The right to bear arms

In our lesson Farrah told us about the Americans and their right to bear arms.
In history the people had to struggle against the British which were called redcoats. They wanted to be independent.

Cowboys had to come west. The people who lived in the west had to fight against armies and had to hunt for food. They cought animals with guns.

There was a shoot in Arizone. A congress woman of the democrats was shot from a conservative.
People think that he did that because of the healthcare right and the people who don't want the right. So the Americans don't want to give up their right to bear arms because if the goverment becomes bad they can make a revolution.

Black Friday

Black Friday is the day after thanksgiving.

It’s the start of Christmas shopping.

There are big sales of 50 %. The stores open earlier or close later.

And a lot of people want to buy the presents on this day.

This people are called door busters.

Very long queues are in front of the shops.

People sleep there to get the best place.

I think for the business people is it a very good day because of the high profit they make on this day.

In the view of a customer I think it’s really unnecessary being one of the door busters because I won’t risk my health for Christmas shopping.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_8O_yR5glk

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a harvest festival celebrated in the United States and Canada.

It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.

The historical reason of thanksgiving is that the Squanto meets the pilgrims.

The pilgrims don’t have a farm and enough to eat so the Squanto told them how to build houses and farms and helped them.

When the harvest had been coming they had a thanksgiving dinner.

So the first thanks giving dinner was in the year 1621.

Today most of the families in the USA and Canada celebrate thanksgiving with their families.

They eat a lot. Special thanksgiving foods are a turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy and so on.

They also pray and give thanks.

HALLOWEEN









Halloween: October 31st.
Halloween is a shortened form of All Hallow’s Eve

Hallowed means holy
Eve is the day before a holy day
Halloween was an ancient British Celtic festival
At Halloween the souls of the dead returned.
People lit bonfires to frighten evil spirits
Now bonfires are only burnt on November 5th Bonfire night
Masks costumes ghosts
Witches on broomsticks with black cats.
Skeletons, bats and spiders
And Halloween lanterns
Have all become part of Halloween
Children play trick-or-treat
They ask for a treat hoping to get sweets


I searched an own halloween video.
I chosed this because I think it's a very funny video with the figures and the song is really cool....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpvdAJYvofI&feature=&p=4C81F782714A4846&index=0&playnext=1

Happy Halloween Everybody

Ferrah

Today there was a student from the USA in our class.
Her name is Farrah and she lives in Maryland, a small state near Washington D.C.
Farrah doesn’t have any brothers or sisters. She is 22 years old and studies German on a University. She told us about her hobbies, she is really bad at sports but she has all the machines and she likes to watch the “World Cup”. She likes reading books, listening to every kind of music, travelling and watching movies. Her favorite movies are Hangover, Super Bad and American Beauty.
What she likes most in Austria are the green mountains and the snow at the top of them and that the houses are much older than the modern buildings in the USA.
She has seen many cities of Austria for example Perg, Linz, Saalbach, Vienna (she was only one day there) and she went by train through Innsbruck and Salzburg.
Ferrah told us that she will stay in Austria till May.

The development of advertising

We have just read an article called „The development of advertising”.
The article talks about the history of the advertising, starting in the 19th century, this century is also called Industrial Revolution. It was the century, when they started producing. A lot of factories produced the same products, so brand-naming of products became necessary.
From the 19th century until the 1870’s the production had steadily expanded and there had been a growth in retail outlets. But there were an over-production and under-consumption, so prices and profits fell.
The companies produced because of this crisis other goods and widened the range of them. This was the start of what economists now call “monopoly capitalism”.
Many advertisers followed Lord Leverhulme who said that advertisements should contain ‘logical and considered’ arguments. Bigger and more expensive campaigns were mounted and smaller companies, who could not advertise, were bought by lager companies.

Our favorite spot is the “Kinderriegel” spot because it is very funny.
The spot is about a milk glass and a chocolate which have a relationship. They go in a discotheque and sing a very funny song. This song is a real catchy tune.

here can you watch our favorite spot: