Hanukkah

   On November 27 the Jews celebrated the holiday of Hanukkah. This word means reinauguration, because the Jews won the war against  the Greeks, and reopen their Holy temple. They celebrate it  lightning 8 candles, one for each day of Hanukkah.
   The army of Israel, led by Yehudá HaMacabi,  won the Selêucidas, and expeled them from Judeia.
   The rebellion started in the city of Modiín, with Yehuda´s father, Mathitiau, and spreaded quickly in the territory of Israel.

 

 

 

Halloween

  In fact Halloween is short for "All Hallow's Evening" and  the reason we celebrate it is stranger than we think.
  The reason we celebrate it is the dead's day, a day when we remember our family and friends who died. It is a Christianized holiday and it is influenced by the Celtic harvest festival.
  Nowadays we do funny activities, like trick or treating, wear costumes, carve pumpkings and others.

Staying Together

Ikuko traveled to England to study promissing her boyfriend to go back and marry him. But when she arrived in London she fell in love with another student. You should read the book to discover the answer to her dilemma.

   Mother's Day is a celebration honoring mothers and motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in March or May.

   The celebration of Mother's Day began in the United States in the early 20th century; it is not related to the many celebrations of mothers and motherhood that have occurred throughout the world over thousands of years. Despite this, in some countries Mother's Day has become synonymous with these older traditions.

Earth day

Earth day is on Abril 22nd every year. Earth day is a day to remember to take care of our planet, Earth.WE can take care of our planet by keeping it clean.

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin-The first man in space

   Yuri Gagarin was born on 9 March 1934 and died on 27 March 1968 in Russia. He was the first man in space. His spaceship name was Vostok, with this spaceship he traveled around the Earth on 12 April 1961. He won a lot of titles and medals. He died in a MIG15 jet accident. 

Gordo - The first monkey in space

   Gordo was the first monkey in space. He was lauched from Cape Canaveral on December 13, 1958. A technical malfunction made the parachute not open and she disappeared. The flight lasted 15 minutes before the accident happened.

   Gordo was a Squirrel monkey about one foot tall and weighting between 1 and 1.5 kg.