Englisch LK Niedersachsen 2007- A m e r i c a

_=-LiSa-=_ · Full Member Anmeldungsdatum: 14.03.2007 Beiträge: 133

Hey ho

...immernoch mit der Hoffnung, eine Lösung für das Durcheinander zu finden..

Alles Englische zum Thema American Identities

• The Making of ‘Americans’ ( e. g. extract from Crèvecoeur’s 3rd letter “What is an American?“)

• American Landmarks and Icons: The Declaration of Independence (opening part), the Flag of the United States/the Pledge of Allegiance, the Statue of Liberty

• Mainstream American Values (e. g. individualism, egalitarianism, success)

• Ethnic and Social Diversity: sorrows, hopes, careers (e. g. selected interviews by Studs Terkel)

T. C. Boyle, The Tortilla Curtain

hier her

Freu mich auf die nächste Diskussion Wink

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Etwas über das heissgeliebte Thema American Dream

The American Dream (James Truslow Adams!! The Epic of America 1930).

- is the faith held by many in the USA, the land of freedom, that through hard work, courage, and determination one can achieve a better life for oneself, usually through financial prosperity.

- Main point also part of the Declaration of Independence: Pursuit of happiness
- Origin: pilgrim fathers: Escape from religious and material oppression
- Their ethic concept: to work hard for achieving a better and prosper life and every person has the chance for that.
- No exact definition: based on dreams and wishes of each individual
- Striving features of the induvidual, personal level: moral integrity, fairnesse, honesty, hard-working, frugality, perseverance (Ausdauer)
- National level: should concentrate on social order, which enables each citizen to realize his entire potential, independent of social, economic and ethnic backgrounds.

The American dream, along with escape from persecution or war in one's home country, has always been the primary reason for immigrants wanting to come to America

Whereas past generations of immigrants tended to come from Europe, a majority of contemporary immigrants hail from Latin America and Asia.

In the 20th century, the American Dream had its challenges. The Great Depression caused widespread hardship during the Thirties, and was almost a reverse of the dream for those directly affected. Racial instability did not disappear, and in some parts of the country racial violence was almost commonplace. There was concern about the undemocratic campaign known as McCarthyism carried on against suspected Communists.

In the 1990s, the pursuit of the American Dream could be seen in the Dot-com boom. People in U.S., as well as the world poured their energy into the new Gold Rush - the Internet. It was again driven by the same faith that by one's ingenuity and hardwork, anyone can become successful in America. Ordinary people started new companies from their garages and became millionaires. This new chapter of the American Dream again became the beacon to the world and attracted many entrepreneurial people from China and India to Silicon Valley to form startups, and seek fortune in America.

The main criticism is that the American Dream is misleading. These critics say that, for various reasons, it simply is not possible for everyone to become prosperous through determination and hard work alone. The consequences of this belief can include the poor feeling that it is their fault that they are not successful. It can also result in less effort towards helping the poor since their poverty is seen as "proof" of their laziness. The concept of the American Dream also ignores other factors of success such as luck, family, language, and wealth one is born into

In the U.S. it was sometimes more difficult for children of poor families to attend college; not attending college set upper limits on their career success, and it is difficult to earn a bachelors' degree — necessary for many fields — in one's free time once one begins working full-time.
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Sunny882 · Full Member Anmeldungsdatum: 18.10.2006 Beiträge: 51

Hi Lisa,
das ist echt mal ne gute Idee mit den 2 Threads.
Vielen Dank über die Infos zum American Dream.
Sunny

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Hier was kurzes zur Social Structure in the USA:

Immigration
Social structure of the US has been formed over the centuries by the many diverse groups of immigrants who chose to make America their hime. Additionally there are the people who where already there when the first immigrants arrived (Native Americans) and those whose presence in the country was not voluntary (i.e. the Black Africans who were shipped in to work as slaves)
In the 21st century America is still a popular destination for immigrants who dream of a better life

The melting pot

This term hast ofen been used to describe the assimilation of immigrants into American Life. Its literal meaning is a chemical one: several elements are melted together to form a new product. The idea was that immigrants would fuse togehter with the "old" American nation. The motto "e pluribus unum" (from many to one) which still appears on American coins today, has been used since 1782, reflecting how even the early American saw their country.

