All About the USA 2: A Cultural Reader / Edition 2

by Milada Broukal

Overview

The new edition of All About the USA 2: A Cultural Reader, by Milada Broukal, with fresh content and a friendly, full-color design, offers a classic introduction to American culture.

Entertaining and informative, the second edition of All About the USA 2 features twenty-eight units about American people, places, and events. Readers expand their knowledge of the USA as they explore fascinating topics ranging from Native Americans to Washington, D.C. to basketball and buffalo.

Features

• Colorful photos and preview questions prepare students to read.
• Vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises build skills.
• Discussion activities promote lively cross-cultural exchange.
• Writing activities encourage students to personalize the topics.
• New Did You Know boxes showcase fun facts about each topic.
• New Audio CD of the readings enriches the learning experience.

The series also includes:

All About the USA 1, Second Edition

All About the USA 3, Second Edition

All About the USA 4, Second Edition

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780132406284
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	10/02/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	7.80(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

Unit 1 The Fifty States

Unit 2 The Buffalo

Unit 3 Texas

Unit 4 The Story of Colonel Sanders

Unit 5 The President of the United States

Unit 6 Martin Luther King Jr.

Unit 7 Basketball

Unit 8 Abraham Lincoln

Unit 9 Washington, D.C.

Unit 10 Halloween

Unit 11 Native Americans

Unit 12 A First Look at New England

Unit 13 Thomas Jefferson

Unit 14 Beverly Hills

Unit 15 Theodore Roosevelt

Unit 16 Niagara Falls

Unit 17 Harriet Tubman

Unit 18 The Boston Tea Party

Unit 19 July Fourth

Unit 20 Helen Keller

Unit 21 New York City

Unit 22 The Story of Ben and Jerry’s

Unit 23 Thomas Alva Edison

Unit 24 The Pentagon

Unit 25 Arnold Schwarzenegger

Unit 26 Hawaii

Unit 27 Yellowstone National Park

Unit 28 The Stars and Stripes

Answer Key

Audio CD Tracking List