The American way of life
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The American Way of Life
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Melting pot or salad bowl?
• China Town Little Italy Jewish area in NY
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Leif Ericson
• C.970 – c. 1020• a Norse explorer regarded as the first
European to land in North America, nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus
• L'Anse aux Meadows , Newfoundland
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Norwegians in the US
• More than 4,5 mln• 10th largest American ancestry group
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Map with the numbers of Norwegians in the U.S states.
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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF3z-j8o39I
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy2HfixB9_8
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Statue of Liberty
Designed and created by Gustave Eiffel in 1886
• The statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, is of a female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
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American values
• Freedom. • Equality. • Democracy.• Capitalism. • Independence. • Strength.• God. • Freedom of religion. • Family. • Wealth. • Faith.
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American Dream?
• If you work hard you can have a a happy, successful life.
• Racism, poverty, starvation, economical crisis.