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Game of Thrones

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GOT - Relief

GOT - Politics

The trailer with maps (seasons 1 to 4) :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-ZZ7HlNQgk[/youtube]

A History of the world of GOT (Westeros) :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rZIBmv_bb4[/youtube]

A History of the 7 kingdoms :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov1dgrig2Jk[/youtube]

The major houses of GOT :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE7sRm-pJJQ[/youtube]

For the newbies : GOT explained in less than 5 minutes :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKiMcRv5oAI[/youtube]

And for the fans : The rains of Castamere…

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3QW8PVyyNM[/youtube]

Ireland

The Anthem : Ireland’s call

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6_UsZtHiXU[/youtube]

The accent (with Evan Edinger) :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xdQIW24aj0[/youtube]

Love Ireland : The St Patrick’s day :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wmIZEl1nSo[/youtube]

Scotland

The Anthem : Flower of Scotland

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vkYiCdn834[/youtube]

The scottish accent by Evan Edinger

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JXbdkM6lUg[/youtube]

Welcome to Scotland :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_MjxkOmFy8[/youtube]

Edinburgh : The capital city :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX2nq-tthxs[/youtube]

Saint Andrews : The home of Golf

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LHudNjLcXQ[/youtube]

Welsh language and pronunciation

Pieces of lessons of welsh language

The pronunciation :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rU9wGmRZMI[/youtube]

How to say good morning and others…

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ske7xnRu4ac[/youtube]

Formal greetings :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jfgPgeLW8s[/youtube]

How to say Please, thank you, excuse me… :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgyyZlH1hUk[/youtube]

The days of the week :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-pxpOMVbYk[/youtube]

Wales

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The anthem : Land of my fathers :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzzXPkAdQXQ[/youtube]

a video about Wales : Croeso y Cymru : Welcome to Wales

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7EN0dBYwIM[/youtube]

The Welsh accent by Evan Edinger and his welsh friend :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsj0p7Ntg8U[/youtube]

England

How to speak : a funny confrontation between the american accent and the british one

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh5xyvNEZAs[/youtube]

The different english accents in a funny video

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzzXPkAdQXQ[/youtube]

US Revolution & War of Independence

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A complete documentary about the US Revolution and the War of Independence in 2 parts from the serie « The story of us » :

Part 1 :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyA0FrWNakA[/youtube]

Videos of the Youtube channel’s « History » about the the major battles :

The 1st batlles of Lexington & Concord (1775) :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_KOu09z_GA[/youtube]

The battle of Monmouth (1778) :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnYTUwhs-v4[/youtube]

Washington crossing the Delaware :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF-Y7s_YIAU[/youtube]

The final battle of Yorktown (1781) :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dfGmvokW3Y[/youtube]

And for those who like cartoons, a channel with the 136 episodes of the cartoon covering the full topic, « Liberty Kids » :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5pJi9mLIy38m2e_u3sboKQ/videos[/youtube]

George WASHINGTON

George WASHINGTON

Here is a biography of George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the US Army during the War of Independence and 1st President of the USA between 1787 and 1797

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-EcyNz9vCE[/youtube]

An animated history :

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6ZYVwPwyEg[/youtube]

To go futher, here is a more developped biography with videos too.

George Washington’s Biography

US presidential election : how does it work ?

The US presidential election is an undirect election happening every 4 years. The Election day is scheduled in November on the tuesday following the 1st of November. In 2012, this is on the 6 of November.

What means an undirect election ?

215 millions of american citizens can vote for their president and their vice-president (the presidential ticket). They vote on the Election Day but their vote will designate an electoral college consisting in 538 Great Electors. These Great Electors will elect the president a few weeks later (on the 17th of December) but with the number of Great Electors for each candidates, we know on the Election Day who will be the next president and his vice-president. The Great Electors are not attributed nationally but for each state. Thus, it is an election state by state and not a national election. It means that a candidtae can be elected even if he has les vote in the whole country. It depends on his victory in each state and the number of Great Electors these state victories will bring him.

How are attributed Great Electors for each state ?

The number of Great Electors for each state is equal to the number of Congressmen attributed to each state (number of representatives depending on the population + 2 senators by state). 3 Great Electors are additionnalyy attributed to the Federal District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) whis is not a state and has no congressmen.

How are Great Electors votes attributed to the candidates ?

The system is the winner takes all. It means that when a candidate wins in a state (no matter what is the margin), he gets the whole great electors attributed to this state. Winning in the big states is a key. 2 exceptions : Nebraska attributes its 6 great electors proportionnally to each candidate. The New Hampshire attributes its 4 great electors by electoral county.

How to win ?

To win, a candidate must get 270 Great Electors. In a case of equality (269 each), the House of Representatives will elect the president and the senate will elect the vice-president.