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Tuesday 28 February 2017

VIDEO COMPREHENSION: America the Story of Us: Superpower


Part 1 (min 0 – 22)

Questions:
1-      What natural resources had the USA in big quantities in 1945 ? And what population?
2-      How much more does the average American family earn than the European?
3-      What was the biggest threat to America’s development? 
4-      What were the first American highways?
5-      What vehicle was used for transport on them?
6-      What was the biggest engineer project in American history?
7-      What did Americans spend $65 billion on?
8-      What percentage of the world’s automobiles did America manufacture?
9-      What were the disadvantages and advantages of the Interstate Highways?
10-   What does the American Dream mean?
11-   How & why did the Suburbia phenomenon start?
12-   What was America massproducing in the 50s?
13-   What percentage of the Americans owned a house in the 1940s? And in the 60s?
14-   What technological invention let the American population grow in the southern states?
15-   The Spaceprogram , what was it based on?




Part 2 (min 22 – 44 )
16-   What did 400,000 people work  directly in?
17-    In 1969, a bad and a good event took place. What were they?
18-   When did the first African Americans arrive in Virginia?
19-   After the Civil War ended in 1864 slavery ended, but what problem did still exist?
20-   Where was not there segregation? What did it mean?
21-   What did the Civil Rights Movement achieve?
22-   What was the problem with the Soviet Union?
23-   How much money did the USA spend on nuclear weapons between 1940 and 1996 per American?
24-   What was made in 1959?
25-   What was the biggest inconvinient of a nuclear war?
26-   What was the U2 incident in 1960?
27-   What happened in 1962? What did it consist of?
28-   What was the interior threat  ?
29-   Name three differences between American and Sovietic mentality
AMERICANS
sovietics








2º Bach Sección • 1st Term • SEQUENCING FOR LITERARY CIRCLE “A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE”- WEDNESDAYS



2º Bach Sección · 1st Term ·

SEQUENCING FOR LITERARY CIRCLE FRIDAYS

“A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE”

 

Session

Subgroup

DATE

SCENES

1

A

2 Oct 2020

1, 2, 3

1

B

9 Oct

1, 2, 3

2

A

16 Oct

4,5,6

2

B

23 Oct

4,5,6

3

A

30 Oct

7,8,9

3

B

6 Nov

7,8,9

4

A

13 Nov

10,11, The World…

4

B

20 Nov

10,11, The World…



Thursday 23 February 2017

HEMINGWAY’S THE SUN ALSO RISES SPEAKS FOR THE LOST GENERATION Great Events From History 1901-1940, pg 2139-2141 QUESTIONS


Quote facts of Hemingway’s life that influenced his work.

Give information about Hemingway’s works
Title
Topics & What it is about
Narrator (describe it)
Characters


























Name the main characteristics, topics and style  of Hemingway’s work





 Quote authors and works that influenced Hemingway and how.

Thursday 2 February 2017

Superpower . Cold War & Korea · QUESTIONS (Illustrated History USA, pg 117-120)

                

  1. In what year was the USA the Superpower in the world ? Why do you think it was? (not mentioned in the text)
  2. Who was the 2nd superpower? What part of Europe did they control?
  3. How was the frontier between the west & the communist block called?
  4. How was the relationship between the USA & Russia?
  5. How would you define the Cold War?
  6. How did the Marshall plan start?
  7. How did it work? Was it effective?
  8. Where was the boundary between the two Koreas?
  9. Into how many zones was Germany at the beginning and in the end?
  10. How did the Russians react when the Americans created a new currency  for Germany? Why?
  11. What happened after  that?
  12. How did the Americans and British do after that?
  13. What was the consequence of the end of the Berlin blockade?
  14. Why did America’s plan to create a united Korea fail? Explain.
  15. When did the Korean war end? Name the two reasons for it.
  16. Who decided to create NATO? Why?
  17. What does NATO mean?
  18. When and where was it signed?