- •1. British and American Studies as a science. Its aim and field of study, neighboring sciences
- •2. English as a global language. Multiculturalism. Variants, dialects & variations.
- •3. Old English period: the 1st inhabitants of the territory; old relicts.
- •4. The uk: geography, landscape, people population & climate. Official regions & counties.
- •5. The uk: Roman invasion & influence.
- •6. The uk: Scotland, Wales, the Northern Ireland.
- •7. Medieval Britain (12-14c.). Formation of the nation. Norman invasion.
- •8. Geography of the uk. Population. The main industrial centres.
- •9. Places of interest in gb. Traditional holidays, sport games.
- •10. Official symbols of the uk.
- •11. Theatre and music in gb.
- •12. National sports in the uk.
- •13. British Literature (modern writers).
- •14 .Culture and religion in gb.
- •15. The uk and the usa as English speaking countries. Other English-speaking countries in the modern world. Contacts, spheres of influence.
- •16. Britain by the 16th century, the Renaissance in culture and sciences.
- •17. The great Empire: Britain in the 17th century.
- •18.Britain in the 18th century: British - American contacts.
- •21. The Modern Britain: industrial centers and branches
- •22. Religion in England, Scotland and Wales
- •23. System of government in England, Scotland and Wales
- •24. Geography of England, Scotland and Wales, comperative analysis
- •25. Political structure of Ukraine and the uk (comperative analysis)
- •26. American history: protestants and puritans; the first colonies
- •27. American flag and other official symbols of the country
- •28. The usa: establishing the nation and state system
- •29, 39. American Holidays and sport games
- •30. Physical culture and Leisure. What does «American dream» mean?
- •36. American economy: from the 17 century to present times
- •37. American arts, theatre, music
- •38. Medicine and health care in the usa
- •40. American political parties
- •41. Science and technology in the usa
- •42. American youth: religious views, values and organizations
- •43. Population in the usa. Multiculturalism. American English and its variations
- •44. Movements of social protest in the usa and rasism (abolitionism, feminism, Ku-Klux-Klan)
- •45. The uk and usa through the Great Depression
- •46. The World War II. The uk and the usa
- •47. The usa: the Northerners and the Southerners
- •48. The usa: capital, system of the states
- •50. American South: agricultural regions and centres
- •51. Royal collection and all the castles.
38. Medicine and health care in the usa
The U.S. health care system far outspends any other nation's, measured in both per capita spending and percentage of GDP. The World Health Organization ranked the U.S. health care system in 2000 as first in responsiveness, but 37th in overall performance. The United States is a leader in medical innovation. In 2004, the nonindustrial sector spent three times as much as Europe per capita on biomedical research. Unlike in all other developed countries, health care coverage in the United States is not universal. In 2004, private insurance paid for 36% of personal health expenditures, private out-of-pocket payments covered 15%, and federal, state, and local governments paid for 44%. In 2005, 46.6 million Americans, 15.9% of the population, were uninsured, 5.4 million more than in 2001. The main cause of this rise is the drop in the number of Americans with employer-sponsored health insurance. The subject of uninsured and underinsured Americans is a major political issue. A 2009 study estimated that lack of insurance is associated with nearly 45,000 deaths a year. In 2006, Massachusetts became the first state to mandate universal health insurance.
40. American political parties
The United States has operated under a two-party system for most of its history. For elective offices at all levels, state-administered primary elections choose the major party nominees for subsequent general elections. Since the general election of 1856, the major parties have been the Democratic Party, founded in 1824, and the Republican Party, founded in 1854. Since the Civil War, only one third-party presidential candidate—former president Theodore Roosevelt, running as a Progressive in 1912—has won as much as 20% of the popular vote. Within American political culture, the Republican Party is considered center-right or "conservative" and the Democratic Party is considered center-left or "liberal". The states of the Northeast and West Coast and some of the Great Lakes states, known as "blue states", are relatively liberal. The "red states" of the South and parts of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains are relatively conservative. The winner of the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama, is the 44th U.S. president. All previous presidents were men of solely European descent. The 2008 elections also saw the Democratic Party strengthen its control of both the House and the Senate. In the 111th United States Congress, the Senate comprises 58 Democrats, two independents who caucus with the Democrats, and 40 Republicans; the House comprises 258 Democrats and 177 Republicans. There are 28 Democratic and 22 Republican state governors
41. Science and technology in the usa
The United States has been a leader in scientific research and technological innovation since the late 19th century. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for the telephone. Thomas Edison's laboratory developed the phonograph, the first long-lasting light bulb, and the first viable movie camera. Nikola Tesla pioneered alternating current, the AC motor, and radio. In the early 20th century, the automobile companies of Ransom E. Olds and Henry Ford promoted the assembly line. The Wright brothers, in 1903, made the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight. The rise of Nazism in the 1930s led many European scientists, including Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi, to immigrate to the United States. During World War II, the Manhattan Project developed nuclear weapons, ushering in the Atomic Age. The Space Race produced rapid advances in rocketry, materials science, and computers. The United States largely developed the ARPANET and its successor, the Internet. Today, the bulk of research and development funding, 64%, comes from the private sector. The United States leads the world in scientific research papers and impact factor. Americans possess high levels of technological consumer goods, and almost half of U.S. households have broadband Internet access. The country is the primary developer and grower of genetically modified food; more than half of the world's land planted with biotech crops is in the United States.