Komprimierte Lernhilfe zum schnellen Wiederholen der wichtigsten Themen für das Abitur in Englisch: Landeskunde, Literatur und Film, Textanalyse, -produktion.
Inhalt:
Foundations
Declaration of Independence ...............................
The Westward Movement and the Frontier Spirit
Manifest Destiny.....................................................
Difficulties in Forming a Nation ¿ * ..................
African American History
Slaves - Liberated into Misery ........................
Separate but Equal............... ............. .............
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Little Rock N in e ..................................................
Martin Luther King............................................
Malcolm X ...........................................................
Affirmative Action..............................................
Situation of African Americans to d a y .............
Immigration
Push and Pull Factors........
Immigration P a tte m ........
Immigration Policy
Illegal Immigration............
Changing Social Structure
¿ 4 Multiculturalism
Native Americans.............................................................
Hispanics............................................................................
Muslims..............................................................................
Asians ...............................................................................
Melting Pot and Salad Bowl ...........................................
Racism, Stereotyping, Prejudices and a Culture of Fear
1* 5 W{ Security and Freedom
Nine Eleven ..................................
The Patriot A ct..............................
The NSA Scandai..........................
Gun Control ..................................
C rim e.............................................
Misuse of Power by the Police ..
Foreign Policy
From Isolationism to Interventionist!!.....................
The Cold War Period...................................................
The Vietnam War - Trauma of an Invincible Nation
Reorientation after1990 ...........................................
The Bush Administration (2001-2009).....................
Present Challenges ...................................................
US Relations to Europe.............................................
¿ 7 V| Economy
The RoaringTwenties and the Great Depression
Roosevelfs New Deal.............................................
The financial Crisis in 2008....................................
Current Problems of the American Economy . . .
L 8 V| Social Welfare
Help Yourself - an American Point of View
Health Care...................................................
Political System
Checks and Balances.....................................................................
How to Become President............................................................
The Election of the Year 2000........................................................
Congress............... ..........................................................................
Current Republican Blockade of the President..........................
Democrats ......................................................................................
Republicans....................................................................................
The Tea Party M o vem en t..............................................................
Barack Obama - First African American President (2009-2017)
f l Q ^ Religion
The Puritans' Heritage.......................................................................................... 61
Religious Diversity ............................................................................................... 62
Liberal Protestantism and Conservative Fundamentalism ............................ 63
History of a World Power
The British Empire ............................................................
The Commonwealth..........................................................
2 TI Post-colonial Developments
Gandhi and the Independence of India ........................
India to d a y .........................................................................
South A frica.......................................................................
Australia ............................................................................
Multiculturalism in Australia, Canada and Great Britain
I 3 ^ Britain and Europe
Geography is Destiny........................................................
Foreign Policy until 1949 ..................................................
Difficult Relation to the European U n io n .......................
British-German Relations................................................
Political System
Unwritten Constitution....................................
Monarchy........................................................
House of Commons.......................................
House of Lords.................................................
The Conservatives...........................................
The Labour Party.............................................
United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)
Liberal Democrats .........................................
The Electoral System .....................................
The 2015 General Election..............................
` 5 ^1 United Kingdom
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Devolution .................................................................
Scottish Independence Referendum (2014)...........
Anglo-Irish Relations (until 1921) ..........................
The Troubles (1968-1998)...........................................
¿ 6 ^ B ritain ¿s Multicultural Society
A Class-ridden Society............................................
Immigration Waves .................................................
Structure of Britain's Multi-ethnic Society...........
Discrimination and Anger.......................................
London Bomb Attack 2005 ......................................
Sleepwalking into Segregation?............................
Arranged Marriage in Asian Communities...........
; .7 ^ Religion
The Church of England ...........................................
The Free Churches (Dissenters)..............................
Current Religious Issues in B ritain.........................
8 W| Social Welfare
The Welfare S ta te .........................................
The National Health Service........................
9 W| Economy
Economic Superpower of the 19th Century
Decline (1945-1979) . . . . . ............................
Thatcherism and its Consequences...........
Challenges of the Post-Thatcher Economy.
Structural Changes in the Last Decades . . .
A Prosperous South and a Poor North........
The American Dream
T. C. Boyle: The Tortilla Curtain (Novel, 1995).........
Arthur Miller: Death ofaSalesman (Drama, 1949)
2 W| Challenges and Choices in an Insecure World
Arthur Millen The Crucible (Drama, 1953)................................................
Jeannette Walls: Half Broke Horses (Novel, 2 0 0 9 ).................................
Crash (Rim, 2 0 0 4 )......................................................................................
Outsourced (Rim, 20 06)............................................................................
Exploring Alternative Worlds
Aldous Huxley: Brave New World (Novel, 1 9 3 2 )...............
George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-Four (Novel, 1949)..........
Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451 (Novel, 19 53).....................
Suzanne Lollins: The Hunger Games (Trilogy, 2008-2010)
Common Features of Dystoplas.......................................
, 4 W| William Shakespeare
The Globe - Shakespeare^ Theatre.....................
The Elizabethan World Picture ............................
Romeo and Juliet (Tragedy, 1597)..........................
Baz Luhrmann: Romeo + Juliet (Rim, 1996)..........
Othello (Tragedy, 1603/04).....................................
The Merchant of Venice (Lomedy, 1 5 9 6 -9 8 )........
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Lomedy, 1595/96).
The Interest ofYoung Audiences in Shakespeare
: 5 1 (Post-)Colonialism and Migration
Joseph Conrad: An Outpost of Progress (Short Story, 1896) .................
Rabbit-Proof Fence (Rim, 2 0 02)...............................................................
Ngugi wa Thiong'o: A Meeting in the Dark (Short Story, 1974).............
Salman Rushdie: GoodAdvice ls Rarer than Rubies (Short Story, 1994)
Asian Communities in Britain
Hanif Kureishi: M y Son the Fanatic (Short Story, 1994) .
Qaisra Shahraz: A Pair of Jeans (Short Story, 1988,2004)
Bali Rai: (Un)Arranged Marriage (Novel, 2001) .............
East is East (Rim, 1999)....................................................
Bend lt Like Beckham (Rim, 2002)...................................
I f ^ l Globalization
Poverty as a Global Challenge....................................
M ig ratio n.....................................................................
Environmental Challenges.........................................
Americanization: Consequences of a Global Culture
English as a World Language............... .....................
i;2 W| Technology and Media
Genetic Engineering ...................................................
Big Data .......................................................................
Social M edia.................................................................
Power of Media Corporations....................................
Skills: Analysis and Writing
n 1 Wj Analyzing Non-fictional Texts
Cartoons................................................................
Graphs and C harts...............................................
Non-fictional Te xts...............................................
2 W| Analyzing Fictional Texts
Setting.................................................. <...............
Structure of a Classical Drama ..........................
Ending...................................................................
Characterization...................................................
Stylistic Devices....................................................
Narrative Perspective .........................................
j. 3 V| Different Writing Strategies
Letter to the Editor...............................................
Interior M onologue.............................................
Dialogue................................................................
Speech ...................................................................
Comparing Characters,Themes and P lots........
Review...................................................................
M ediation..............................................................