Unit 1 Colonization and Independence

Text A British Colonization(1607-1776)

Text B The Road to Independence(1763-1783)

Supplementary Reading The Issue of Representation

Unit 2 Territory and Environment

Text A Introduction to Territory and Environment of the United States

Text B Extremes and Natural Disasters in the U.S.A.

Supplementary Reading The Mississippi River

Unit 3 Westward Expansion

Text A Territorial Expansion

Text B Life on the Frontier

Supplementary Reading The Underground Railroad

Unit 4 Civil War and Abraham Lincoln

Text A American Civil War

Text B Abraham Lincoln and His Speech

Supplementary Reading O Captain!My Captain!

Unit 5 Two World Wars

Text A America during and after World War Ⅰ

Text B America during and after World War Ⅱ

Supplementary Reading Pearl Harbor Speech

Unit 6 The Great Depression and the New Deal

Text A Introduction to the Great Depression

Text B Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address

Supplementary Reading Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Fireside Chat—"The Banking Crisis"

Unit 7 Laws and Rules

Text A The Law of the United States

Text B Declaration of Independence

Supplementary Reading The Constitution of the United States of America

Unit 8 Sports and Figures

Text A The National Basketball Association

Text B Michael Jeffrey Jordan

Supplementary Reading Sports in the United States

Unit 9 Art，Literature，and Architecture

Text A Visual Arts and Architecture of the U.S.A.

Text B Mark Twain

Supplementary Reading Pearl S.Buck

Unit 10 Music，Dance and Film

Text A Michael Joseph Jackson：A Super Star

Text B The Oscars

Supplementary Reading "Take Me Home，Country Roads"

Unit 11 Science and Technology

Text A Lyndon B.Johnson Space Center

Text B Endeavour

Supplementary Reading Unmanned Military Space Planes Ushering in New Weaponry Era

Unit 12 Holidays and Celebrations

Text A Thanksgiving Day

Text B Independence Day

Supplementary Reading Christmas Day

Unit 13 Famous Cities and Sightseeing

Text A Washington，D.C.

Text B New York City

Supplementary Reading Yellowstone National Park

Unit 14 American Black

Text A African Americans

Text B Martin Luther King，Jr.

Supplementary Reading Barack Obama

Unit 15 Religions and Faith

Text A Puritans in the North America

Text B Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Scarlet Letter

Supplementary Reading The Revelation of The Scarlet Letter

Unit 16 Foreign Relations

Text A Foreign Policy of the United States

Text B America's Pacific Century

Supplementary Reading New Aspects in U.S.Asia-Pacific Strategy

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