9abc - School Shootings and Michael Moore

School Shootings

On Wikipedia a school shooting is defined as "an occurrence in which gun violence takes place at an educational institution. A school shooting involves a firearm being discharged at a school infrastructure, and may refer to incidents of shootings on a school bus or near school property while school is in session."

Here you can find a list of school shootings in the US, also from Wikipedia, where you can see how many people were killed and, in some cases, what happened to the perpetrators.

List of school shootings in the US

Threats against schools are becoming more and more common in other countries as well. Here are some of the threats recently talked about in Swedish media.

Backaskolan, Malmö
Hersby gymnasium, Lidingö
ETG, Nyköping

Michael Moore - who is he?

Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American filmmaker, author, social critic, and political activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time and winner of the Palme d'Or. His films Bowling for Columbine (2002) and Sicko (2007) also placed in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries, and the former won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature. In September 2008, he released his first free movie on the Internet, Slacker Uprising, which documented his personal quest to encourage more Americans to vote in presidential elections. He has also written and starred in the TV shows TV Nation and The Awful Truth.

Moore's written and cinematic works criticize globalization, large corporations, assault weapon ownership, U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, the Iraq War, the American health care system, and capitalism.

From Wikipedia

Information about Michael Moore from NE.se
Michael Moore's homepage

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Who are the "Founding Fathers"?

The Founding Fathers of the United States of America were political leaders and statesmen who participated in the American Revolution by signing the United States Declaration of Independence, taking part in the American Revolutionary War, and establishing the United States Constitution.

The following seven figures are usually talked about as the key Founding Fathers: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.

(www.wikipedia.org)

The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the 13 American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a union that would become a new nation—the United States of America. 

The second sentence in the declaration is very famous.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

This has been called "one of the best-known sentences in the English language", containing "the most potent and consequential words in American history." The passage came to represent a moral standard to which the United States should strive.

(www.wikipedia.org)

Here is part of a documentary from History Channel on the secrets of the Founding Fathers. True?? What do YOU think?

Here you can watch the trailers for the sequels, National Treasure 2 and 3!

7abc - Sammandragna former

Den här veckan har vi arbetat med sammandragna former, något som på engelska används för att förenkla språket. Läxa till på onsdag är att förstå hur man använder dessa former, att kunna stava och skriva dem, samt att kunna växla mellan dem.

Här finns en länk till den övning som vi tittade på under lektionen idag!

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7abc - Money

Rockefeller center is a tall famous building in New York in the United States. Millions of tourists visit the Rockefeller Christmas Tree every year. Traditionally the tree is lit on the first Wednesday after Thanksgiving. This year that is Wednesday December 4th.

To find out more, go here!






The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is featured in one of my favorite movies, Home Alone 2.

Who is Bruce Willis?

Bruce Willis is most famous for his role as John McClane in the Die Hard movies, saying his catchphrase: Yippee ki-yay, motherf**ker!".

Learn more about the catchphrase here!

This clip is the trailer for the first Die Hard movie. There are four more Die Hard movies...

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Here someone has listed the top ten Die Hard movie moments. It gives you a pretty good idea of what to expect, should you ever watch one of the movies!