A presentation about American values, a bit about Norwegians in the USA, American Dream

1. The American Way of Life

2. Melting pot or salad bowl?
• China Town Little Italy Jewish area in NY

3. Leif Ericson
• C.970 – c. 1020
• a Norse explorer regarded as the first
European to land in North America, nearly 500
years before Christopher Columbus
• L'Anse aux Meadows , Newfoundland

5. Norwegians in the US
• More than 4,5 mln
• 10th largest American ancestry group

6. Map with the numbers of Norwegians
in the U.S states.

7. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF3z-
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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy2HfixB9
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8. Statue of Liberty
Designed and created by Gustave
Eiffel in 1886
• The statue, a gift to the United
States from the people of
France, is of a female figure
representing Libertas, the
Roman goddess of freedom,
who bears a torch and a tabula
ansata (a tablet evoking the
law) upon which is inscribed
the date of the American
Declaration of Independence,
July 4, 1776

9. American values
• Freedom.
• Equality.
• Democracy.
• Capitalism.
• Independence.
• Strength.
• God.
• Freedom of religion.
• Family.
• Wealth.
• Faith.

10. American Dream?
• If you work hard you can have a a happy,
successful life.
• Racism, poverty, starvation, economical crisis.