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1. Describe Anupam`s home.

• Three room house, made of bricks. Where water nearly comes out of the tap, and the electricity is of more than on.  The home sits on a narrow unpaved valley.

2. Which subject is Anupam good at?

• He is good at maths.

3. Why does he think it is necessary to explore other planets?

• To find out if there is life at other planets in space.

 

4. How long did his parents go to school?

• Mother: 6th grade education.
• Father: 10th grade education.

5. Witch school does Anupam want to get into?

• To the Indian institute of technology, known as IIT.

6. Why does his mother make him wash his hair with henna?

• Because all the stress makes his hair grey. Henna is a traditional Indian hair dying technic.

  

7. How many people in India are under 25?

• 1.1 billion people are under 25.

8. What happened in 2004?

• Anupam failed his IIT entering exam.

9. Witch profession did Anupam`s father want to go into? Why didn`t he?

• He wanted to teach.

10. Name some of the goals Anupam has for himself and his family.

• 6 hours exam for IIT.  

India

Comprehension and writing: 

1. After having seen the video once, write down a quick list of everything you remember - facts, images, moods, whatever you are left with.
• The Ganges, a river
• Dancing, festival celebration
• Customs
• Bike and scooter
• Many types of food, fish, chilli
• Monuments
• Mountains  
• Felds

2. Write down six to ten comprehension questions to accompany the video.
• What does the name India derived from?
• How many percent of the world`s tiger population live in India?
• How does the festival celebration customs look like?
• Do the women work in India?
• Is India the largest country in the world?
• What is the highly sacred river to many religions, called?

3. What kinds of animals do you see in the video? Make a list.
• Elephant
• Snake
• Cow
• Tiger
• Monkey 

values

In this text, I will discuss different values. The film I have chosen as my main focus, is Pursuit of happyness because the story of Mr Chris Gardnes, the main character, demonstrate that if he can make it, anyone can.

The importance of values appears in many aspects of our society, for instance family, friendship, love and in our environment. For example work, school, home and social medias. I believe that what you see as values is up to whom you ask, and that really is in focus in the movie.

In the film Pursuit of happyness, we hear about the different values of poor and rich, coloured and white people. The story really touches you. If you are focusing on the rich people in the movie. You can see that they are putting themselves in focus, to show everyone else that they have money and a good job, for them that is important. While the poor people appreciate food, bed and clothes more than the rich people do, the rich I believe take this for granted.

In my opinion, values are important because it shows who you are as a person, what you care about and your vision on right or wrong. To be helpful, honest and warm-hearted makes you happy, and happiness I believe is a life goal. The stuff that makes us happy is the things we appreciate, also called values.

The main character in the movie is under pressure. First, he loses his wife, and then he loses his home. Therefore, he desperately need to find places to live and cheap food, with a little son on his back. After a while, he starts working at this office, with all these white and rich people. This makes him pretend that he is someone else, for instance pretending he has a car and money to buy taxi, when he actually need spend as little money as possible. That really made me appreciate a bed to sleep in and food on the table every day; so many people need to watch this movie to learn that there is so many people around the world who isn`t as lucky as we are.

To conclude, values are important because it reflects on your perspective of life. If you ask yourself, or somebody else the question “what are values?” don`t stress! It`s actually easy, you just need to mind yourself what you believe is important. Without food I wouldn`t manage to get through the day, so food for me, is one of my values. 

Events in American History

Revolution

1. How many colonies were there by the time of the French and Indian War?

-        By the time of the French and Indian war in 1754-1763, the population has risen to approximately 1,5 million and there were 13 colonies stretching from Georgia in the South to New Hampshire in the north.

2. What was the slogan of the protesters in Boston?

-        The colonies would stand for “taxation without representation”

3. Where did the Revolutionary War begin?

-        It began in 1755, when some 700 British soldiers marched from Boston to Concord to seize a storehouse of guns and powder and to arrest two leaders of a possible revolution. The Americans knew they were coming, so when they got there the British was met by the local milita. The first shot fired in this encounter is referred to as ‘’the shot heard around the world’’. Eight colonists were killed and the Revolutionary war begun.

4. Where did the colonies declare their independence and when did it happen?

-        On July 4th, 1776, at the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, the colonies declared their independence.

Slavery and the Civil War

1. When did the first African slaves arrive in the New World?

-        The first African slaves arrived in the New World as early as 1619.

2. When was the importation of new slaves made illegal?

-        In 1807, the US made importation of new slaves illegal.

