12. What was the Townsend Act?
Identify: writ of assistance, search warrant.
13. Describe the terms of the Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party.
How did the colonists and British Parliament respond to this event?
14. What were the terms of the Intolerable Acts?
15. What three important actions were taken by the 1st Continental Congress?
Outbreak of the War
16. Identify: minutemen.
17. Why did the British army march to Lexington and Concord?
What was the result of the march?
18. Identify: Common Sense, Patriots, Loyalists.
The Declaration of Independence
19. What important decision did the delegates of the 2nd Continental Congress make?
20. Read the Declaration of Independence. Describe the three parts of it:
a) the underlying principles of the American democracy;
b) the list of abuses of human rights;
c) the colonies declare independence.
The Results of the American Revolution
21. What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris?
22. Why might the American Revolution also be considered a civil war?
23. Identify: Stars and Stripes.
24. Read the text about George Washington. Be ready to discuss:
a) George Washington – the logical choice for the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Armies.
b) George Washington’s three important roles in the establishment of the United States of America.
25. Read the text about Thomas Jefferson. Speak about his influence on American history and achievements he made.
Literature:
1. Boyer S. Paul. United States History. Oxford University Press, 2001. - p. 148, 666 - 669
2. Kalilova L. The USA: History and the Present. – M., 1999. - p. 57 - 67
3. Kirshon J.W. Chronicle of America. – N.Y., 1998. - p. 121 - 183
4. Nesterchuk G.V., Ivanova V.M. The USA and the Americans. – Minsk, 1998. - p. 58-60
5. O’Callaghan B. An Illustrated History of the USA. – Longman, 2004. - p. 24 - 31
6. Tokareva N., Peppard V. What it is like in the USA. – M., 2003. - p. 52 - 57
7. Wood L.C., Gabriel R.M. America, its People and Values. – USA, 2001. - p. 121 - 168
Seminar 4
Theme: Establishing a Federal Government
How the nation was governed first
1. What plan of government was approved by the Second Continental Congress? Why?
2. Describe the weaknesses and the strengths of the Articles of Confederation.
3. Locale on the map: the Old Northwest, the Old Southwest.
4. Why was it hard for people to think of themselves as of Americans?
Ratification of a new constitution
5. Why did the delegates of the Constitutional Convention (1787, Philadelphia) write a new constitution instead of simply changing the old Articles of Confederation?
6. Identify: Federalists, Anti-Federalists.
7. Describe the procedure of ratification of a new constitution by the states.
8. What additions were made to the Constitution soon after it was ratified? Why?
Basic rights guaranteed by the Constitution
9. Read the Bill of Rights and describe the fundamental beliefs:
a) belief in basic human rights;
b) belief in government by consent of the governed.
10. Identify: liberty under-law, republic, monarchy.
The system of government
11. Explain: belief in federalism, federal system. Describe the powers the Constitution gives:
a) the national government;
b) the states.
12. Explain: belief in separation of powers.
a) What three functions does the government perform?
b) Identify: the system of checks and balances.
13. What important compromise was included in the Constitution to represent all states fairly?
14. The Legislative Branch. The House of Representatives. Read Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution and describe:
a) election and term of members;
b) qualifications of a representative;
c) determining Representation
d) filling vacancies
c) powers of the House of Representatives not given to the Senate
15. The Senate. Read Article 1, Section 3 of the Constitution, Amendment 17and describe:
a) number, term and selection of members;
b) qualifications of a senator;
c) powers of the Senate;
d) elections and meetings ( Article 1, Section 4;)
16. Methods of passing laws. Read Article 1, Section 7-8 and describe:
a) methods of passing laws;
b) powers of Congress.
17. The Executive Branch. Read Article 2 of the Constitution and describe:
a) the President’s term of office (Article 2, Section 1; Amendment 20, Section 1; Amendment 22);
b) the Electoral College;
c) qualifications of the President;
d) vacancies (Article 2, Section 1, Clause 6; Amendment 25)
d) powers and duties of the President.
18. The Judicial Branch. Read Article 3 of the Constitution and explain how the Judicial Branch is represented.
Building a strong new government
19. What three executive departments were set up during Washington’s presidency?
What did each of these departments do?
20. Identify: installments, funding measure, bonds, and excise tax.
21. Describe Hamilton’s five-part financial program.
22. How did the Whiskey Rebellion test the power of the new national government?
How political parties developed
23. Contrast Jefferson’s and Hamilton’s ideas about the national government and the Constitution.
24. What parties were founded by Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton?
25. Who was elected President in 1796? To what political party did he belong to?
26. Trace back the development of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
Literature:
1. Boyer S. Paul. United States History. Oxford University Press, 2001. - p. 51, 156 – 158, 244 -258
2. Fiedler E., Jansen R., Norman-Risch M. America in close-up. – Longman, 1996. - p. 142 - 151
3. Kalilova L. The USA: History and the Present. – M., 1999. - p. 68 – 72, 92 - 108
4. Nesterchuk G.V., Ivanova V.M. The USA and the Americans. – Minsk, 1998. - p. 78 – 104
5. O’Callaghan B. An Illustrated History of the USA. – Longman, 2004. - p. 32 – 35
6. Tokareva N., Peppard V. What it is like in the USA. – M., 2003. - p. 88 – 125
7. Sanford W.R. Basic Principles of American Government. – N.Y., 2002. - p.
8. Smith E. Duane. The Citizen and the Constitution – Washington, D.C., 2002. - p. 117 – 182
9. Wood L.C., Gabriel R.M. America, its People and Values. – USA, 2001. - p. 171 – 225, 229 - 246
Seminar 5
Theme: The Civil War (1861-1865)
The approach of the Civil War (1850-1861)
1. Identify: slave state, free state.
2. What serious problem arouse when Missouri asked to join the Union?
3. Explain the provisions of the Missouri Compromise.
4. Locate: Missouri, Missouri Compromise Line, 36030’, Main.
5. What states joined the Union as free states and as slave states?
6. What was the life of a slave like in the United States?
7. Identify: slave code, spirituals.
8. Why was it so difficult for slave uprising to succeed in the South?
How some Americans tried to end slavery
9. Identify: abolition movement.
10. Describe some ways abolitionists fought slavery.
11. What was the purpose of Fugitive Slave Laws and Personal Liberty Laws?
12. Prepare an oral report on what the life of slaves was like.
How slavery finally divided the nation
13. Read the text “How did the North and the South try to solve the slavery problem?
14. Why did the addition of new territory to the United States during the mid-1800’s cause trouble over the issue of slavery?
15. Why did the Compromise on the issue of slavery become more difficult in the 1850’s? Which part of the Compromise was favorable to the South, to the North? Explain.
16. Locate: the Mexican Cession, Kansas Territory, Nebraska Territory.
17. How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act affect the Missouri Compromise?
18. What was the attitude of the South and the North to the Dred Scott decision?
19. How might you have felt about the decision in the Dred Scott case if you had been:
a) a slave, b) a slave owner, c) an abolitionist?
20. What were Lincoln’s ideas about slavery in the United States?
21. What impelled the Southern states to secede from the United States?
22. Draw the map of the United States. Use different colors to locate:
a) the Union, b) the Confederacy, c) the border states.
War aims of the South and the North. Their advantages
23. What were the war aims of the South and the North in the Civil War?
24. Which problem did President Lincoln think was more important, secession or slavery? Explain.
25. What advantages did the North have over the South and the South over the North?
26. Describe the four military objectives of the North.
27. Locate: Chattanooga, Richmond.
The Emancipation Proclamation
28. Why were no slaves freed by the Emancipation Proclamation? Why, then, was the document so important? Read the Emancipation proclamation and describe its parts.
29. Read Amendment 13 to the Constitution. Explain its significance.
30. How did the North bring about the defeat of the Confederacy?
31. Read the text “Abraham Lincoln”. Explain his role in the history of the United States.
32. Prepare an oral report on:
a) the surrender at Appomattox;
b) Commander of all the Union Armies – General Ulysses Grant;
The Period of Reconstruction (1865-1877)
33. Identify: Reconstruction, freedmen, Freedmen’s Bureau, sharecroppers.
34. Describe Lincoln’s plan of Reconstruction.
35. Why did Radical Republicans oppose the Lincoln – Johnson plan for Reconstruction?
36. What was Congress’ plan for Reconstruction?
37. Explain: the Civil Rights Act.
38. Read Amendment 14. Describe the four main parts of it.
39. Read Amendment 15. Explain its significance.
40. What were some accomplishments of the Reconstruction governments in the South?
41. Why were such secret societies as the Ku Klux Klan formed? How did the government try to break the Klan’s power?
42. How did the Period of Reconstruction come to its end?
43. Prepare an oral report on:
a) the Ku Klux Klan and other secret societies;
b) hardships of the South after the war.
Literature:
1. Boyer S. Paul. United States History. Oxford University Press, 2001. - p. 129 – 133, 700 -701
2. Kalilova L. The USA: History and the Present. – M., 1999. - p. 79 - 80
3. Kirshon J.W. Chronicle of America. – N.Y., 1998. - p. 337 - 397
4. Nesterchuk G.V., Ivanova V.M. The USA and the Americans. – Minsk, 1998. - p. 64 - 69
5. O’Callaghan B. An Illustrated History of the USA. – Longman, 2004 - p. 44 - 57
6. Tokareva N., Peppard V. What it is like in the USA. – M., 2003 - p. 64 - 70
7. Wood L.C., Gabriel R.M. America, its People and Values. – USA, 2001 - p. 417 - 471
5. методические рекомендации по организации самостоятельной работы
Раздел 1. Введение в страноведение и лингвострановедение
Тема 1: Роль страноведческой и лингвострановедческой компетенции в профессиональной деятельности учителя английского языка
Вопросы, рекомендуемые к рассмотрению:
3. Предмет дисциплины «Страноведение и Лингвострановедение ».
4. Языковые реалии, связанные со страноведческой направленностью.
Вид задания и методические указания:
1. Изучить литературу по предложенным вопросам, уделяя внимание страноведческой и лингвострановедческой компетенции в профессиональной деятельности учителя английского языка.
Раздел 2. Основные этапы истории США
Темы, рекомендуемые к рассмотрению:
Тема 6. Становление Соединенных Штатов Америки.
Тема 7. Гражданская война (1861-1865)
Тема 8. Подъем экономики (1860-1890)
Тема 10. США и вторая мировая война (1935 - 1945)
Тема 11. Послевоенная Америка (1945 - 1960)
Тема 12. Внешняя политика США в 1960 - 1991
Вид задания и методические указания:
1. Изучить литературу по предложенным темам, уделяя внимание основным историческим событиям и датам.
2. Написать реферат по выбранной теме. Защита рефератов.
Раздел 3: Географическое положение и природные условия страны.
Вопросы, рекомендуемые к рассмотрению:
1. Физиогеографическая характеристика. Горы, реки, озера. Климат.
2. Растительный и животный мир.
3. Природные достопримечательности. Национальные парки.
Вид задания и методические указания:
1. Изучить литературу по предложенным вопросам, уделяя внимание языковым реалиям, связанным с географическими реалиями (названия морей, океанов; особенности рельефа, климата, животного и растительного мира).
2. Составить физиогеографическое описание США. При составлении описания обратить внимание на: 1) положение на материке (протяженность с севера на юг, с запада на восток; указать площадь, место страны по площади в мире); 2) океаны и моря, омывающие страну; 3) приграничные государства и их естественные границы (реки, горы, заливы); 4) положение США относительно климатических поясов; 5) основные формы рельефа; 6) основные внутренние воды (крупнейшие реки и озера).
3. Подготовить реферат о природных достопримечательностях США.
Раздел 4: Национальный и социальный состав населения
Вопросы, рекомендуемые к рассмотрению:
4. Расовые и этнические группы. Этнорасовое распределение населения США.
5. Этнорасовые группы коренного населения. Возрождение этнического сознания.
6. Демографические и социальные проблемы.
Вид задания и методические указания: