torstai 15. tammikuuta 2015

Optional - Kimberly Kardashian West

Kimberly "kim" Kardashian West was born in 1980, Los Angeles. She is an armenian american model, television personality, socialite and actress. She is married to a famous rap artist Kanye West. Their first child, North West, was born in 2013. Kim has been married twice before, but those marriages ended up in divorce.
       In 2007 Kims sex tape with her ex boyfriend Ray J leaked and that was the first time she gained bigger media attention. Later in that year Kim and her family started a reality tv show called Keeping Up with the Kardashians which tells about life of their family. Its succsess led to three spin-off series and Kim became the highest earning reality tv star. She has also released a mobile game called kim "Kardashian Hollywood". The game was a hit and made a lot of money for Kim. 
          She is an idol for many and for someones, she is just a needless celebrity. In any case, there will always be rumours about her and she will stay in the headlines.



tiistai 13. tammikuuta 2015

Entertainment - The Simpsons

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The Simpsons is an American animation television show. It tells about life of the family of Simpsons. The family consist of five family members, Bart, Maggie, Marge, Lisa and Homer. Homer is the most popular character of Simpsons. He is Marge's husband and a dad of their kids, Bart, Lisa and Maggie. He drinks a lot and he is very lazy and stupid in a funny way. Marge is a housewife and she takes care of the house. Homer's and Marge's oldest son Bart is funny, impish and he likes skating. Lisa is a little sister of Bart. She likes reading, playing saxophone and school. The third child of Homer and Marge is Maggie. She is a baby character and doesn't really talk.



Geography - Grand Canyon


Grand canyon is one of the most famous canyons in the world. It is a beautiful steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado river. Its in the state of Arizona and its a very popular trip destination among the tourists. Millions of tourists travel there per year. It's about 446km long, 29km wide and 1800m deep. it's surrounded by one of the first national parks of USA, Grand Canyon National Park. Major John Wesley was the first known person to explore Grand Canyon in 1869. I chose Grand Canyon because I think it's a beautiful place and I'd like to travel there sometime.



People - The americans

About 300 million people lives in usa. Its home for people from all over the world with different cultural backrounds. 76% of the populaituon are cristhians.They have this idea about "american dream" which basically means that everyone has the same chance to reach sucsess in USA. Almerican people are also very proud of their own country.

sunnuntai 11. tammikuuta 2015

History - The assassination of Abraham Lincoln


Abraham Lincoln was an American politician and the president of United States from 1861 to 1865. When he became president his aim was to abolish slavery and the confederation, which defended it, left Union and the American civil war started. Abraham led Union to victory and he became very popular in the US.

    He died in 1865 in Washington while he was watching a theater play with his wife, major Henry Rathbone and Rathbone's fiancé. During the show John Wilkes Booth, a supporter of confederation, rushed into their dock and shot Lincoln once to the back of the head. There was no bodyguards in the dock at the moment so major Rathbone tried to stop Booth but Booth managed to stab him. After that Booth escaped and hid for 12 days. He was found on a farm in Virginia and after refusing to surrender to Union troops he was killed too.
     Lincoln died a day after the assassination and became the first murdered president in the history of USA.