3. When did Abraham Lincoln become president?

-        Abraham Lincoln was elected as president in 1860.

4. What did his victory lead to?

-        After he was elected, South Carolina left the union and was followed by 10 other states.

5. Which role did the Emancipation Proclamation play? 

-         Emancipation Proclamation was a document which gave the slaves freedom. 

The USA in WW I and WW II

1. What do we call Woodrow Wilsons policy in the first part of WWI?

-        Isolationism.

2. What made the US enter the war?

-         An American boat was attacked in 1917, Wilson had to declare war on Germany.

3. What was the purpose of the League of Nations?

-        The league of nations was formed to secure peace.

4. When did the US enter WW II?

-        When the WW II broke out in Europe, the US did not initially get directly involved, but they provided the Allies with arms and supplies. But when Japan attacked the US naval base of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, and Hitler declared war on the US four days later, Franklin Delano Roosevelt had no choice but to declare war on Germany and the Axis powers.

5. Which president was responsible for the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

-        Harry S. Truman was responsible for the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

6. How did the wars change life for American women?

-        American women entered the workplace to play their part in the war effort.

The Cold War

1. Why was it a surprise that the US and the USSR did not work together after WW II?

-        Because one would have expected them to work together in reconstruction the post-war world.

2. There was a constant race between the US and the USSR to be in front technologically. Which country was the first country in space?

-        The first country in space was the Soviets, in 1957, with the launching of the Sputnik satellite.

3. Who said: “A small step for man, but a giant leap for mankind”?

-        Neil Armstrong said “ A small step for man, but a giant leap for mankind” when Americans managed to put the first man on the moon.

4. Two men were central in the process of ending the Cold War. Who were they?

-        In the mid-1980s, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev finally sought to end the nuclear arms race. 

The USA - American Values

What is it about America that is American?

Viewpoints:
1. Are these values uniquely American, or do they apply to other countries as well?
- These values are not just uniquely in America. They do apply to other countries as well because it is values people need to survive in this world.

3. How do you view America? How does the Norwegian media present Americans?
- In Norway`s media we often hear that America is an unjust country, we hear that police officers shoot innocent people. They are violent and steals. We also hear about kidnapping.

5. What are the values you find important? Why?
- All the values in the text i find important. Everybody needs democracy, the people need to have the power to decide. This gives them freedom, that basicly is life itself.
Justice is also important because that gives the people the same rights in public and in a court.
To be hospitality is also really important because it makes the people feel accepted in the world. Being able to go wherever and whenever one wants is also essential for a person. Last but not least i find love imortant, because in my opinion we need love to survive. Love gives us happiness when nothing else does.

6. Where do your values come from?
- My values come from everything around me, family and friends for instant.

Immigration - Research and discover

1. Find information about the history of immigration in Norway.

• According to the statistics in Norway, the immigrant population make up 15,6 percent of the population.
• Immigration to Norway has been going on at all times, as long as we can speak of a Norwegian statehood.
• In 1992 the immigrant population in Norway was 183 000 peoples, 23 years later the number had risen to 815 000 peoples. 

2. Compare Norwegian immigration to the Britsh experience. Are the same groups represented? 

    In witch parts of the countries do we find immigrants?

• Since 1945, immigrant to the Untied Kingdom under the British nationally law has been substantial, in particular from the Republic of Ireland and from the former colonies and territories of the British Empire such as India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, The Caribbean, South Africa, Kenya and Hong Kong. 
• In Norway it lives immigrants in all minucipalities. the highest share in Oslo and Drammen, where immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents make up 32 and 27 percent of the population in 2015

How large are immigrant groups in the two countries? Witch groups immigrate today? 

• The five largest immigrant groups in Norway are in turn Polish, Swedish, Somali, Lithuanian and Pakistani. 
• London has the greatest number of immigrants (2,8 million foreign-born people in 2013), among all regions with comparable data in the UK. 

September 14th

Viewpoints

The quote i have chosen is:

"if you have never been hated by your child you have never been a parent" - Bette Davis

The quote is important because it's true. When you're a parent you have to put your foot down sometimes, and say things that may be hard to say. We children hate you for it aha. Although we deep down in our hearts know that you're always right and only want what's best for us, we don't like the thought of you being right. Because the mind of a child works like that. 

When we get older and grow up we will come over days where something you said for a long time go works, so we understand that you were right, once again. 

There will be times were we hate you so much, but in the end you are the one we will love the most. Friendship and boys come and go, but family is forever.