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**United Streaming Video** To learn more background information about this country, your teachers have selected this video for your viewing pleasure.

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El Salvador
 * [] by Tricia S in Wilson Elementary **

**Cool Facts** Use this space to post any interesting facts you discover about El Salvador. 5th Grade ELO students across the district will be able to view the cool facts you post. Be sure to put your first name and school building after your fact. Do not duplicate facts. El Salvador's poverty was cut from 66% to 34.61% in 2007. El Salvador is a democracy with the same branches as the USA. The executive branch, the legislative and the judicial. El Salvador is on the Pacific's earthquake-prone ring of fire so El Salvador gets a lot of earthquakes often. Tricia S from Wilson Elementary



A landslide caused by an earthquake in El Salvador in 2001. - Tricia S from Wilson Elementary

In 1969, El Salvador invaded the Honduras. The war lasted 4 days and was named the Football War because it broke out during a soccer game between the two countreys. About a week after Easter, El Salvador celabrates a holiday called Semen Santa. Lena B from Wilson Elamentary.

**Final Projects** This space will be for you to post your final products so that students in other buildings can view what you created.