Part One The United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland
Unit 1 Geography， People， and Natural Resources
1. Different Names for Britain and Its Parts
2. Geographical Features
3. The People
4. Natural Resources
5. Climate and Temperature
Unit 2 History
1. Origin of the English Nation
2. The Shaping of the Nation （1066-1381）
3. Transition to the Modern Age （1455-1688）
4. The Rise and Development of the Bourgeoisie
5. Britain in World War I and World War II
6. Postwar Britain
Unit 3 Political System
1. The Monarchy
2. Parliament
3. The Government
4. Political Parties
5. The Legal System of the United Kingdom
Unit 4 Economy
1. General Survey
2. 18th Century
3. 19th Century
4. Business Practices
5. Imperialism
6. British Economy from 1900 to
7. British Economy from 1945 to
8. 1990 to 1997： The Major Years
9. 1997 to 2001： New Labor
10. Current British Economy
Unit 5 Education
1. Different Types of School-State Schools and Private Schools
2. Primary and Secondary Education
3. National Curriculum in England， Wales and Northern Ireland
4. Higher Education
5. Further Education and Training
Unit 6 Religion
1. Religious Affiliations
2. Religion and Society
3. Religion and Belief： Some Surveys and Statistics
4. Attitudes in the U.K.
5. Religion and Government
Unit 7 Social Welfare
1. Social Security
2. Personal Social Services in Britain
3. Housing and Urban Policy
4. Health Care
5. Education and Social Policy
Unit 8 Literature
1. Latin Literature
2. Early Celtic Literature
3. Old English Literature（449-1066）
4. Late Medieval Literature
5. Early Modern English Literature
6. 19th Century English Language Literature
7. English Language Literature Since
8. Literary Prizes
Unit 9 Holidays and Festivals
1. Holidays and Festivals in January
2. Holidays and Festivals in February
3. Holidays and Festivals in March
4. Holidays and Festivals in April
5. Holidays and Festivals in May
6. Holidays and Festivals in June
7. Holidays and Festivals in July
8. Holidays and Festivals in August
9. Holidays and Festivals in September
10. Holidays and Festivals in October
11. Holidays and Festivals in November
12. Holidays and Festivals in December
Part Two The United States of America
Unit 10 Land， People and Natural Resources
1. Introduction
2. Land
3. People
4. Natural Resources
Unit 11 History
1. The Origin of American History
2. The Independence
3. The American Civil War（1861-1865）
4. The Expansion
5. The "Gilded Age" and Populism
6. Decades of Turbulence
7. The Rise to Power-"Boom and Bust"
8. The Cold War and Beyond
Unit 12 Politics
1. Introduction
2. Forming a Government
3. The Emergence of the U.S. as a World Power
4. Foreign Policy （1941-2001）
5. Individual Rights under the Constitution
6. Domestic Policy from Kennedy to Bush（1961-2001）
7. Post-racial Politics
Unit 13 Economy
1. Introduction
2. U.S. Economic System
3. What the Economy Produces
4. Unemployment
5. Income Inequality
6. The Role of Government
7. Foreign Trade
8. Creative Destruction
Unit 14 Education
1. Introduction
2. K-12 Organization
3. Higher Education
4. Private School
5. Public School
6. Tension between Localism and Centralization
7. Changing Face of Higher Education
Unit 15 Dominant Values and Religious Beliefs
1. Dominant American Values
2. Religion in America
Unit 16 Sports and Media
1. Sports in America
2. Media in America
Unit 17 Life， Work， and Social Welfare
1. The Diverse Life
2. Work and in the Workplace
3. Americans and Social Welfare
Unit 18 The Federal Holidays
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