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PPoHE AAB Subject program model (syllabus) Faculty/Department Faculty of foreign languages Program: English Language Level: Bachelor Subject code: Subject: Anglo-American Civilization Status: Obligatory Semester: VI Number of classes: 14 classes / 2 hours per class ECTS: Academic year: 2019 Professor: Mirvan Xhemaili Venera Llunji Assistant Contacts: [emailprotected] [emailprotected] OBJECTIVE The main objective of this course is to provide the students with basic knowledge of various aspects of Anglo-American civilization looked through the historical and modern developments. The aim of the course is to introduce students to British and American civilizations such as institutions, attitudes, aspects of social, cultural and everyday life, and also improve the students' language skills. This course gives a perfect background and introductory information on contemporary British and American life. The course covers all the central dimensions of British and American society from geography and the environment, government and politics, to religion, education, media and the arts. PROGRAM Weeks Topic Literature I The country UK Geographical identities Physical features and climate Agriculture, sheries and forestry Energy resources Transport and communications Attitudes to the environment Exercises The People UK Early settlement to AD 1066 Growth and immigration to the twentieth century Immigration from 1900 Population movements from 1900 Attitudes to national, regional and local identities Exercises Textbook: British Civilization: An Introduction - by John Oakland, pp 9-56 II 3. Politics and government UK Political history The political framework Constitution and monarchy UK Parliament: role, legislation and elections The party-political system UK government UK parliamentary control of government Attitudes to politics Exercises Textbook: British Civilization: An Introduction - by John Oakland, pp 59-91 III 4. International relations Foreign and defense policy Empire and Commonwealth The European Union (EU) Irish Republic and Northern Ireland Exercises 5. The legal system Legal history Sources of British law The court system in England and Wales Civil and criminal proceedings Law and order 128 The legal profession Attitudes to law and order Exercises Textbook: British Civilization: An Introduction - by John Oakland, pp 93-137 IV 6. Social services Social services history Changing family and demographic structures Social Security The National Health Service (NHS) The personal social services Housing Attitudes to the social services Exercises Textbook: British Civilization: An Introduction - by John Oakland, pp 165-185 V 7. Education School history The state school system The independent (fee-paying) school sector School organization and examinations Higher education Other higher education colleges Further, adult and lifelong education Attitudes to education Exercises Textbook: British Civilization: An Introduction - by John Oakland, pp 189-210 VI 8. The media The print media The broadcasting media Media ownership and freedom of expression Attitudes to the media Exercises 9. Religion Religious history The Christian tradition The Roman Catholic Church The non-Christian tradition Other non-Christian religions Co-operation among the churches Religion in schools Religious membership and observance Attitudes to religion and morality Exercises Textbook: British Civilization: An Introduction - by John Oakland, pp 213-257 VII Achievement Test I Students' Presentations VIII 10.The American context Ethnic culture Religious culture Political-legal culture Economic culture Americanness and national identity Social and institutional change American attitudes to US society Exercises 11. The country USA Political ecology Natural resources, economic development and environmental concerns Climate The regions: cultural geography Native-American cultural regions Cultural regions in the contemporary USA Changing public attitudes: where do we go from here? Exercises Textbook: David Mauk and John Oakland. American Civilization: An Introduction (5th Edition). London and New York: Routledge, 2009. pp-24-62 IX 12. The people Settlement and immigration Mother of exiles The New Colossus' Early encounters between Europeans and Native Americans The founders The first wave: colonial immigration, 1680-1776 The second wave: the old' immigrants, 1820-90 Settlement patterns and nativism The third wave: the new' immigrants, 1890-1930 A renewed immigration debate and immigration restriction Wartime policies and the search for principle in immigration policy The fourth wave: 1965 to the present Attitudes to immigrants: the contemporary debate Exercises 13. The people Women and minorities The reason for American women's and minority history Women in America Native Americans African Americans Asian Americans Latinos Exercises Textbook: David Mauk and John Oakland. American Civilization: An Introduction (5th Edition). London and New York: Routledge, 2009. pp.64-109. X 14. Political institutions The federal government Historical origins The constitutional framework The political parties The legislative branch The executive branch The judicial branch Attitudes to branches of the federal government Exercises Political institutions State and local government The place of state government in American federalism The evolution of state government and federalism in the USA The structure of state government Local government Exercises Textbook: David Mauk and John Oakland. American Civilization: An Introduction (5th Edition). London and New York: Routledge, 2009.