Nine-year-old twins left alone for months

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/family/parenting-tips/twins-left-alone?src=spr_FBPAGE&spr_id=1443_133777439

Obama loves Meryl Streep

http://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/2014/11/meryl-streep-president-obama-medal-of-freedom

NYC: the rich and the poor

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/24/tale-of-two-cities-new-york-inequality-john-tim-freeman

Water your lawn or you'll be fined

http://www.treehugger.com/clean-water/no-good-deed-california-couple-tries-conserve-water-during-drought-gets-500-fine-brown-lawn.html

9/11

9/11 in numbers
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/aug/18/usa.terrorism

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ten-interesting-facts-you-probably-didn%E2%80%99t-know-about-9-11.html#MDaHer6

14 years of history in photos

http://news.distractify.com/culture/arts/pictures-taken-in-past-10-years/?v=1
students can describe the photo and guess what's happening without looking at the descriptions
AND/OR
they can match the descriptions to the photos (afterwards)

How to survive NYC

 gif stuff
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-survive-nyc-2014-4

Bizarre US laws

http://www.realfarmacy.com/here-are-americas-most-bizarre-laws/

“If a 10-year-old lit a fire at an American playground, someone would call the police and the kid would be taken for counseling.”
http://www.treehugger.com/culture/its-time-tear-swing-sets-and-let-our-kids-play-somewhere.html

Plastic bottle ban

http://www.ryot.org/san-francisco-just-became-the-first-major-u-s-city-to-ban-the-sale-of-plastic-water-bottles/594741

Rise in drug overdoses

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26067987

Only a camp counsellor will understand...

http://now.msn.com/only-a-camp-counselor-will-understand-these-27-things

Sandy's devastation

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20520361
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20144782
public tansport:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20150686
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20160544

Obama victory

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20231479

Qr codes in Santa Monica - video

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9728921.stm

Below there is a collection of Thanksgiving-related videos and reading materials.

Before you start, read the 2 jokes below:

"I was going to serve sweet potatoes with Thanksgiving dinner, but I sat on them.
"So what are you serving now?"
"Squash."

What did the monster say to the Thanksgiving turkey?
"Pleased to eat you!"


***VIDEOS:

Obama partdons a Turkey:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11833045
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8379507.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20434367

West Wing - pardon a turkey:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcCgmjqDA7k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xay-vwOeHcE

I will Survive - The Thanksgiving Version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdEsfiHXmoQ&feature=related

Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Subtitles:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lStSLZiT0WE
other
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DME_Hpk8IeU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lJ70k-P4rw&feature=related 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2iv7QufAn0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2iv7QufAn0 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KryDna7I990&feature=endscreen&NR=1

Garfield's Thanksgiving [Full Length Version] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk9DyqkPr-U&feature=related

First Thanksgiving - A Chipmunks Tale 5 mins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_upPr_SQXao&feature=related

***READING & pictures:

Thanksgiving in pictures:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15865356

origins of the Thanksgiving tradition of breaking the wishbone
http://www.coffeebreakwithlizandkate.com/betcha-didnt-know-how-the-thanksgiving-wishbone-tradition-began

10 reasons Thanksgiving is better than Christmas
http://marshalljonesjr.com/10-reasons-thanksgiving-is-better-than-christmas/

Obama Thanksgiving:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11845230

Thanksgiving: US travellers hit the holiday roads
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15865830

Thanksgiving
Holiday history, turkey trivia, and Thanksgiving fun
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/thanksgiving.html

National Geographic Kids Thanksgiving Traditions
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/peopleplaces/thanksgiving-traditions/

Freedom Tower

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17899820

Money rules US presidential campaign - video

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16846365

First Lady beats Ellen at push-ups - video

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16857993

Alaska snow - video

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16511235