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Week 13 – 15 Presentation Notes

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

This post is for my students at the Hunan Institute of Science & Technology ( 湖南理工学院 ) who are taking the course: “The Society and Culture of Major English-Speaking Countries ( 英语国家社会与文化入门 ) : An Introduction (Book One / Second Edition)

The end of the semester is almost upon us!  It’s amazing how fast time has flown by, it seems as if we were just starting the semester yesterday.  For those who are trying to prepare for the final exam coming up, here are the presentation notes for the past few lectures. (weeks 13 – 15)

Week 13: Australia, The Land & People (Unit 15)

Week 14: Australia, Religion & Worldview (Unit 16)

Week 15: Australia, History / Colonization (Unit 17)

Week 5: UK Literature

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

This post is for my students at the Hunan Institute of Science & Technology ( 湖南理工学院 ) who are taking the course: “The Society and Culture of Major English-Speaking Countries ( 英语国家社会与文化入门 ) : An Introduction (Book One / Second Edition)

This week’s lesson covered unit 6  from the textbook which covers UK Literature.  In this unit we focused not on a long list of British authors and the books they wrote, rather, we focused on the general trends observed in British literature as well as the possible reasons driving those trends.

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If you would like to have the Presentation Notes from this week’s class, click on the link to view or download them.

Attention:  This is week there was a disturbing number of students who showed poor judgment and chose to behave unethically during the reading quiz.  Don’t waste your time or mine, have respect for yourself and your education and demonstrate that you are capable of success without resorting to cheating!

Week 10: USA (Unit 11 – Technology in America)

Friday, April 24th, 2009

For my students at the Hunan Institute of Science & Technology ( 湖南理工学院 ) who are taking the course: “The Society and Culture of Major English-Speaking Countries ( 英语国家社会与文化入门 ) : An Introduction (Book Two / Second Edition)

This week’s lesson covered unit 11  from the textbook which is about Technology in America.  We attempted to define “technology” and then we discussed briefly the history of technology in America  from the 19th century until today.

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If you would like to have the Presentation Notes from this week’s class, click on the link to view or download them.

Week 9: USA (Unit 9 – Social Movements of the 1960’s)

Friday, April 17th, 2009

For my students at the Hunan Institute of Science & Technology ( 湖南理工学院 ) who are taking the course: “The Society and Culture of Major English-Speaking Countries ( 英语国家社会与文化入门 ) : An Introduction (Book Two / Second Edition)

This week’s lesson covered unit 9  from the textbook which is about Social Movements of the 1960’s.  We took a look at what is meant by “social movement” and then we discussed briefly why the 1960’s were so active with social movements.  The remainder of the class dealt with the three main movements of the 60’s; The Civil Rights Movement, The Women’s Rights Movement, and the Youth / Anti-War Movement (aka Hippie Movement.)

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If you would like to have the Presentation Notes from this week’s class, click on the link to view or download them.