In questa pagina trovi letture di approfondimento degli argomenti trattati nel volume, accompagnate da attività di comprensione, lessico e produzione.

• The British Empire (p.11)
• The Commonwealth (p. 11)
• The British Parliament (p. 13)

• Ancient Britain (p. 29)
• W. Shakespeare, from Macbeth (p. 30)
• Changes in 19^th Century Society (p. 33)
• S.T. Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (p. 36)
• The Beatles (p. 36)
• More on London (p. 47)
• D. Thomas, Do not Go Gentle into That Good Night (p. 51)
• More on Scotland (p. 55)
• More on Northern Ireland (p. 59)

• More on British Life in the Past (p. 63)
• Gardens and Allotments (p. 65)
• Victorian Houses (p. 66)
• The English Language (p. 71)
• The Church in the UK (p. 75)
• The English Pub (p. 77)
• Italian Immigrants to the UK (p. 79)

• Four Great Presidents of the USA (p. 101)
• Colonial Life in North America (p. 103)
• The Jewish and the Chinese Communities in the USA (p. 109)
• The Civil Rights Movement (p. 113)
• Bubbles Burst! (p. 115)

• Tornadoes and Hurricanes(p. 119)
• New England and The Pilgrim Fathers(p. 120)
• Prohibition and Gangsters in Chicago(p. 128)
• Four Great Presidents of the USA (p. 130)
• The Indian Wars (p. 133)
• W. Whitman, O Captain! My Captain! (p. 133)
• Walt Disney World (p. 135)
• Little Rock Nine (p. 139)
• The Colorado River (p. 140)
• A Cowboy’s Life (p. 143)
• California’s Economy (p. 147)
• The Dust Bowl and Route 66 (p. 148)
• Los Angeles and Hollywood (p. 149)
• Living with Bears in Alaska (p. 152)

• The Fifties (p. 158)
• Rock and Pop music (p. 167)
• The Sixties (p. 171)
• The American Dream (p.175)

• O Canada! (p.179)
• Multicultural Canada (p. 182)
• Canadian Literary and Cultural Life (p. 183)

• James Cook at Round Hill Head (p. 186)
• Australia’s Cultural Life (p. 187)

• New Zealand’s Culture and Multiethnic Society (p. 201)
  
  

• Poverty, Old and New (p. 204)
• Hunger and Loneliness (p. 206)
• Food and Health (p. 208)
• Save the Planet (p. 210)
• Licence to Kill (p. 212)
• Youth Violence (p. 214)
• Youth Culture (p. 216)
• For a Better World (p. 218)
• Inequality (p. 220)
• Social Cohesion (p. 222)
• Racial Profiling (p. 224)
• A Post-Racial Society? (p. 226)