However, immigrants like to maintain a sense of their own culutral identity. New theories to express this -> salad bowl, the idea being that many seperate parts make up a whole, while still keeping their individuality.

Important immigration policies
For most of the 19th century when the US was a relatively new and empty country, immigration was unlimited. People were encouraged (by cheap ship passages and the promise of a prosperous new life) to come and settle; this had the added bonu of consolidating the country's position as a nation in its own right after it gained independence from Britain. However, frim the end of the 19th century immigration laws were revised, often in order to exclude certain racial groups.

Native Americans
Driven away from their lands by European settlers. Forced to live on reservation --> large parts were taken frim them. Numbers fell due to European diseases, war and social deprivation. Won the right to govern their own reservations and maintain their culture after many years of treaties, court cases and open resistance.

Hispanics
Largest immigrant group. Often seen as cheap labour and live in deprived conditions (especially Mexicans)
Many find assimilation difficult.

Dann steht hier noch was über Civil War und Civil Rights Movements, aber das is mir jezz zu viel
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"What is an American"

In 1782 Jean de Crèvecoeur published Letters from an American Farmer in which he defined an American as a "descendent of Europeans" who, if he were "honest, sober and industrious," prospered in a welcoming land of opportunity which gave him choice of occupation and residence.

Mehr über Crèvecoeur's Definition "What is an American"

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/CREV/letter03.html
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"The Declaration of Independence"

Wanting to be detached from Great Britain, the Americans signed the Declaration of Independence in the year 1776.
Main reasons for this declaration were the will to have the same rights like every independent state und to be absolved fron the British Crown. The intention of the Americans was to break off all political connections between America and Great Britain, because that was the condition to become a free and independent state.

Elements of the "American Dream" and the ideas/notions of America

-democratic country
-(religous) freedom
-equality
-open for everyone
-protected by God (bekanntlich sehr wichtig für die Amerikaner... Wink

)
-if you work hard and put enough effort in it, you can achieve a prosperous life with a safe job
-> possible for anyone

"Pledge of Allegiance"/Flag of the U.S.A.

Promise to be faithful,loyal and true to the emblem that represents all 50 states, each of them individual and individually represented on the flag. Pledge to be loyal to the Government, a form of government where the people are sovereign. The 50 states are united as a single Republic under the Divine providence of God. They can not be seperated. The people of the Nation being afforded the freedom to pursue life,liberty and happiness. Each person is entitled to be treated justly, fairly and according to proper law and principles, which go for every American, regardless of race, religion, color or creed. Like the 50 states, the millions of people can not be seperated or divided.

Sooo,das reicht mir erstmal mit den Ammis...so genau wird das eh nicht erwartet denk ich, hauptsache man hat mal was von den ganzen Sachen gehört und kann notfalls ein bisschen was drüber erzählen Wink

Viel Spaß weiterhin...

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Danke dafür Smile

Zu "Pledge of Allegiance"/Flag of the U.S.A. hab ich auch grad im Internet was gesucht
Aber dann brauch ich das ja net mehr reinstellen Wink

LG
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Bin grad das Forum am Durchforsten, suche zwar nach ganz anderen Sachen, finde aber immer mehr zu Englisch:

In diesem Thread (http://www.uni-protokolle.de/foren/viewtopic.php?p=920037#920037) hat schon mal jemand versucht sowas ähnliches wie ich aufzubauen, ne Art Sammlung aller Schwerpunktthemen. Wurde allerdings nie weitergeführt, ich kopier den einen Beitrag zum Thema American Identities mal eben hier rein:

What is an American?

