Rethinking America 2 A High Intermediate

RETHINKING AMERICA is a three level reading series that gets students to work with thought provoking and illuminating issues drawn from authentic cultural readings and CNN Videos based on everyday American life.

Acknowledgments

iii

Dedication

iv

Preface

x

Reference Guide to Reading Strategies

xii

The American Dream

1

(20)

Ideas: I Have a Dream

2

(8)

What Is the American Dream?

3

(4)

I Hear America Singing

7

(3)

Our Leaders: The Pursuit of Happiness

10

(11)

CNN Video: Independence Day

10

(1)

Declaration of Independence

11

(4)

Second Inaugural Address of President William J. Clinton

15

(6)

Money

21

(24)

The Economy: Working to Live---Living to Work

22

(11)

Family Values and Reversed Worlds

24

(5)

``Homeless'' from Rachel and Her Children

29

(4)

Money Makes the World Go Around

33

(12)

A Tale of Two Extremes

34

(3)

CNN Video: Bill Gates

37

(1)

Bill's $50 Bil: By All Accounts a Lot of Dough

38

(7)

Traditions

45

(22)

Winter: Home for the Holidays

46

(11)

CNN Video: Kwanzaa

46

(1)

Kwanzaa History

47

(4)

The Gift of the Magi

51

(6)

Childhood: A Child at Heart

57

(10)

Western Flyer

58

(5)

Barbie Stories

63

(4)

People

67

(22)

Friends: A Friend in Need

68

(10)

You Just Don't Understand

70

(3)

CNN Video: Robert Frost's Farm

73

(1)

Mending Wall

73

(5)

Families: Father Dearest

78

(11)

Vigilance

79

(4)

Daddy Weirdest

83

(6)

Geography

89

(22)

States of Mind

90

(10)

CNN Video: The Gold Rush

91

(1)

Searching for Gold Mountain

91

(4)

South Beach Seduction

95

(5)

Rural Areas: Farm Life

100

(11)

Tenant Farming: Not Really a Solution

101

(4)

The Ties That Bind

105

(6)

Language

111

(22)

Body Language: The Wink of an Eye

112

(10)

Hand Gestures

113

(5)

ASL in America

118

(4)

Differences: Not So Different After All

122

(11)

Speaking Different Languages

123

(4)

CNN Video: African-American Language

127

(1)

Ebonics: A Language Debate

128

(5)

Beliefs

133

(22)

The Unexplained

134

(10)

Psychic Phenomena: What's Going on Here?

134

(6)

Get Off Your Cusp and Live!

140

(4)

Unidentified Flying Objects: Life Out There

144

(11)

CNN Video: Space Invaders?

144

(1)

Roswell, New Mexico: Home of the Strange

145

(4)

SETI (The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)

149

(6)

Entertainment

155

(22)

Music: Getting Into the Swing of It

156

(9)

CNN Video: World Jazz

157

(1)

Old New Orleans

157

(5)

Spirituals to Hip Hop: The Importance of Black Music in America

162

(3)

Sports: It's How You Play the Game

165

(12)

An Interview with Rebecca Lobo

166

(5)

The Dallas Cowboys: America's Team

171

(6)

Technology

177

(18)

The Information Age: Too Much Information?

178

(8)

Orwell Got It Wrong

179

(4)

Return to Sender?

183

(3)

Virtual Reality: Is It Live or Is It Memorex?

186

(9)

CNN Video: Skyride in New York

186

(1)

Virtual Surgery

187

(4)

Would You Like Nachos or the Internet?

191

(4)

Popular Culture

195

(22)

Television: Tuning In

196

(9)

Ratings War

197

(4)

Queen of Talk and More

201

(4)

Cars: Driving Passions

205

(12)

My First Car

206

(4)

CNN Video: Family Cars

210

(1)

Road Rage

211

(6)

Almanac

217

(12)

1. Map of the United States Showing state capitals

218

(1)

2. Geographic map of the United States

219

(1)

3. Total Population of the States in the United States

220

(1)

4. Population of the States in the United States by Ethnic Background

221

(1)

5. Major Events in United States History

222

(1)

6. Weights and Measures, Temperatures (Celsius and Fahrenheit)

222

(1)

7. Twenty Wealthiest People in the World

223

(1)

8. Some Internet Usage Statistics

223

(1)

9. Immigration Patterns in California and Florida

224

(1)

10. Bicycle Ownership and Usage

225

(1)

11. Non-English Speaking Americans

225

(1)

12. Slave Ownership in the United States

226

(1)

13. Irregular Past Tenses and Past Participles

227

(1)

14. Common Prefixes and Suffixes

228

(1)

Credits

229

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