american culture – a melting pot or a salad bowl ?

The term melting pot refers to the idea that societies formed by immigrant cultures, religions, end ethnic groups, will produce new hybrid social and cultural forms. The notion comes from the pot in which metals are melted at great heat, melding together into new compound, with great strength and other combined advantages. In comparison with assimilation, it implies the ability of new or subordinate groups to affect the values of the dominant group. Sometimes it is referred to as amalgamation, in the opposition to both assimilation and pluralism.

The concept of ethnic stew is similar to that of melting pot, though the degree of cultural distinctiveness is higher in the former, however not reaching the level of the “salad bowl” thesis (different groups keep their differences, while maintaining relations among each other)..

The ruling president of the USA Barack Hussein Obama

- In the USA there are roughly 308 745 538 citizens,

- The capital is Washington, DC.- Administrative languages include: American

English, Spanish, Dakota, Hawaiian- Independence from Great Britain on the 4th

July 1776 (officially 1783)

-around 1000, temporary settlement of some Vikings in the America.

-1492 – America was officially discovered by Christpher Columbus

-1565 – St. Augustine - the oldest American settlement is established by the Spanish

-1775-1783 –Wars for Independence-1787 – ratifing the Contitution-1861-1865 –Civil War in the USA (for Afro-American

rights)-1917-1918 – the USA taking part in World War the 1st-1941-1945 – the USA taking part in World War the 2nd-2008 – financial crisis started in America, the first afro-

american politician to be elected as the ruling president of the USA

The Statue of Liberty – built around 1884-1886. It is situated on the Liberty Island in New York, near the river Hudson flow. It is a symbol of liberty for the USA as well as NY and rest of the Americas. Built by the French for the immigrants settling in the USA.

-Height: 46,5 m -Height with the risen arm: 93 m -Weight: 229 tonnes -Width: 11 m -It is made from steel and copper, inside

there are two rows of spiral stairs leading to highest view point at the lantern.

A Korean diner, Taiwan dentist, cuisine from deep Asia and a pedicurist from Vietnam… need you more examples?

Spot one Japanese, one Korean, 100 Afro-americans and 12 Frenchmen

This is what happens when you get a Statue of your own…

The Chinese were the first official immigrant group in the USA.

The first major documentation of the Chinese immigrants started in the XVIII century.

The Chinese account for the biggest asian minority in the USA.

Other minorities include:-The Japanese,-The Poles,-the French,-The Ukrainian,-The Austrian, -The Slovakian, -Afro-americans from various countries.

Status: district Space: 2,3 km²People:  ab. 29 thousand.Postal code: 90012

- Size: 5,18 km2 - People: ab. 43 083 - Annual income: $36 677

General Kazimierz Pułaski

Tadeusz Kościuszko

Do these faces look happy? Fullfilled?

St. Stanislaus Kostka607 Humboldt Str, Brooklyn, NY 11222tel: 718-388-0170, Rector - f. Rafał KopystyńskiThe Vikar - f. Edmund Gutowski

St. Frances De Chantal12-73 58th Str, Brooklyn, NY 11219tel: 718-436-6407, Rector - f. Andrzej KurowskiVikar - f. Piotr Karaszewski

Our Lady of Ostra Brama3000 Depot Ln, Cutchogue, NY 11935tel: 631-734-6446,Rector - f. Władysław Rudnicki

Saint Matthias Church58-15 Catalpa AvenueRidgewood, NY 11385tel: 718-821-6447,Rector - f. Edward B. ScharfenbergerVikar - f. Łukasz Trocha, f. Andrzej Salwowski

Our Lady of Poland35 Maple StreetSouthampton, NY 11968tel: 631-283-0667Rector - f. Stanisław Kondeja

Universities in the USA serve as a linking device for all immigrants who come to the States. Their main task is to find specific faculties for any individual. Many immigrants come to the USA for the sole purpouse of studying opportunities and therefore better life conditions. It goes without saying that those places accumulate different cultures as well as try to retain the general ‘spirit’ of the country.

• Grupa projektowa: • Gabriela Zając • Jarosław Grządziel• Aneta Krzan• Paweł Chmielecki• Izabela Sołtysiak