- An American is anyone who loves life enough to want the best that it has to offer.
-Americans are not automatically satisfied with their current situation.
- A self-image especially the American is a dynamic , not a static development of social structures.
- Americans look to more than the next meal; they look to the future, the long term, a better tomorrow.
~~~~> They are about to build a solid social status to offer the best start in life for their children.
- An American is anyone who understands that to achieve the best in life requires action, exertion, effort. Americans aren't idyll daydreamers; they take the initiative.
-Immigrants have no assurance of success in a new land with different habits, institutions and language.
- The American Dream; The equality in opportunities causes not only success but many are also able to fall.
-The Declaration states that all men are endowed "with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
- An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need. (at least they think so )
- In America, individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labours and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world
- No man has to bow. No man born to royalty. Here we judge you by what you do, not by what your father was.
- Americans are defined in love of liberty, the pursuit of justice, the urge to invent, the desire for wealth, the drive to explore (spirit of frontier) , the quest for spiritual values.

Reference to history :

- The 17th-century Puritan leader Cotton Mather is the spiritual ancestor of today's vogue for political correctness, which Professor Allitt
sees as a secular transfiguration of the Puritan belief that you can think, do, and say the right things and gradually get rid of the wrong things."

Danke hier an KirkOmelette

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America: Vision of a New World:

The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was drafted by the Puritan pilgrims who crossed the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower. It was signed on November 11, 1620 in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod. Having settled at Plymouth (thus named by Captain John Smith earlier), the pilgrims recognized that their land was outside the chartered territory of the London Company. Thus, the Mayflower Compact was signed to establish a civil government based upon a majoritarian model and to proclaim the settlers' allegiance to the king. The compact was referred to by John Adams as the foundation of the Constitution of the United States, but he was speaking figuratively, not literally.
The settlers were well aware that earlier settlements in the New World had failed due to a lack of central leadership, and the Mayflower Compact was essentially a social contract in which the settlers agreed to abide by the rules of the government for the sake of their own survival. The government, in return, would derive its power from the consent of the governed.

The Declaration of Independence is the document in which the Thirteen Colonies in North America declared themselves independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain and explained their justifications for doing so. It was ratified by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. This anniversary is celebrated as Independence Day in the United States. The handwritten copy signed by the delegates to the Congress is on display in the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
Background:
Throughout the 1750 and 1760s, relations between Great Britain and thirteen of her North American colonies had become increasingly strained. Fighting broke out in 1775 at Lexington and Concord marking the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. Although there was little initial sentiment for outright independence, the view of the British as oppressors widened after the passage of the Intolerable Acts, which struck strongly against Colonial self-rule. The rising tide against British rule was exemplified and strengthened by works such as Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense, released on January 10, 1776, which had a substantial impact on the hearts and minds of colonial Americans.

Manifest Destiny is a phrase that expressed the belief that the United States had a divinely inspired mission to expand, spreading its form of democracy and freedom. Advocates of Manifest Destiny believed that expansion was not only good, but that it was obvious ("manifest") and inevitable ("destiny"). Originally a political catch phrase of the 19th century, Manifest Destiny eventually became a standard historical term, often used as a synonym for the territorial expansion of the United States across North America towards the Pacific Ocean.
Manifest Destiny was always a general notion rather than a specific policy. The term combined a belief in expansionism with other popular ideas of the era, including American exceptionalism, Romantic nationalism, and a belief in the natural superiority of what was then called the "Anglo-Saxon race". While many writers focus primarily upon American expansionism when discussing Manifest Destiny, others see in the term a broader expression of a belief in America's "mission" in the world, which has meant different things to different people over the years.

Immigration: Opportunities and Problems
The United States has a long history of immigration, from 1600 to the present. Millions came from Europe in the 19th century, from Asia, Africa, and Latin America in the present day. Throughout American history, immigration has caused controversy regarding the political loyalties and values of people who have moved from one nation to another. The British settlers of the colonial era moved from one part of the British Empire to another (as did the Dutch), and did not change their nation, but the Germans did and nearly everyone else did so. Given the geography, most immigrants came long distances. However the French Canadians who came down from Quebec after 1860, and the Mexicans who came north after 1911, found it easy to move back and forth. Indeed with cheap jet travel after 1965, a return to the country of origin became fast and fairly inexpensive.
With proposals to criminalise illegal and undocumented immigrants and to build a wall along the 2,000 mile border between the US and Mexico in early 2006 the country saw itself immersed in a debate at the end of March and beginning of April about these laws and the role of immigration post 9/11.

The melting pot is a metaphor for the way in which homogenous societies develop, in which the ingredients in the pot (people of different cultures and religions) are combined so as to lose their discrete identities and yield a final product of uniform consistency and flavor, which is quite different from the original inputs. This process is also known as cultural assimilation.
However, this does not show the reality in the USA. Today immigrants do not assimilate as easily as the settlers from Europe, but form their own societies within American society. Besides, not even all Americans melt into one homogeneous society, since it is greatly split up due to factors like wealth and the resulting class divisions for instance.
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I.) “The American Experience”

An Outline of American History: Early Settlements
- in the early 1600s there was a beginning of a great tide of emigration from Europe to North America
- flood of millions made this movement in three centuries
- they built a new civilization
- they came in small, overcrowded ships
- most Europeans left their homelands to escape political oppression, to seek the freedom and to practice their religion, or for adventure
- between 1620 and 1635, economic difficulties swept England
- many people couldn´t find work

An Outline of American History: Massachussetts
- in 1620 , a group of Puritans set out for Virginia on board the “Mayflower”
- they landed in New England
- they thought they were outside the jurisdiction of any organized government, the men drafted a formal agreement to abide by “just and equal laws” drafted by leaders of their own choosing à MAYFLOWER COMPACT

Mayflower Compact:
- just and equal laws
- civil body politic
- in the name of God
- an own church, country
- and advancement of Christian faith
- political, religious freedom
- the pilgrims are loyal subjects
- submission, obedience
- What is the use of MD? à to live in freedom, to practice their religions (laws), independece

The Promised Land:
- the Puritans who landed in Massachussetts thought they were establishing the New Israel
- they believed to have been guided by God
- New World à New Canaan
- God´s chosen people
- God chosen the Israelites to lead them out of Egypt, the Puritans compared themselves with the Israelites

The Decleration of Independence:
In 1776 the Americans set up a Decleration of Independence which promised equal rights to all men, but the black slaves, natives and women got nothing through that. They had still the same rights as before the Decleration and were still underpreviliged. The white men, who created it, took also most advantage of it. But today the blacks have officially the same rights, but in the society they are still not accepted by some other people.

Decleration of Independence:
Took less advantage of: à slaves / black people
à Indians / = native Americans
à women
Took most advantage of: à white settlers
à rich, white men
à politicans
à religious people
à WASPs:
White Anglo-Saxon Protestants
Skin origin religion
Gender: male

The American Dream:
Why do people emigrate into the USA?
Why do people work fpr minimum wages? Sixty hours a week and only 5 holidays a year. Why do people like to do the lowest jobs possible in any given society?
- money / land
- freedom
- religious freedom / worship
- political rights
- American way of life
- life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
- rags to riches
- à AMERICAN DREAM
- dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man
- key component of American Dream: Freedom

