Contemporary America

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1、幻灯片1ContemporaryAmericaObjectives:1.HaveageneralunderstandingabouttheUnitedStatesofAmerica.2.EnlargeyourEnglishvocabularyandimprovegrammarstudythroughlearningthistextbook.3.Developyourlanguagecompetencesandlinguisticskillsviastudyingthisbook.4.ImproveyourEnglishreadingefficiencyandtranslationsk

2、ills.5.Beabletowriteacademicpaperswhichrelatetoyourmajors.6.EnhanceEnglishlistening,speaking,readingandwritingskillswhichcanhelpyoudobetterinyourfuturelearning.幻灯片2AmericanearlyHistorylChapter1.lHistory:Questionstothinkaboutl1.WhydidtheSpanishgotoAmericainthe16thcentury?l2.WhatledtotheEnglishco

3、lonization?l3.Wasthe“NewWorld“avirginlandastheEuropeansdescribedit?l4.WhatwastheEnglishpolicytowardNativeAmericansandwhatwereitsconsequences?幻灯片3ComtemporyAmerical5.WhatwerethepuritanvaluesandwhydidthePuritansgotoAmerica?l6.WhatcausedthefastdevelopmentofeducationintheBritishcolonies?l7.Whatwere

4、thecharacteristicsofcolonialdevelopmentinearlyAmericanhistory?幻灯片4ChapterThreeAmericanGovernmentQuestionsfordiscussion1,WhatweretheopinionoftheAmericanpresidentsaboutthegovernmentalpower?2,WhatarethetypicalfeaturesoftheFederalGovernment?3,FromtheviewsoftheAmericaFounders,whatwasthebusinessofthe

5、government?4,HowdidtheAmericanConstitutionsetoutthestructureofthefederalgovernment?幻灯片5Discussionl5,HowdidtheAmericanFoundersmeshtheinterestsofsmallandlargerstates?l6,HowdotheAmericansvotefortheirpresidents?l7,HowdidtheConstitutiondividethepowersintothreebranches?andexplaintheirseparaterolesint

6、hefederalgovernment.l8,Whataretheadvantagesofthisbalanceofpoweramongthefederalgovernment?幻灯片6AMERICANCONSTITUTIONl1,SumarizethesystemofCHECKSandBALANCESinyourownwordsl2.Whyhastheprocessoffederalismacceleratedoverthelastcentury?l3.WhydidthehistoriansdescribefederalismmetaphoricallyasLayerCakeorD

7、ualfederalism?l4.HowdoyouunderstandpresidentRichardNixon“NewFederalism“?l5.IllustratethefunctionsoftheThreeBranchesofGovernment幻灯片7THEFEDERALSYSTEMl6.Howdothestatesmirrorthefederaldivisionofpowers?l7.Whyisthelocalgovernmentattheco