United States of America: An Introduction to the Art, Culture, Sights, and Food

This slideshow helps elementary students quickly learn about famous landmarks, food, art, and the culture of the United States of America. This slideshow can also be used to start a unit about the USA. You can also print the slideshow and make a book of it for student research. You will also find 4 questions at the bottom of the slideshow that can be used to review the information students have learned.

This PDF file is not editable. This slideshow can be opened in the TPT Education software to add, delete or modify pages. You can give your students a free EASEL activity where they can ask questions, highlight or circle things and then write about their learning. It is included with the download.

This slideshow includes:

a map of the United States of America

pictures of the landscape

popular foods

the origin of fast food in America

immigration

core values of Americans

Things to See: famous memorials, Washington D.C, New York City, Statue of Liberty, Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore, Yellowstone National Park, Hollywood, Golden Gate Bridge

September 11

Famous artists: Grant Wood, Norman Rockwell, Romare Bearden, Andy Warhol, Georgia O’Keeffe

Famous musicians: Louis Armstrong, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson

Inventions

See more of my lessons about world cultures here.