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Unit II. US: from Democracy to Empire?

The New Initiative has two aims: 1) involve children in their teens in community life and 2) teach them to be environmentally friendly. Keeping one's school, street, town tidy is part of it. Another important aspect of the project is introducing ecoliteracy course at school, in doing which students learn both the ways of sustainable living and work out practical projects of their own to ensure learning by doing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca_kI948JUA (14:56)

1. Can you sum up the central idea of Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights?

2. Before you watch the video ‘Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, and American Government. From England with Love', can you make a guess as to whether the lecturer is going to be positive or negative about the English influence on American Government.

1. What principle of American government was laid by Magna Carter?

2. What ideas of English Government took root in the American colonies in the 18^>th century?

Useful tips on how to write a good survey report are given in the Manual.

This unit offers practice in writing the three main parts of a survey report: Introduction, Main Body and Conclusion.

Let's start with looking at the core: Main Body.

Do you approve or disapprove of the United States conducting missile strikes from pilotless aircraft called drones to target extremists in countries such as Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia?