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Week 7 – British Institutions
Reading British & American CultureProfessor Hayashi
Today’s Class
• attendance• review game!• mind mapping• British institutionsBREAK• Midterm review
Review
Review• What did the Romans leave behind in
Britain after their 200 year rule?- roads, sites of important cities, seeds
of Christianity• What is the Black Death?- a plague in 1348 that killed 1/3 of the
population• Who was the queen during the
Golden Age of English history?- Queen Elizabeth I (restored national
unity, enabled prosperous trading to develop)
Review• The civil war of 1642 was between which 2
powers?- King Charles I & Parliament• What is the Enlightenment?- an era when people began to use reason to
dominate both nature & society• How did Queen Victoria change life in Britain
during her reign?- Established the Crown in the Constitution
(politically neutral), Revived support for the monarchy, affirmed Victorian values (paternalistic integrity, family, puritanism)
Review• The Industrial Revolution sparked S__________
R_________ such as the creation of the police force, free education, and the extension of the vote
- social reforms• What was a positive outcome of WWI?- The women were granted the right to vote• What significant event happened in the 1930’s?- The great Depression• Germany lost WWII after ___________.- it unsuccessfully invaded Russia and Britain & US
intervened
Review• Describe life in Britain in the 1950’s.- massive growth, increase in wages,
affluent society• How was life for young people in the
early 1960’s?- exciting, liberating, ‘swinging sixties’
Mind Mapping
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlabrWv25qQ
• What is a mindmap?• How do you do it?
Mind Mapping
• WHAT: a thinking tool that reflects what goes on inside your head
• HOW: start in center, connect branches to central image, then other levels. add one word to each branch. use color & image.
Good Links!• http://www.informationtamers.com/WikIT/
index.php?title=How_to_make_a_mind_map#How_to_make_a_map_while_note_taking
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mind_mapping_software
Your Turn!• Get artsy!• Let’s mind map the chapter on “British
Institutions”• The top 3 students will get bonus
professionalism points
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