J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur (1735-1813): Letters from an Amercian Farmer (1782):
- strange mixture of blood, which you will find in no other country
- leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners
- here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men
- Americans are the western pilgrims
- Here they are incorporated into one of the finest system of population
- Here the rewards of his industry follow with equal steps the progress of his labour
- Gladly help their father to clear those fields whence exuberant crops are to arise
- Here religion demands but little of him
- The American is a new man, who acts upon new principles
- Metaphor of “Melting Pot”

Manifest Destiny:
- America´s mission to democratize the world
- America used this belief in its manifest destiny to justify its territorial expansion as well as imperialism
- The role of the USA as gobal mediator in political conflicts also grew out of this idea
- Progress
- Manifest Destiny is/was the driving force behind American life and culture
- Americans believe they´re God´s chosen people à bring out their ideals to the other world
- Religious concept à New Canaan
- MD = göttliche Vorhersehung

Is the idea of MD still present in the USA today?
- The concept of MD is still present in the USA, you can see it in the war against terrorism or as an excuse for war.
- The USA is the last remaining World Power who comes to the aid opressed countries or who fights against dictatorship and communism.
- The concept of MD includes the will to export the idea of democracy (and capitalism).
- The doctrine of MD also includes the export of American ideas and values and the American´s view of living conditions.
Although there is no more westward movement possible, the Americans explore now new areas in the fields of science, arts, sports and technology.

Imperialism:
Imperialism is a system in which country rules other countries. Sometimes having used force to obtain power over them, e.g. the main era of Imperialism was the end of the 19th century when many European powers gained territories in Africa and Asia.
Imperialism can also refer more generally to a country´s efforts to have a lot of power and influence over other countries, especially in economical and political matters, e.g. “in a speech the accused the USA of ecnomic Imperialism”.
Cultural Imperialism: The governments measures to resists cultutal Imperialism include limiting the number of foreign television programmes.
à Imperialism is the policy of extending a countrys power and influence in the world through political relations, enconomic measures or military force and especially in the past by acquiring colonies.

The difference between Imperialism and Manifest Destiny:
Manifest Destiny is the American doctrine of the year 1845. It said that the development and the possession of the American continent is the decision of the USA to justify the break through of the permanent Indian frontier.
Manifest Destiny is the peaceful spreading of democracy in other areas and countries. It was a westward movement. Manifest Destiny should show other countries the view of living conditions to convince them.
Imperialism in comparison is the try of great states to get the power about another country and to increase their territory.
Imperialism is a violent movement, which forces other countries to (democracy) or takes over the power of other countries.
Manifest Destiny only tries to convince the countries, but Imperialism forces other countries.

IMP à political, economic, national interests
MD à pursue virtually the same interests, puts its legitimation on the will of God à pursuit of happiness

Although the American people consider MD and Imperialism as completely different types of contents, both of it nevertheless deal with the same basic interests: political, economic and national interests. Yet in fact, MD serves as a political and moral justification of the US imperialistic aims.

(Quelle: http://www.uni-protokolle.de/foren/viewt/64225,60.html)
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_=-LiSa-=_ · Full Member Anmeldungsdatum: 14.03.2007 Beiträge: 133

Zu Tortilla Curtain

http://www.uni-protokolle.de/foren/viewt/64225,60.html

http://www.weberberg.de/skool/tortilla-curtain.html

http://home.arcor.de/tortillacurtain/summaries_1.htm
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_=-LiSa-=_ · Full Member Anmeldungsdatum: 14.03.2007 Beiträge: 133

Tessoro hatte folgendes gescgrieben

http://www.uni-protokolle.de/foren/viewt/123389,0.html

ch hab Studs terkel durchgenommen...
was dabei rausgekommen ist ist folgendes:

The AD seen by citizens:

- great diversity in how the dream is seen
- the emphasis of the dream includes:
+materialistic terms
+political terms
+ existential terms
+ historical terms
+ traditional terms
+ racial/ethnic terms
- limitations on the dream are imposed by
+ racism /colour
+ poverty
+ family backgroung
+ personal ability (or the lack of them)
+ dependence on higher authorities

und dann haben wir dazu noch diskutiert: The american dream Nightmare or reality...

