The American Way of Life

Melting pot or salad bowl?

• China Town Little Italy Jewish area in NY

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

Norwegians in the US

• More than 4,5 mln• 10th largest American ancestry group

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

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF3z-j8o39I

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy2HfixB9_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

American values

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

American Dream?

• If you work hard you can have a a happy, successful life.

• Racism, poverty, starvation, economical crisis.