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Chapter Ⅰ Introduction 1

Abstract 1

Focus Questions 1

Topic for Term Paper 2

Section A:Exposition Texts 2

A1.Geography 2

A2.The Formation of the Union 3

A3.Population Trends 6

A4.Economy 8

A5.Class 9

American City:New York City 9

Section B:Exploitation Activites 10

B1.Pair work 10

B2.Individual work 12

B3.Research projects 12

B4.Ask Americans 13

Section C:Extension Tasks 14

Feature:Traditional American Values 14

Important Terms in American Studies 14

Linking Past and Present:The National Bird—the Bald Eagle 15

Chapter Ⅱ The Constitution and the Government System 16

Abstract 16

Focus Questions 16

Topic for Term Paper 16

Section A:Exposition Texts 17

A2.The Constitution 17

A4.The Structure of the Federal Government 19

A5.The Federal System 21

Section B:Exploitation Activites 22

B1.Individual work 22

B2.Pair work 23

B3.Group work 24

Section C:Extension Tasks 25

Table 1 Government Versus Personal Responsibility,1983—1998 25

Table 2 How Efficient Is the Government? 26

Table 3 Can the Government Have a Positive Impact? 26

Linking Past and Present:Uncle Sam 26

Chapter Ⅲ The Amendments 28

Abstract 28

Focus Questions 28

Topic for Term Paper 29

Section A:Exposition Texts 30

A1.The Bill of Rights 30

A2.The Remaining Amendments 31

A4.Illustrations of the Amendments 33

Section B:Exploitation Activites 35

B2.Pair work 35

B4.Research project 35

B5.Essay topics 35

Linking Past and Present:Fair Trial 36

Chapter Ⅳ Education 37

Abstract 37

Focus Questions 37

Topic for Term Paper 37

Section A:Exposition Texts 38

A1.American Perceptions of Education 38

A2.Elementary and Secondary Education 39

A3.Higher Education 40

Section B:Exploitation Activites 47

B2.Pair work 47

B4.Research projects 47

Section C:Extension Tasks 48

C1.Feature:Community Colleges 48

When Intellectual Life Is Optional for Students 49

Linking Past and Present:Noah Webster 51

Chapter Ⅴ Immigration and Ethnicity 52

Abstract 52

Focus Questions 52

Topics for Term Paper 52

Section A:Exposition Texts 53

A1.Introduction 53

A2.Melting Pot vs.Salad Bowl 54

A3.American Immigration Policies 56

A4.The Changing Face of Ethnicity in America 59

A5.Affirmative Action 59

Section B:Exploitation Activites 62

B1.Individual work 62

B2.Pair work 62

B3.Group discussion 62

B4.Essay topic 62

Linking Past and Present 63

1.Ellis Island and Angel Island 63

2.Native Americans 63

Chapter Ⅵ Family and Personal Relationships 64

Abstract 64

Focus Questions 64

Topic for Term Paper 65

Section A:Exposition Texts 65

A1.What Is Family 65

A2.Marriage 66

A4.Family Life 66

A5.Divorce and Cohabitation 70

A6.Homeownership 72

Section B:Exploitation Activites 73

B1.Group discussion 73

B2.Pair work 73

Section C:Extension Tasks 75

C3.Do Gay People Have Rights? 75

Linking Past and Present:The Hamburger 76

Chapter Ⅶ Domestic Economy 77

Abstract 77

Focus Questions 77

Topic for Term Paper 78

Section A:Exposition Texts 78

A3.The General Economic Situation after World War Ⅱ and a Transformed Economic Structure 78

A4.U.S.Financial Markets 79

A5.Aspects of Corporations and Small Businesses 81

A6.U.S.Foreign Trade 82

A7.Tax Policy 86

Section B:Exploitation Activites 88

B1.Individual work 88

B2.Pair work 88

B3.Ask Americans 88

B4.Research projects 89

Section C:Extension Tasks 92

The Three Macroeconomic Theories that Dominate American Economic Decision Making 92

Definitions of the American Dream 93

Linking Past and Present 93

1.A New System of Time Zones 93

2.The New England Yankee 93

Chapter Ⅷ Social Welfare 95

Abstract 95

Focus Questions 95

Topic for Term Paper 95

Section A:Exposition Texts 96

A2.Social Welfare up to 1996 96

A3.The Reform of 1996 and the Changing Attitudes 98

Section B:Exploitation Activites 101

B3.Group work 101

B4.Essay topic 101

Section C:Extension Tasks 103

C2.Life Begins at Sixty-five? 103

Linking Past and Present:The Hot Dog 104

Chapter Ⅸ Political Parties and Interest Groups 105

Abstract 105

Focus Questions 105

Topic for Term Paper 105

Section A:Exposition Texts 106

A1.The Evolution of Two-Party Democracy 106

A2.Party Functions 107

A3.Traditional Images of the Two Parties 107

A5.Interest Groups 108

Section B:Exploitation Activites 112

B1.Individual work 112

B2.Pair work 112

B3.Essay topic 113

B4.Ask Americans 113

Linking Past and Present:How Abraham Lincoln Emerged as a National Leader Through Political Debates 114

