Here is where you can check your knowledge on (and learn about) American presidents!

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http://lewebpedagogique.com/quizz/2008/10/20/bac-les-presidents-des-etats-unis/

Thanks to Charlotte, (re-)discover the story of Thanksgiving!

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Here is the link where you can record yourself about the US elections campaign issues! Feel free to post comments on one another’s topic!

http://www.chinswing.com/pages/discussion.aspx?id=14110f3a-0a72-46b6-a56a-ed8c034677b4

Here is some more of your work but in various formats!

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ON HOW THE US ELECTORAL SYSTEM WORKS…

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=ok_VQ8I7g6I

Use those questions (and the various associated links) to prepare your presentation:

http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/documents/USelections/obamath_student.doc

Here are CNN links for you to ponder on the results of the US elections and try to understand whose votes went where, as well as Obama’s acceptance speech…

http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQGsP8mnHsg

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Jll5baCAaQU

Here are Orane, Chloé and Lisa’s work on those documents:

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Works

This is the results map of the US elections :

According to the map, Obama, who supports the democratic side, won the election with 53% of the vote ( I.e. 66,316,572 voters) against 46% ( I.e. 58,013,719 voters) for McCain, a Republican candidate.
We can notice that in the seven battleground states : 4 voted for Obama, 2 for McCain and one state, Missouri, was undecided.
Many states change their opinion about their party especially Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia and Florida which voted for the Republican party , led by George W. Bush in 2004 and voted for Obama this year.
Obama were elected because many young adults could vote this year and they realise that they need that things change.
People need change because Bush’s policy disappointed Americans.
However, states, especially those in the south, voted for McCain because of racism
(=> It was there that segregation was strongest in America) and also because McCain based his campaign on the families’ values.

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Go take a look on this page; take a pick and sum it up explaining its contents, why it is funny or not, etc.

http://electionsus.blogs.liberation.fr/2008/2008/10/lheure-des-dbat.html?xtor=EPR-450206