Презентация "The Bald Eagle" 9 класс

• The Bald Eagle

On the backs of our gold coins, the silver dollar, the half dollar and the quarter, we see an eagle with outspread wings.

• The Bald Eagle

• On the backs of our gold coins, the silver dollar, the half dollar and the quarter, we see an eagle with outspread wings.

One of the first battles of the Revolution:

• National emblem

• One of the first battles of the Revolution:
• noise of the struggle awoke the sleeping eagles
• flew from their nests, circled over fighting men + raucous cries
• "They are shrieking for Freedom!" (patriots)

Status of the bald eagle: June 28, 2007 the Interior Department took the American bald eagle off the endangered species list.

• Bald Eagle Info

• Status of the bald eagle: June 28, 2007 the Interior Department took the American bald eagle off the endangered species list.
• The Europeans first arrived fairly common. The human population , the eagle population
• Until 1995 - endangered (in 43 of the 48 states).

June 20th, 1782

• Historical Reference

• June 20th, 1782
• The Continental Congress
• adopted the current design for the Great Seal of the United States

Bald Eagle grasping:

• The Seal

• Bald Eagle grasping:
• thirteen arrows
• AND
• a thirteen-leaf olive branch

In some North American cultures a sacred bird

• A Sacred Bird

• In some North American cultures a sacred bird
• Its feathers central to Native American religions and customs
• Eagles = spiritual messengers between gods and humans

The Lakota: give an eagle feather, the symbol of honor, to a person who achieves a task.

• Honor

• The Lakota: give an eagle feather, the symbol of honor, to a person who achieves a task.

The Pawnee: symbols of fertility

• Honor

• The Pawnee: symbols of fertility
• WHY?
• their nests - high off the ground
• +
• fiercely protect their young

The Choctaw:

• Honor

• The Choctaw:
• a symbol of peace
• WHY?
• has direct contact
• with the upper world
• of the sun

Modern times:

• Honor

• Modern times:
• given on a graduation from college.

Benjamin Franklin : a bird of bad moral character

• Bad sign

• Benjamin Franklin : a bird of bad moral character
• does not get his living honestly: perches on ф dead tree, watches the hunting of the fishing-hawk pursues him takes it from him....
• a rank coward

• Thank you for attention!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_Eagle#The_national_bird_of_the_United_States

• Sources

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_Eagle#The_national_bird_of_the_United_States
• http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/eagle/eagle9.html
• http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/eagle/eagle11.html