- http://www.healthcare.gov/index.html
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/health-care
А заодно не забываем, что на это занятие вообще-то вынесено несколько топиков:
1) Healthcare Reform (2010): MediCare & MedicAid
2) American Dream (Ch.2 in "America in Close-Up"), American values & beliefs
1. Geographical survey of the USA. Regions of the USA.
2. First settlements on the territory of the USA. Exploration of the American continent.
3. Life in the first 13 colonies.
4. The War for Independence.
5. The Constitution and political system of the U.S.: branches of power, system of checks and balances.
6. The New Nation (new territories, military conflicts).
7. The Civil War: reasons, main events, consequences.
8. Reconstruction (amendments to the constitution and other acts).
9. Industrial growth in the end of 19th – beginning of 20th centuries.
10. The First World War. Wilson’s plan.
11. The Second World War.
12. The Great Depression. Roosevelt’s New Deal.
13. The Cold War (reasons, main events, consequences). Wars in Vietnam and Korea.
14. Indian population (Native Americans): history, present situation.
15. The Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century.
16. Death penalty. Gun control.
17. Education in the US: basic information, schools, colleges and universities.
18. Religion in the United States: history, major denominations, the role of religion in today’s society.
19. American Dream. American beliefs and values.
20. Healthcare Reform in the USA. Medicare. Medicaid.
Вот теперь можно всерьез подготовиться к занятиям...
"Please choose one of the following denominations to make a report (history, beliefs, interaction with the rest of society, traditions and customs):
1. The Amish <-- taken (Оля)
2. Baptism
3. Hinduism
4. Jehova's Witnesses
5. The Mormons <-- taken (Игорь)
6. Pentecostalism
7. The Seventh-Day Adventists"
Тема: "Education in the USA."
Тема: Death Penalty
2010YearEnd-Final.pdf
Davis execution.docx
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/execution-list-2011
Тема: "Death Penalty"
Тема: Death Penalty, Gun Contol, etc.
DEATHPENALTYFACTS-FEBRUARY_2012.PDF
http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues/death-penalty/us-death-penalty-facts
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org
http://gun-control-facts.com
http://www.atf.gov/regulations-rulings/laws/
Тема: "Конституция США"
Список литературы на следующий семестр:
1. Голицынский Ю.Б. Unites States of America
2. Spotlight on the USA. Randee Falk (Oxford University Press)
3. An Illustrated History of the USA. Bryn O'Callaghan (Longman)
4. America in close-up. Eckhard Fiedler, Reimer Jansen, Mil Norman-Risch (Longman)
Вполне возможно, что будут использоваться и другие источники.
Можете пока не покупать, но к первому занятию, пожалуйста, прочитайте что-нибудь по теме: Geographical survey of the USA
С уважением,
Иванова Т.В."
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(письмо от нашего преподавателя, получено 8-го декабря)