Ich mein ja nur weil bei dem einen unterthema "Ethnic and Social Diversity: sorrows, hopes, careers (e. g. selected interviews by Studs Terkel)" eben was von Terkel stand...
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Zu Crèveceur

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Statue of Liberty

A national monument of New Jersey and New York, the Statue of Liberty is arguably America's greatest symbol of freedom and opportunity.

Located on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, the statue commemorates the friendship between the United States and France that began during the American Revolution. Her official name is "Liberty Enlightening the World."

The statue - also known as "Lady Liberty" - has many symbolic features. Her torch represents liberty. In Roman numbers, her tablet reads "July 4, 1776," America's independence day.

Her crown has 25 windows, recognizing the gemstones found on the earth and the heaven's rays shining over the world. The rays of her crown symbolize the seven continents and seven seas. At her feet are chains, representing the tyranny of colonial rule from which America escaped.

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Located in New York Harbor, the 152-foot Statue of Liberty was a gift of international friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States. Edourd de Laboulaye of France developed the idea of creating a giant statue to honor the friendship and the commitment to liberty between France and the United States. An inspiration to millions of immigrants, this statue is a universal symbol of freedom, democracy, and diplomacy.
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Linéa · Full Member Anmeldungsdatum: 22.11.2006 Beiträge: 232

Danke Lisa, wegen der Sache zu Studs Terkel Smile

, das hatten wir nämlich nicht. Aber was ist das denn? Gabs da einen Text zu oder wie darf man sich das vorstellen?

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Du, keine Ahnung, das hab ich wie gesagt aus nem anderen Thread.
Ich glaube aber, das ist ein Buch mit verschiedenen Texten/Stories (bzw sind das glaub ich Interviews) zu u.a. American Dream usw.
Wir hatten nur einen Text davon wozu wir sogar ein "Mock Abi" schreiben sollten. Das ging über nen Mexikaner der 'n ganz hohes Tier im Business Bereich geworden is.
Ging aber auch viel um Discrimination und so.

Ich denk es geht einfach um verschiedene Lebensgeschichten (hauptächlich Einwanderen/Ethnic Minorities) bezogen auf American Dream. Ihre Hoffnungen, Träume, Erwartungen (Land der unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten..) und was dann letztendlich dabei rausgekommen ist. (Oft ja eben auch--> American Nightmare)
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Sunny882 · Full Member Anmeldungsdatum: 18.10.2006 Beiträge: 51

Mensch Lisa, das ist ja echt der Wahnsinn. Vielen Dank, dass du das hier alles reinschreibst.
Lernst du viel für Englisch?
Schreibe auch noch CHemie und hab Angst, dass das zu kurz kommt, wenn ich nur Englisch lerne

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Grad gefunden: http://www.uni-protokolle.de/foren/viewt/123389,0.html

Da wurde das mit Studs Terkel auch schon ein bisschen disskutiert

@Sunny: ehrlich gesagt lern ich gar nich so viel für Englisch bzw hab ich nich. Ich such mir das meistens nur raus, les das einmal kurz, habs aber auch meistens wieder schnell vergessen. Ich kann mich im Moment überhaupt nicht konzentrieren das irgendwie intensiv durchzuziehen.

Bräuchte auch noch auf jeden Fall mehr Tipps zu "language" und so. Zählt ja mehr im Abi.
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ochsi2001 · Junior Member Anmeldungsdatum: 21.03.2007 Beiträge: 32

Vielen Dank Lisa Smile

Das sind echt ein paar interessante Sachen.. Hatte vorher nur die beiden Mappen aus 12 und 13 und ein paar Zusammenfassungen der Bücher gelernt..

Stella_m · Junior Member Anmeldungsdatum: 04.04.2007 Beiträge: 24

Hallo,
Ich wollte auch noch etwas, was unser Lehrer uns gegeben hat, dazu stellen.
Es sind nur ein paar Sätze, aber die fett gedruckten Sätze sind diejenigen, die "man sich merken muss", laut unseres Lehrers. Wir haben damit die Klausur mit dem America Thema des letzten Jahres bearbeitet und es hat sehr gut geklappt.

Complex pattern of convictions and aspirations

1. The steady improvement of living standards. Everybody can realize their highest ambitions through their own endeavors.
2. Social progress and personal, individual success, Borders must be crossed and obstacles overcome
3. Continual challenge of new frontiers. Immigrants of different ethnic cultural and religious hackground can be integratet in the new american nation.
4. Melting pot Thei live togher peacefully...
5. ...in a multicultural society. America is God's chosen country. Americans should give the rest of the world the true american democracy
6. manifest of destiny

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Klingt interessant, danke Smile

