Gould Elementary Students participated in a cultural exchange via videoconferencing with Armenia

1. Cultural Exchange
North Caldwell, NJ, USA
Vayots Dzor, Armenia
Jeanne Jeffrey Technology Instructor Gould School
Rose Jeffrey Peace Corp Volunteer
2013-2014

2. Facts about Armenia
It is 8 hours ahead 9:00 am here = 5:00 pm Armenia
The flight time from NY is 12 hours
Small, mountainous, landlocked country
Yerevan is the capital

3. Landlocked, Armenia is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the
north, Iran to the south, Azerbaijan to the east
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4. Yerevan
Capital and largest city
One of the oldest cities, dates back to
8th century BC

5. Peace Corp Volunteers

6. Peace Corp Volunteers

7. One of the world’s oldest civilizations and the first county
to officially embrace Christianity as its religion

8. Monasteries in Tatev, Noravank, Haghartsin, Haghpat and
Geghard are popular tourist attractions.

10. Friendly and Hospitable

11. Speleological Tourism – Exploring Caves

12. Earliest known shoe was found in the Areni-1 cave

13. Weather
The same seasons, but COLDER and HOTTER

14. Videoconference

15. Photos from Videoconference

16. To Be Continued…..