Unit 1 Introduction to the Course 1
Section Ⅰ Introduction 1
Section Ⅱ Text 2
Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 5
Section Ⅳ Notes 6
Section Ⅴ Exercises 6
Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 7
1．Are You an"Average"Person? 7
2．Core Values in American Society 10
3．Traditional American Values and Beliefs 13
4．People and Culture:Diversity and Convergence 18
Unit 2 The Geography of the United States 23
Section Ⅰ Introduction 23
Section Ⅱ Text 24
Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 27
Section Ⅳ Notes 28
Section Ⅴ Exercises 29
Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 29
1．American Regionalism 29
2．Spirit of the Frontier 38
Unit 3 A Sketch of American History 40
Section Ⅰ Introduction 40
Section Ⅱ Text 41
Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 56
Section Ⅳ Notes 58
Section Ⅴ Exercises 59
Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 60
1．The Declaration of Independence 60
2．The Emancipation Proclamation 64
3．The Ambiguous American 65
4．First Inaugural Address of Franklin D.Roosevelt 71
Unit 4 Religion in the United States 76
Section Ⅰ Introduction 76
Section Ⅱ Text 77
Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 85
Section Ⅳ Notes 86
Section Ⅴ Exercises 87
Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 88
1．The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism 88
2．Creationism versus Evolution 96
3．Black Churches 97
Unit 5 Education in America 101
Section Ⅰ Introduction 101
Section Ⅱ Text 102
Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 111
Section Ⅳ Notes 112
Section Ⅴ Exercises 113
Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 113
1．Horace Mann 113
2．Morrill Act 116
3．A Brief History of The Scholastic Aptitude Test 117
4．Education and Inequality 118
5．Functional Illiteracy 124
6．Has the Time Come for Year-Round Attendance? 125
Unit 6 Science,Technology and the American Society 127
Section Ⅰ Introduction 127
Section Ⅱ Text 128
Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 136
Section Ⅳ Notes 137
Section Ⅴ Exercises 138
Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 139
1．Religion,Science,and the Human Genome Project 139
2．Technology in the Classroom:Part of the Solution?Or Part of the Problem? 140
3．From Virginia Dare to Virginia Slims:Women and Technology in American Life 142
Unit 7 Mass Media in America 153
Section Ⅰ Introduction 153
Section Ⅱ Text 154
Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 161
Section Ⅳ Notes 162
Section Ⅴ Exercises 162
Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 163
1．New York Times Co.v.United States(1971) 163
2．The Three New spaper Giants and Yellow Joumalism 168
3．Overworked Americans or Overwhelmed Americans? 170
Unit 8 The American Economy and Work 178
Section Ⅰ Introduction 178
Section Ⅱ Text 179
Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 185
Section Ⅳ Notes 186
Section Ⅴ Exercises 187
Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 188
1．Silicon Valley and Monongahela Valley:An Epitome of a Transformed U.S.Economic Structure 188
2．Welcome to the Revolution 189
3．The Downsizing of America 199
Unit 9 Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States 201
Section Ⅰ Introduction 201
Section Ⅱ Text 202
Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 208
Section Ⅳ Notes 209
Section Ⅴ Exercises 209
Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 210
1．Brown v.Board of Education(1954) 210
2．Martin Luther King 214
3．Whites'Myths about Blacks 219
4．The Browning of America 224
5．Asian Americans 226
Unit 10 The American Family 229
Section Ⅰ Introduction 229
Section Ⅱ Text 230
Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 234
Section Ⅳ Notes 235
Section Ⅴ Exercises 236
Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 237
1．The American Family 237
2．Understanding Divorce:Statistics Can Mislead 240
3．The Family in Trouble:Why We Should Worry 241
Unit 11 The American Political System 249
Section Ⅰ Introduction 249
Section Ⅱ Text 250
Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 260
Section Ⅳ Notes 262
Section Ⅴ Exercises 264
Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 264
Constitution Of The United States 264
Unit 12 American Foreign Policy 284
Section Ⅰ Introduction 284
Section Ⅱ Text 285
Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 290
Section Ⅳ Notes 292
Section Ⅴ Exercises 294
Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 294
1．The Truman Doctrine 294
2．The Marshall Plan 300
Comprehensive Tests ＆ Answers 303
Appendixes 320
Appendix Ⅰ:Key to the Exercises 320
Appendix Ⅱ:Map of the United States of America 325
Appendix Ⅲ:Population by State in the U.S. 326
Appendix Ⅳ:Top 50 Cities in the U.S.by Population and Rank 328
Appendix Ⅴ:The Presidents of the United States 331
References 333