Chapter Ⅹ Work 115

Abstract 115

Focus Questions 115

Topic for Term Paper 115

Section A:Exposition Texts 116

A1.A Portrait of the U.S.Labor Market Today 116

A2.Job Security and the Service Sector 118

A4.The Graying of the Workforce 121

A5.Telecommuting and Changes in the World of Work 122

Section B:Exploitation Activites 123

B1.Individual work 123

B2.Pair work 123

B3.Essay topics 124

Linking Past and Present:Blue Jeans 126

Chapter Ⅺ The Print Media 127

Abstract 127

Focus Questions 127

Topics for Term Paper 127

Section A:Exposition Texts 128

A1.Newspapers 128

A3.Ownership of the Print Media 131

Section B:Exploitation Activites 132

B1.Pair work 132

B2.Individual work 132

B3.Research projects 133

Section C:Extension Tasks 135

C1.Feature:Esquire,an Introduction to the Current State of the Magazine Industry 135

Linking Past and Present:Magazines and Newspapers in the 19th Century 135

Chapter Ⅻ The Electronic Media 136

Abstract 136

Focus Questions 136

Topics for Term Paper 136

Section A:Exposition Texts 137

A3.The Three Giant Networks and the Organization of the Traditional Television Industry 137

A5.Media Controls—Laws and Regulations 138

A6.The Internet 141

Section B:Exploitation Activites 143

B1.Individual work 143

B3.Research project 143

B4.Essay topic 143

Section C:Extension Tasks 144

C1.Feature:Presidential Election and TV 144

Linking Past and Present:From Cable to the Wireless 145

Chapter ⅩⅢ Leisure and Recreation 146

Abstract 146

Focus Questions 146

Topic for Term Paper 146

Section A:Exposition Texts 147

A1.Trends in Leisure Time 147

A2.Sports and Campus Recreation 147

A3.Indoor and"Invisible"Leisure Activities 148

A4.Theme Parks 149

A5.Factors that Promote Leisure and Recreation 149

A6.Leisure-Service Agencies 149

A7.Trends Affecting Leisure in the 21st Century 151

Section B:Exploitation Activites 154

B1.Pair work 154

B2.Group work 154

B3.Debating topic 155

B4.Research projects 156

Section C:Extension Tasks 156

C1.Feature:Disneyland,More Than an Entertainment Empire 156

C2.The Federal Government's Role in Recreation 157

Linking Past and Present:1.Jazz 2.Central Park and Macy's 157

Chapter ⅩⅣ Tourism and Holidays 159

Abstract 159

Focus Questions 159

Topics for Term Paper 159

Section A:Exposition Texts 160

A1.Tourism,a Major Industry 160

A3.Leisure Plus Travel 161

A4.Tourism Organization 162

A5.Tourist Attractions 163

A6.Holidays in the U.S.A 164

Section B:Exploitation Activites 165

B2.Pair work 165

B4.Debating topic 167

Linking Past and Present:Mount Rushmore 167

Chapter ⅩⅤ Justice and the Law 169

Abstract 169

Focus Questions 169

Topic for Term Paper 170

Section A:Exposition Texts 170

A1.Judicial Independence 170

A2.Essentials of Law 172

A3.Types of Courts 173

A4.Judges 174

A5.The Legal Profession 177

A6.Access to Legal Services 178

A7.The Apparatus of Justice 179

A8.Problems with the American Criminal Justice System 180

Section B:Exploitation Activites 181

B2.Pair work 181

B4.Group discussion 181

Section C:Extension Tasks 182

C1.Feature:Race and Criminal Justice 182

Linking Past and Present:The President and the Supreme Court 183

Chapter ⅩⅥ Crime and the Police 184

Abstract 184

Focus Questions 184

Topicsfor Term Paper 184

Section A:Exposition Texts 185

A1.General Introduction:Crime in America 185

A3.Crime Policy in the U.S 188

A4.Firearms Violence and Gun Control Legislation 188

A5.Drug Offenses 189

A6.Juvenile Crime and the Juvenile Court 190

A7.Community Policing:a New Approach to Make America Safer 191

Section B:Exploitation Activites 192

B1.Pair work 192

B3.Essay topics 193

B4.Research project 193

Linking Past and Present:Minority Groups in Policing 194

Chapter ⅩⅦ America and the World 195

Abstract 195

Focus Questions 195

Topics for Term Paper 196

Section A:Exposition Texts 196

A1.Foreign Affairs Bureaucracy 196

A2.The Foreign Policymaking Process 197

A3.America in the Cold War 197

A4.The Post-Cold War Era 202

A5.The Middle East:a Multilateral Peace Process 204

A6.Terrorism and Counterterrorism 205

Section B:Exploitation Activites 206

B1.Individual work 206

B2.Pair work 206

B3.Essay topics 207

Section C:Extension Tasks 207

C1.Feature:The United Nations and U.S.Domestic Politics 207

Linking Past and Present 207

1.U.S.Overseas Expansion and the Fate of Puerto Rico 207

2.Can Women Do Combat Jobs 208

Chapter ⅩⅤⅢ Belief and Religion 209

Abstract 209

Focus Questions 209

Topics for Term Paper 210

Section A:Exposition Texts 210

A1.How Religious Are Americans? 210

A2.Major Themes in the Development of American Religions 211

A3.20th Century Diversity and Pluralism 211

A4.The Changing Religious Landscape 213

Section B:Exploitation Activites 214

B1.Pair work 214

B2.Group discussion 215

Linking Past and Present:School Prayer and Congressional Backlash 217