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Country Name: America

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March 3, 2011

Note-taking of Washington, USA

Component: Social

 Sub-component: Sports

 Source: Culture Grams

Keywords (Facts): They like sports and games. Baseball, Football, Basketball, and Hockey are popular. Soccer is most popular. Games like tag, jump rope, hopscotch, and hide-and-seek games.

Sentences: Americans really like sports and games. Baseball, Football, Basketball, and Hockey are super popular, alot of people think these games are better then any other game. But there are still hundreds of sports are popular. Soccer is the most popular, even kids also like it. Children loves games like cardboard games and board games, but computer and video games are even more common. Games li﻿ke tag, jump rope, hopscotch, and hide-and-seek is the favorite games.

Responses: America must be as big as Canada because it has so much sports and Canada has alot of time zones.

March 4, 2011 March 7, 2011

Notes

Component: Arts

Sub-component: Holiday

Source: Culture Grams Holidays

Keywords (Facts): Decorating trees is a tradition when is is Christmas. Did you ever know that most people don't work on Saturdays and sudays, many holidays are on Monday. Lot of people like Christmas.

Sentences: They decorate the trees and that is called there traditions. Unlike other countries, many U.S holidays are celebrated on days that are more convenient and are combined with weekends, rather than being observed in the middle week. As most people don't work on Saturdays and Sundays, many holidays are observed on Mondays. Of course, not all holidays follow that pattern. Christmas is a really famous Holiday, almost all children and parents like Christmas.

Questions: Why is Valentine's Day on February 14? Why is Christmas so popular in US? Why is Kwanzaa called Kwanzaa? What do you do in President's Day? What is Martin Luther King? Who is Dr. Martin Luther King? How do they know a Holiday is that Day and that other Holiday is that other Day?

Responses: Wow, there are so many Holidays! Maybe the presidents will be happy when it is President's day!

- **Note**

March 8, 2011

** Component: ** Social

** Sub-component: ** Schools

** Source: ** Culture Grams

** Keywords (Facts): ﻿ ** Kindergarten = age 5, Elementary =   six years, Junior High School = 2-3 years, High School = 3-4 years, Some people have private schools some people have public schools and some people go to school at home. Learn English, Math, Science, and History. Some people start college some other people start working.

** Sentences: ** Lot of kids start kindergarten at the age of five, and they go to elementary for six years. They go to junior high school for two or three years. They go to high school for three or four years. Lot of people go to public schools but also lot of people go to private schools or have school at home. They have English, Math, Science, and History are really common when they go to schools. Some schools include other languages that they have to study, but it is up to the individual states and school boards to decide. Some student go to college but some other start working.

** Questions: ** Do they have Preschool? If they do how many years do they have in Preschool? Won't it be a little bit hard if you just went to work instead of first going to college and then start working? Isn't Elementary 5 years? Do they also learn History in Kindergarten?

** Responses: ** They must have also count 6 grade as elementary. Then middle school will have to be 2 or 3 years! - Note April 12, 2011 April 14, 2011

** Component: Social **

** Sub-component: Religion **

** Source: Religion **

** Keywords (Facts): 85% go to Church. 79% Christian. 51% Protestant, 24%Roman Catholic, 2% ** ** Mormon, 2% Jewish, 2% Other ** **Christian, and 19% other or none. 40%- 45% of Americans attend church services weekly.**

** Sentences: In America 85% of people go to Church. 79% of people go to Christian, 51% are Protestant, 24% are Roman Catholic,, 2% of people are Mormon, 2% are Jewish, another 2% is other Christian, and 19% are other or people who don't go to Church. ****Between 40 and 45 percent of Americans attend church services weekly.**

** Questions: How many Church's is there in the whole world? Is there more people go to church at China or America? Why is Church called "Church?" **

** Responses: 79% ** **Christian!!**