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Chapter 1 Language & Culture |
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Choman Hardi (Ch 1, Text 1 Voices of English)Read more poetry by Choman Hardi. Visit her webpage: |
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Bill Bryson (Ch 1, Text 1 Voices of English/Track 3, Neither here…)
Learn more about Bill Bryson’s travels and books. Go to his official webpage: |
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Keep your English up to date (Ch 1, Text 1 Voices of English/Track 5 Keep your …)
Learn more about the developing of the English language. Listen to David Crystal: |
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Chapter 2 Free Characters |
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Nelson Mandela (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 4 Goodbye Bafana)Mandela's words, "The struggle is my life," are not to be taken lightly. Go to ANC’s website and read about his life: |
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Nelson Mandela The Nobel Peace Prize (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 4 Goodbye Bafana)Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, 1918. Read more about him. Go to Nobelprize.org: |
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Nelson Mandela Foundation (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 4 Goodbye Bafana)“The Nelson Mandela Foundation contributes to the making of a just society by promoting the vision and work of our Founder and convening dialogue around critical social issues. Read more.” Go to the Nelson Mandela Foundation website: |
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Goodbye Bafana (Ch 2 Free Characters, Track 4 Goodbye Bafana)A film based on the memories of Nelson Mandela’s prison guard. Go to the Goodbye Bafana Homepage: |
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Rosa Parks, interview (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 2 MLK, jr., Free at Last)Read this interview with Rosa Parks, ‘The Woman Who Changed a Nation’, from 1996. Go to Grandtimes.com: |
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Rosa Parks, heroes & icons (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 2 MLK, jr., Free at Last)“One December evening, a woman left work and boarded a bus for home. She was tired; her feet ached. But this was Montgomery, Ala., in 1955.” Go to Time.com and read more about Rosa Parks: |
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Abraham Lincoln (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters)"I think Slavery is wrong, morally, and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union." Learn more about Abraham Lincoln. Visit Abraham Lincoln Online.org: |
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Martin Luther King Jr., The Nobel Peace Prize (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 2 Free at Last)“At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize.” Read more about MLK at Nobelprize.org: |
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Martin Luther King Jr., speech (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 2 Free at Last)Listen to “If you want to be important…” from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech “The Drum Major instinct”. Go to The King Center: |
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Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 2 Free at Last)Listen to and read Martin Luther King, Jr.’s , “I have a dream”-speech. Go to American Rhetoric, Top 100 speeches: |
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Steve Biko, biography (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters)
“Steve Biko (1946-1977), a political activist and writer, is regarded as the father of the Black Consciousness movement in the Union of South Africa.” To learn more about him, go to Answers.com: |
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Steve Biko, news paper article (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters)
“An African hero: Biko - the forgotten martyr” Read this news article about Steve Biko at The Independent World website: |
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Desmond Tutu, The Nobel Peace Prize (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters)‘Desmond Tutu has formulated his objective as "a democratic and just society without racial divisions".’ Read more about him. Go to Nobelprize.org: |
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Desmond Tutu, career and life (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters)Learn about Desmond Tutu’s life and career. Go to South African History Online: |
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John Henrik Clarke, (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 2 The Boy who Painted…)
Learn more about the author of ‘The Boy who Painted Christ Black’. Go to The Black Collegian Online: |
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Strange Fruit (Ch 2 Free Characters, Track 1 The Rabid Racists & Strange Fruit)
Listen to Billy Holiday singing Strange fruit. Go to You Tube: |
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Timeline: The Atlantic Slave Trade (Ch 2 Free Characters, Track 6 The Atlantic Slave Trade)Explore more about the history of the slave trade. Go to The Mystic Seaport Museum: |
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Nadine Gordimer (Ch 2 Free Characters, Track 5 The Moment Before…)
Learn about Nadine Gordimer. Read her biography at ZAR.co.za: |
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Nadine Gordimer, The Nobel Prize in Literature (Ch 2 Free Characters, Track 5 The Moment Before…)
Learn more about Nadine Gordimer and the The Nobel Prize in Literature. Go to Nobelprize.org: |
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Chapter 3 Between the Lines |
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Oscar Wilde, timeline (Ch 3 Between the Lines, Text 1 Voices in Literature/Track 3 The Happy Prince)Learn more about Wilde’s life and writing. Go to The Oscar Wilde Society: |
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Ray Bradbury (Ch 3 Between the Lines, Text 1 Voices in Literature/Track 2 The Lake)To learn more about Ray Bradbury and his writing, go to his homepage: |
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McCarthy Hearings (Ch 3 Between the Lines, Track 4 A Christmas story)Listen to McCarthy and the army legal representative, Welch, during the Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954. Go to American Rhetoric: |
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Beastly Tales (Ch 3 Between the Lines, Track 6 Beastly Tales)Read a blog about the book ‘Beastly Tales’ by Vikram Seth. Go to Blogspot: |
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Feet (Ch 3, Between the Lines, Track 5 Feet)Read two reviews on the book ‘Feet and other Stories’ by Jan Mark. Go to Amazon.com: |
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Virginia Woolf (Ch 3, Between the Lines, Text 2 and Track 1 The Widow and the Parrot)Learn about Virginia Woolf’s life and literature. Go to Answers.com: |
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Virginia Woolf, interview (Ch 3, Between the Lines, Text 2 and Track 1 The Widow and the Parrot)Listen to Virginia Woolf in this interview from 1937, ‘Words fail me’. Go to BBC Four: |
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Chapter 4 Timeless Drama |
