Pre-Departure Orientation Manual

Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine

Belarus 

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan 

Serbia 

Uzbekistan 

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 Virtual Keyboard List

Virtual keyboard gives you an opportunity to type in your native language using an American computer

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What do you need to know about the US?

(All web resources listed below are not affiliated with World Learning)

General information about American holidays can be found at:

http://www.usa.gov/citizens/holidays.shtml

Find out about the United States flag and its history at:

http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/misc/ourflag/titlepage.htm

Find out more about the American social and cultural history at:

http://www.everyculture.com/To-Z/United-States-of-America.html

http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/History_and_Culture/

Information about different American cities can be found at:

http://national.citysearch.com/guide/

Weather

http://www.weather.com/

Currency

http://www.xe.com/ucc/

Metric Conversions

http://www.calculateme.com/

Celsius/Fahrenheit

http://www.calculateme.com/cTemperature/CelsiusToFahrenheit.htm