Friday, December 28, 2007

Washington D.C. Pictures





U.S. Capitol Building



White House

I am practicing in posting images that will illustrate some of the country studies lessons.

Cherry blossom in spring

"The Pencil" - George Washington Memorial

Lincoln Memorial

Vietnam War Memorial at Arlington National Cemetry

DOD (Department of Defense) building known as "The Pentagon"

The Hall of Dinosaurs in the Natural History Museum

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Mr. Bean appears on the scene!


To get access to a report by Iryna Petrashchuk of Group 34-E and commentaries about this great comedian CLICK HERE .

Jolly Christmas jokes!

Enjoy a collection of X-mas related jokes and cartoons HERE

The collection has been prepared by Olga Kocherga of Group 34-E and me.

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!




Better late than never... But the ideas are great, aren't they? So, I wish you all the same!

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Dog Tongue




A Mouse being afraid of a Cat sits in its hole and hears a dog barking. "If there's a dog, there is no cat," the Mouse thinks and gets out of the hole. The cat is there all right. The clever bastard grabs the Mouse and eats it thinking how useful it is to speak a foreign language.




"IT'S GOOD TO SPEAK A FOREIGN LANGUAGE..."

Retold by Olga Kocherga, Group 34-E

US history - more materials about Valley Forge



The surrender of Lord Cornwallis became possible because of what had happened at Valley Forge. Want to know more?

Valley Forge is considered to be the turning point of the American War for Independence.Iryna Titova and Nastya Tymoshenko of Group 44-H has submitted a story, which is the result of their research work. You can find it HERE .

More information about the USA





Project work by Group 44-H has more results. Oleksiy Tormyshov adds his report on the FBI. You can find it HERE . For those who are interested, Oleksiy has mu-u-uch more information.