CANADA

A long time ago Canada was under the dominion of English and French colonists, but in 1897 Canada became a federal union between provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. Now it is a confederation of 10 indipendent provinces and 3 lands that belong to England as a member of the British Commonwealth. Each province has its government and it enjoys more autonomy, but the head of the state is the queen of the United Kingdom that she exercises her power through a general governor. Canada is populated by more than 30000000 inhabitants. Its scarce population depends that the major part of the territory isn't adapted to the establishment and to human activities because it is frozen for the most of the year or the climatic conditions allow the growth of woods; in fact the 40% of the territory is covered by forests. The population is concentrated in the big cities, located along the rivers to favour the trade. The Canadien population is above all of British and French origin and fot this the most spoken languages are English and French. Among the national Canadien symbols the most important is the maple leaf that appears in the flag, in the emblem, in some coins and as logo of many societies. Canada is also an ecologist country, whose symbols are Greenpeace, organisation to protect the environment; Grey Owl, the first ecologist who has married a red Indian cause. Canada has two national sports: one is hockey on ice, which is the most popular sport in the country and it has won 24 World and 8 Olympic Games; the other is lacrosse, which is practiced on the grass and the object is to send a ball into the door, using bats. These sports are practiced the first in the winter and the second in the summer. Canada also hosts the Formula 1 Big Prize, which it takes place in Montreal.

THE HOLOCAUST

The Holocaust was the genocide committed by the Nazi regime to the people who were not of German race and especially to Jews, which caused the death of about 15 million people of every sex and age.

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One of the most Anne Frank's famous quotation says:

"I see eight of us in the secret Accommodation as if we were a little piece of blue sky, surrounded by dark clouds of rain."

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The picture represents the entrance to the concentration camps. "Arbeit macht frei" was the famous sentence of the Nazi concentration camps. The letter b, written on the contrary, told to people who were going to meet death.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owUqr6n5vvw&feature=youtu.be

This video shows the arrive of Jews people to the concentration camp of Auschwitz. Then they were divided in men and women.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_msING99bE&feature=youtu.be

This song is the soundtrack of "The Diary of Anne Frank".

LUCKY THINGS

BULL
Today the bull is considered lucky because is the symbol of health and power. While in the past the bull was important because it was used to work in the lands.

ACORN
The acorn is considered lucky because English people, during the wars, used the acorns like a food to survive.

STAR
In the past the star was considered lucky because it meant the Universe mysteries and the perfection man.

MY FAVOURITE BRAND: ADIDAS

Adidas is a German industrial company, specializing in the production of sporting things. The logo is made by three stripes put obliquely. The origins of the company were when Adolf Dassler, with his brother Rudolf, produced football shoes. But in 1947 the two brothers divided. Rudolf created the RUDA company, while Adolf created the ADIDAS company, from the first three letters of the name and of the surname.

MY SUMMER HOLIDAYS

During summer holidays I went on a cruise and I stayed on board a ship for eight days, from the 6th of July to the 13th of July. I went with my father, my mother and my parents' friends with their families. My daily routine was: in the morning I got up about at at half past nine, I washed and dressed myself. Then I had breakfast with fruit juice, bread and jam, muffins, yogurts and pancakes. After break, I went on a excursion by bus or walk to visit monuments of the city. Early in the afternoon I came back on the ship and I went to the swimming pools with my friends. At six o'clock I went to my room, I had a shower, I dressed myself and I went to the theatre to watch magic  shows. Then I ate to the restaurant and I went to the disco with my friends far into the night. In the end I went to bed. In these days I visited many places: Messina, Malta, Palma de Mallorca, Barcellona, Marsiglia and Genova. I bought from these cities two "Hard Rock" shirts, pencils, pens and magnets for my relatives and friends. Before to go to the disco, I went, with my friends, to the teens club, where, with two organizer, we played games. One of them was to find titles of the songs. The ship was enormous, but it was also like a little city. This holidays Iliked a lot because I did a new experience, because the weather was sunny and hot, because there were my friends and because I knew new fantastic people!

ROOT BEER: A TASTE OF AMERICA

Next time you are in the USA, go to a dinner and order a "Root Beer float". It's super-sweet, super-cold because it consists to put on frosty glass of root beer two balls of vanilla ice cream swimming in a tall. Real root beer is brewed like normal beer, but has no alcohol. The key ingredient is the bark of the root of the sassofras tree, which grows only in North America. In the past American Indians used sassofras root to make a medicinal tea.

MY BIO POEM

CLAUDIA

stubborn, sociable, sunny, determinated

Sibling of my family

Lover of calmness, music

Who feels the need to finish my school

Who needs the peace in the world

Who gives the help to other

Who fears dark

Who would like to see the equality between men

Resident of Mondragone

SISTER