Topics

1. British History  - Kings and Queens of Britain  - The Celts in Britain  - The Viking Rule in Britain  - Anglo-Saxon Britain  - The Norman Britain  - Ruling Houses of Britain  - The Middle Ages (The Tudor Kings and Queens, the Colonial Empire, natural disasters)  - The Stuart Dynasty  - The English Renaissance  - The 18th Century (The Industrial Revolution, The Enlightenment)  - The 19th Century (ruling houses of Britain in this period, Queen Victoria)  - The 20th Century (the 2 World Wars)  - The End of the Colonial Empire  - The Commonwealth  - Present-day Britain  2. American History <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The Native population in North America <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The age of Empires in North America <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - Colonial America <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The First 13 Colonies <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The American Revolution <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The American Constitution <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The Gold Rush to the West <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The Civil War <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The First World War <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The 1920s (The Roaring Twenties) <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The Great Depression <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The Second World War <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The Cold War <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The Vietnam War <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The Fight against Terrorism 3. UK Government (division of power, the role of the Queen/Prime Minister) 4. US Government – the Balance of Power, the Federal system 5. British and American Politics (elections, political parties) 6. Religion in the UK/USA(history, religious groups, religion today) 7. Racial and Cultural Minorities 8. Political Correctness 9. A Multicultural World (UK/USA) 10. Stereotypes 11. Human rights Organisations 12. Family Life 13. Education in the UK/USA 14. Customs 15. Environmental Issues 16. The Consumer Society 17. Health Issues 18. Mass Media 19. The Performing Arts (dance, theatre, music, opera and circus arts) <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 0in .25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 20. The Visual Arts <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - Architecture <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The Cinema (From Still image to Motion Picture, From Silence to Sound) <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - Painting 21. Tourism and Tourist attractions (UK/USA) 22. The English Speaking World (language particularities, countries and their icons, culture, civilization) 23. British English vs American English 24. Festivals of the English Speaking World 25. Personalities (science, history, arts, politics, literature) of the English Speaking World 26. Modern Day Realities (youth culture) 27. World’s Greatest Problems (violence, terrorism, drug abuse etc.) 28. British Literature <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The Elizabethan period <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The Enlightenment <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - Romanticism <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The Victorian Period <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - Modernism <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - Post-modernism and Contemporary literature 29. American Literature <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The Literature of Exploration <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The Colonial Period <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The Revolutionary Period <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - Romanticism – Transcendentalism <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The Black Literature <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - Modernism and Experimentation <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - The American Realism (1974-1945) <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - Novels of Social Awareness <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - 20th Century American Drama 30. Women writers and feminism