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World's Libraries Travel
The virtual travel around the world's libraries took place on September 29, 2010 in WOA Center. The pupils visited the largest libraries in USA and other countries.
Graffitti is an art or not?21.05.2012 (for.lib.kherson.ua)
Due to the rainy weather, our meeting was smaller than usual with about 16 people in attendance. Kathreine, Peace Corps volunteer, had originally intended to discuss the US Educational System, but as a group we decided to talk about street art. The presentation of different types of street ...
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USA Geographical Game07.05.2012 (for.lib.kherson.ua)
May 5, we started the club with introductions as we had a new participant. Our first activity was to play the game "The Scrambled States of America". This is a game to explore the different states of the US. Afterwards we played 'hotseat' where each participant ...
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Euro 2012 in the library07.05.2012 (for.lib.kherson.ua)
We started the meeting with introductions including an adjective about ourselves starting with a letter in our name; Katherine, for example, was 'nice', Sergei was 'gorgeous', Olga was 'amazing'. The main part of today's discussion was about EURO 2012. Katherine ...
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Easter and Traditions09.04.2012 (for.lib.kherson.ua)
This week the English club for children was attended by five students. We began club by introducing ourselves giving our name and our favorite color (and why). Katherine then gave a presentation on Easter traditions in the U.S. We talked about how Easter is celebrated in Ukraine ...
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Easter, Traditions, Ukraine, USA.09.04.2012 (for.lib.kherson.ua)
This week talk club had 39 participants! Club began with introductions including our name and favorite color (and why). The three top colors are blue, green and violet/purple. Katherine gave a presentation on Easter traditions in the U.S. including sunrise service and the Christian ...
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Different Cultures, Different Points of View02.04.2012 (for.lib.kherson.ua)
We had 37 participants. We began talk club with a round of introductions. Our discussion topic for the day was the differences and similarities between Ukrainian and American beliefs. We split into groups and discussed a list of American beliefs as put forth by sociologist John Harmon ...
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Different Cultures29.03.2012 (for.lib.kherson.ua)
English club last week (March, 25) began with introductions which included not only our name, but our favorite place in Kherson. Our discussion topic was 'Culture', as in the set of traditions, beliefs, etc. that make up a culture (though, one group went off topic and got deep into a ...
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Saint Patrick20.03.2012 (for.lib.kherson.ua)
English club this week started with a presentation on St. Patrick's Day (March 17th). The presentation included the history of St. Patrick, the holiday and the symbols of the holiday and of Ireland. Hopefully inspired by the holiday, the participants were to, in groups, come up with ...
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Grand Canyon03.03.2012 (for.lib.kherson.ua)
How do you want to tour America's Grand Canyon?
Hiking? Mule ride? Airplane? Helicopter? Whitewater river raft? Train? Or motor vehicle, such as your own car or a tour bus, with stops at various lookout points where you can just gaze over this amazing 1.2 million acre natural wonder?
These ...
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Presidents Day26.02.2012 (for.lib.kherson.ua)
The United States of America has had 44 presidents – including the current president, Barack Obama - since this powerful position began with George Washington in 1789, which was 223 years ago. On Sunday, Feb. 19, members of the library's Talk Lab English Club learned about some of these ...
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