Muss ich mich jetzt mal mit befassen, habs nich nich so ganz gerallt wie man das verstehen/verwenden soll *kurzaufdemschlauchsteh* Very Happy

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Stella_m · Junior Member Anmeldungsdatum: 04.04.2007 Beiträge: 24

der lehrer meinte das so, dass man sich im grunde genommen nur die 6 begriffe merken muss um den ganzen amerika krams verstehen/wiedergeben zu können. weil man irgendwo alles damit begründen kann. natürlich muss das alles dann noch weiter ausgeführt werden, aber das ausschmücken kann dann ja jeder selbst tun Smile

tesssoro · Verfasst am: 05 Apr 2007 - 18:55:39 Titel:

komp. EN Thematischer Schwerpunkt I FERTIG.doc herunterladen

meine Zusammenfassung

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Danke nochmal Wink

Habt ihr zufällig diesen Text von Crevecoer intensiv behandelt? WIr nicht ("What is an American" in dem Sinne fehlt ja noch in dem Lernzettel...

Wobei im Allgemeinen der ganze Kram wie die Declaration Manifest Destiny etc den Amerikaner ja ausmachen...

Mayflower Compact und so haben wir da auch noch gemacht und political speeches. Meint ihr das is wichtig?
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Fruni · Verfasst am: 06 Apr 2007 - 16:27:55 Titel:

Ich denke dass man so ungefähr wissen sollte was im Compact drinsteht, aber genau nach Wortlaut werde ich das nicht lernen, so wie den Rest auch.. Es wird drauf ankommen einen groben Überblick zu haben, so stell ich mir das vor.. Smile

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Pitchriddick · Full Member Anmeldungsdatum: 09.02.2007 Beiträge: 68

was allgemeines zu englisch:

hab da ne schöne seite gefunden, wo man sich ca.200 vokabeln als audio datein runterladen kann. einfach aufm ipod oder anderen mp3 player rüberspielen und ganz gemütlich lernen

http://www.cliptip.de/Shop/shop_content.php?coID=11

tesssoro · Verfasst am: 06 Apr 2007 - 19:24:49 Titel:

alles was nicht auf dem Lernzettel ist, haben wir auch nicht gemacht...
ist dieses What is an American denn wichtig?

danke für die Vokabeln^^ hab ich mir erstmal runtergezogen..
hilft bestimmt..
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mic_x · Junior Member Anmeldungsdatum: 31.03.2007 Beiträge: 23

http://www.tcboyle.net/Literaturgeschichte-PS%20Real.pdf

hab ich grad gefunden.finde ich nich schlecht steht ziemlich viel nützliches drin.vll hilfts ja wem weiter....

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@tessoro: Naja wir habens auch nicht gemacht, aber es steht ja im Anforderungskatalog.....
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Niiina88 · Verfasst am: 07 Apr 2007 - 15:46:19 Titel:

@ Lisa
"What is an American" von Crevecouer sagt doch nur aus, dass die Amerika keine "transplanted Europeans" sind sondern eine "new race"
Er geht in seinem "Letters from an American Farmer" (das ist der 3rd letter) auf den Melting Pot ein (also alle kommen nach amerika und egal woher sie kommen sie zerschmelzen zu einer neuen tollen Rasse- den Amerikanern!)
Er sagt außerdem, dass die Einwanderer irgendwann Amerika mehr lieben werden, als ihr "country of origin" und dann in "harmony with god and nature" leben werden..

Mehr hab ich dazu nicht gelernt!
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tesssoro · Verfasst am: 07 Apr 2007 - 15:52:27 Titel:

muss man wirklich diese ganzen seiten durchgelesen haben?
das sind doch um die 15 Seiten!!
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lafillenoire · Full Member Anmeldungsdatum: 29.03.2007 Beiträge: 80

nee, reicht bestimmt, wenn du das hier weißt:

Crèvecoeur: „What is an American?“

Europeans have left their country in order to find a better life in the U.S.
- leaving all prejudices behind
- new mode of living, new social system, new laws, equality -> freedom
- In the U.S. a European can be his own boss, isn’t rules by a king (no exploitation by the crown)
- Can work to ensure survival of his family without having to pay high taxes
- The Melting pot theory (everyone who comes to the U.S. assimilates himself or herself to all American belief systems. All cultural aspects are blended together to form a new race or culture of people where each ingredient has sacrificed its original identity. Cultures are thought to now be a “melted” version that can no longer be easily distinguished.)
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tesssoro · Verfasst am: 07 Apr 2007 - 15:59:32 Titel:

danke schön... das erspart mir ne menge Zeit^^
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you're welcome. Very Happy

Muss mich mal langsam wieder der englischen Sprache widmen. Kann glaub ich gar nichts mehr... Embarassed

tesssoro · Verfasst am: 07 Apr 2007 - 16:06:50 Titel:

have you been to www.ego4you.de yet?
It's perfect to improve your english! Wink

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i haven't because my motivation is totally gone Wink

funky-brother · Verfasst am: 07 Apr 2007 - 17:49:03 Titel:

u dont need no motivation for english. either u got the language or u dont. its just impossible to improve ur english in like 2 month to get a better grade.
