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  If you remember on the 5th course we talked about the EUROPEAN UNION.   We are going to sum up this topic with the following activities..    First reread the text about the origins of the EU. Here you will find the info regarding when the  different counties joined the EU.        Next check the different online tasks so you can complete the info regarding the different EU    members and their capital cities.      Then listen to this and gather more info about the EU nowadays.     And now, fill in the grid below with the information on the MAP and the link about                                                                 TYPICAL DISHES.       MAP NUMBER COUNTRY CAPITAL CITY JOINED THE EU IN … TYPICAL DISH 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9

Let´s continue talking about the EUROPEAN UNION countries. Now say whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). CORRECT the false ones IN YOUR NOTEBOOK. 1.   If you want you can go to Slovakia , whose capital city is   Ljubljana , number 26 on the map. (         ) 2. Croatia ,, whose capital city is Zagreb , joined the EU in 2007 and it´s number 28 on the map. (        ) 3.   Norway, whose capital city is Copenhagen . joined the EU in 2007. (       ) 4.  Dublin , whose capital city is Ireland , joined the EU in 1973 together with and Finland and it´s number 7 on the map (        ) 5. . Sweden is number 15 on the map; it joined the EU in 1995 and it´s capital city is Helsinki (       ) 6.   Number 4 on the map is Luxembourg whose capital city has the same name. It joined the EU in 1975 and it´s number 4 on the map.  (       ) 7. Budapest is the capital city of Bulgaria , number 25 on the map. Bulgaria joined the EU in 2004 .

These days many countries are celebrating  LABOR or the INTERNATIONAL WORKERS´  day. But in the USA this celebration takes place on a different date. Do you know when?   Here you are going to discover facts about the celebration of Labor Day  First watch this video about the origins of Labor Day Then read the following two paragraphs and then match numbers and letters. Labor Day is a national holiday in the United States. It is celebrated on the first Monday in September. It is a time for American workers to celebrate their efforts. It is also when most Americans mark the end of the summer. The holiday started in 1894. The Central Labor Union in New York City campaigned for "a day off for the working citizens”. Working conditions were much harder back then and there were few holidays and times for rest. Many people worked 12 hours a day, seven days a week. The original Labor Day celebrations were street parades and festivals for workers and their families. This beca

HI again.   Lett´s GO BACK TO ... POP ART.   First watch this  video  again.   REMEMBER, POP ART WAS PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE.   POP ART could be seen ANYWHERE and on ANY PRODUCT.  That´s still the case NOWADAYS!!!   These are some examples of  POP ART on everyday life products  And now .... IT´S YOUR TURN.   CREATE your OWN POP ART product.   It can be ANY OBJECT and you can use ANY MATERIALS.   The deadliine will be MAY, 15TH.   When you finish TAKE A PHOTO and email it to: english4life2404@gmail.com   EMAIL SUBJECT:  POP ART OBJECT , NAME, CLASS.