of the White House, The Capitol, The Statue of Liberty and the Smithsonian museum.

1. Access students were divided into 4 groups and they were given the task to search the information about the 4 sights of the USA for the power point presentation.

2. Groups made presentations about the history of one of the sights of the USA.

3. Students were given short descriptive texts about the famous sights and they had to guess what the sight was.

4. Speaking and miming activity was done to encourage the students to talk./ Two students had to think of a dialogue about the topic 'sights of the USA' and another two students on the backs had to mime their conversation./

5. The activity ' Numbered heads together' was done to check what the students remembered from each others presentations. 

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