Prominent Italian Americans

Today’s session at Window on America center Dnipropetrovsk started with a cross-cultural topic  about “Prominent Italian Americans”. This topic was illustrated with a colorful book display about US entertainment celebrities and included documents about Madonna, S.Stallone, L.Di Caprio and others.
The slide show introduced famous American directors of Italian background. The movies by these directors from the WOA collection were presented to the club members.
Our American friend Sam was open to the conversation about the American movie industry and her favorite movies. The club members also asked her questions about her opinion on Ukrainian movies. They were asked to recommend the best Ukrainian productions to Sam, we hope she will enjoy the recommended films.
 
The official part of the Club’s session was dedicated to the numerous memorable dates of January. We saw slide show. Have a look at
F.D. Roosevelt whose birthday is on January, 30 was discussed in more detail.
We have watched the You Tube videos about his biography and his achievements in New Deal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9r0UFi86hs  slide show of quotes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzFKwa8V0Qs&feature=related  biography
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ9oBg6T2UE&feature=related new deal by FDR
http://quizlet.com/5225963/franklin-d-roosevelt-quiz-flash-cards/

To close up the session we have completed some exercises based on FDR biography and translated some of his popular quotes.
Have a look at more pictures, please