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Romeo & Juliet, movie (Ch 4 Timeless Drama, Text 1 Shakespeare’s Voices)Read about the film ‘Romeo + Juliet’ with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. Go to Fox Films website: |
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Westside story vs. Romeo and Juliet (Ch 4 Timeless Drama, Text 1 Shakespeare’s Voices)Westside story, a contemporary version of Romeo and Juliet. Learn more. Visit Artsedge: |
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The Globe (Ch 4 Timeless Drama, Track 6 Shakespeare’s Globe)Learn more about The Globe: |
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Shakespeare (Ch 4 Timeless Drama, Track 3 Bard of Avon)Learn more about Shakespeare’s life and writing. Go to Shakespeare Resource Center: |
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The Globe Theatre: performance in Shakespeare’s time (Ch 4 Timeless Drama, Track 6 Shakespeare’s Globe)Watch and listen to a video about The Globe Theatre |
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Chapter 5 Conflicts & Peace |
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Michael Collins (Ch 5, Text 1 Voices of Independence and Peace)
Learn more about Michael Collins and the film about him. Go to Warner Bros. Studios: |
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Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan (Ch 5, Text 1 Voices of Independence and Peace)
Williams and Corrigan received the Nobel Peace Prize together in 1976. Learn more about their work for peace at Nobelprize.org: |
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David Trimble and John Hume (Ch 5, Text 1 Voices of Independence and Peace)
Trimble and Hume received the Nobel Peace Prize together in 1998. Learn more about their work to resolve the Northern Ireland Conflict. Go to Nobelprize.org: |
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Liam O’Flaherty (Ch 5, Track 2 Famine, Track 3 The Sniper)
Learn more about the Irish author Liam O’Flaherty and his writing. Go to Answers.com: |
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What’s going on? (Ch 5, Track 4 Breaking With the Past)
Learn more about intolerance in Northern-Ireland. Meet the actor, Meg Ryan and the two young people, Grace and Colin. |
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Chapter 6 Experience Britain |
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British Voices (Ch 6 Experience Britain)‘Listen in to the diverse voices of the United Kingdom. Eavesdrop on Rotarians in Pitlochry and Travellers in Belfast. Drop in on skateboarders in Milton Keynes. Overhear pigeon fanciers in Durham.’ Go to BBC: |
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Glasgow Podcast (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Track4 Glasgow, Scotland, GB)Glasgow, the city of music. Learn more about Glasgow’s Music Scene. Listen to this podcast at SeeGlasgow.com: |
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Emmeline Pankhurst (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Text 1 British 20th Century Icons)Learn more about the leading British women's rights activist, Emmeline Pankhurst. Go to BBC: |
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Agatha Christie (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Text 1 British 20th Century Icons)Learn more about Agatha Christie, her life and literature. Go to The Official Agatha Christie Website: |
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George Orwell (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Text 1 British 20th Century Icons)Learn more about the author George Orwell. Go to BBC: |
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Winston Churchill (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Text 1 British 20th Century Icons)Learn more about the politician and wartime prime minister of Britain, Winston Churchill. Go to BBC: |
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Margaret Thatcher (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Text 1 British 20th Century Icons)Learn more about the politician and the former prime minister of Britain, Margaret Thatcher. Go to BBC: |
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David Attenborough (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Text 1 British 20th Century Icons)Learn more about David Attenborough and his broadcasting projects. Go to BBC: |
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Diana’s death (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Text 1 British 20th Century Icons)What happened to Diana? Read the news of the 31st of August 1996. Go to BBC: |
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Charles Darwin, Down House (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Track 1 Science Tour)Learn more about Charles Darwin’s home. Go to The English Heritage website: |
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Jane Austen, Bath (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Track 3 Literary Tour)Visit Jane Austen’s Bath. Go to The official tourism website for Bath, England: |
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Jane Austen’s House (Ch 6 Experience Britain, Track 3 Literary Tour)Listen to this programme about Jane Austen’s House. Go to BBC, Learning English: |
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Chapter 7 Explore America |
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Eleanor Roosevelt (Ch 7 Explore America, Text 1 American 20th Century Icons)Learn more about the past first lady, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. Go to The White House website: |
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Marilyn Monroe (Ch 7 Explore America, Text 1 American 20th Century Icons)Read more about the movie star, Marilyn Monroe. Go to th official Website, marilynmonroe.com: |
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Condoleezza Rice (Ch 7 Explore America, Text 1 American 20th Century Icons)Read more about the politician Condoleezza Rice. Go to The White House website: |
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Angelina Jolie (Ch 7 Explore America, Text 1 American 20th Century Icons)Read more about Angelina Jolie and her work together with UNHCR to help refugees around the world. Go to UNHCR’s website: |
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Ronald Reagan (Ch 7 Explore America, Text 1 American 20th Century Icons)Read Ronald Reagan’s biography at The White House website: |
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Steven Spielberg (Ch 7 Explore America, Text 1 American 20th Century Icons)Read about the filmmaker Steven Spielberg at Time website: |
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Al Gore (Ch 7 Explore America, Text 1 American 20th Century Icons)Read Al Gore’s Nobel Lecture at Nobelprize.org: |
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Bill Gates (Ch 7 Explore America, Text 1 American 20th Century Icons)Learn more about Bill Gates who established Microsoft in 1975. Go to BBC News: |
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Langston Hughes (Ch 7 Explore America, Text 2 City Tour)Learn more about the poet and his poetry. Go to The Academy of American Poets: |
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Surfing California (Ch 7 Explore America, Track 1 Surfing Tour)If you want to learn more about surfing, go to this guide to California surfing at SurfingCal.com: |
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Anne Stevenson (Ch 7 Explore America, Track 2 Desert Tour)Learn more about Anne Stevenson’s writing. Go to her website: |
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