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my motivation is gone, either.
But I will give ego4you.de give a try.
Hope to improve my language very soon!!

So, let'S give it a try and speak exclusivly English in those English-Topics Wink

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Janinsch´n · Verfasst am: 07 Apr 2007 - 19:01:08 Titel:

Was habt ihr euch denn alle so zum Thema "Mainstream American Values (e.g individualism etc.) überlegt?
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Niiina88 · Verfasst am: 07 Apr 2007 - 22:00:41 Titel:

Hat doch alles mit american Dream zu tun, was eng zusammen hängt mit Declaration of independance (individual has certain unalienable right such as life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness!)
ich denke mal das meint einfach das konzept des AD: if you work hard you will prosper, if you fail it is your own fault!
also jeder ist eigentlich gleich (equalitarism ???) und alle haben die selben chancen auf erfolg
- was ich persönlich für schwachsinn halte Very Happy

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nero88 · Junior Member Anmeldungsdatum: 01.04.2007 Beiträge: 14

equality

tesssoro · Verfasst am: 08 Apr 2007 - 22:49:17 Titel:

iwr haben Kurztexte bekommen..
z.B. zu individualism, thr Puritans, stars and stripes, onkle sam, also eigentlich das was unter american landmarcs and icoons verstanden werden kann...

zu individualism kann ich nochwas anfügen, was vermutlich alle Biologen unter euch freuen wird^^

es gibt in Amerka die Theorie des "sozialen Darwinismus"
also, dass es innerhalb einer Gesellschaft (in den USA) ebenfalls den sog. Struggle for life und survival of the fisstest gibt..
in den USA besonders darduch, dass es kein soziales Auffangnetz gibt...
wer keine eigenverantwortung übernimmt und so viel gibt wie er kann muss zwangsläufig in den USA unten in der Geselschaft bleiben, oder er geht zugrunde..

anders herum bringt diese Selbsverantwortung auch ein großes Maß an freiheit.. und wer nur hart genug an sich arbeitet kann es zu was bringen...

wie weit seid ihr jetzt mit englscih? ich mein, da es ja in 6 tagen losgeht...
bei mir steigt jetzt der stress.. aber ich bin auch froh wenn ich es hinter mir hab!!
ich bin jetzt mit informationen sammeln und lernzettel schreiben so weit durch, dass ich jetzt "nur noch " ds ganze in meine Kopf bekommen muss...

wie siehts aus.. habt ihr besondere Auswendiglernstrategien parat?

greetz
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hab nochnicht angefangen für englisch.. werd wohl nächste woche anfangen

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Nix mit Auswendiglernen!!! Auf keinen Fall. Ich hab für Englisch noch 2 Tage eingeplant, dafür gender roles was daz udurchlesen, weil ich das noch nci hangesehn hab und dann den rest nochnmal angucken/wiederholen, aber bloß keine lernzettel auswendig lernen Wink

Ich schreib auch samstag englisch, und freitag vorher deutsch, ich muss jetzt die letzten tage erstmal deutsch noch etwas lernen, macht euc hnic hso viel stress wegen englisch...zu jedem thema was durchlesen ist gut, aber dann reichts auch.
die meisten die englisch hatten, meinten hinterher "viel zu viel gelernt"und da steck ich meine letzte energie doch lieber in deutsch...zumal es ja eh ein fremder text wird, da nochmal connectives angucken und so..und dann muss das chon schief gehn.

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Jo, ich denke das mit dem Auswendiglernen ist echt übertrieben. Man sollte Sachen einfach im KOpf haben und darüber was sagen können, bringt ja nichts, wenn man dann inner Klausur setzt und sich krampfhaft an seinen Satz erinnern will, denn man gelernt hat...

Wieviel schaut ich euch zu den Büchern an?
Also ich hab gestern Tortilla Curtain gemacht,aber nur die Chractere KURZ EINMAL durchgelesen, dann Symbolism durchgeschaut, das wars. So richtig den Inhalt nochmal durch hab ich eigenlich kein Bock^^

@linéa: falls du dann was brauchbares und interessanters zu gender roles findest, lass es mich wissen, haben dazu nur r+j gelesen leider.
Also lass mal hören, was du so lernst Wink

LG und frohe Oster nooch Smile

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elsahara2 · Senior Member Anmeldungsdatum: 11.05.2006 Beiträge: 506

also selbst unsere lehrer meinten wir sollten uns nur nochmal die charaktere der bücher angucken..besonders bei r+j kann man ja leicht durcheinander kommen wer zu monatgue und zu capulet gehört...dann kurz nochmal den plot in erinnerung rufen und evtle schlüsselszenen. ansonsten englische filme gucken und das sollte dann auch reichen..für englisch habe ich auch die wenigste zeit eingeplant..jedern tag ein thema und der vierte tag wird alles nochmal wiederholt..

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hat jemand schon eine Zusammenfassung für Englisch gemacht?

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Wenn jemand seine Zsuammenfassung für den 3. Schwerpunkt veröffentlichen könnte, wär das wirklich klasse!!!! Very Happy

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