Daily Archives July 11, 2015

Public Education: Philosophy and Funding

I. PRELISTENING

B. Vocabulary and Key Concepts

1. Education in the United States is compulsory until a certain age or grade level.

2. A small percentage of students attend private schools, either reli­gious or secular, but most attend public schools.

3. There is no nationwide curriculum, nor are there nation...

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Passages: Birth, Marriage and Death

I. PRELISTENING

B. Vocabulary and Key Concepts

1. Customs and traditions are often bewildering to foreigners, partly because the customs are so ingrained that people accept them without ever thinking about them.

2. The baby shower is given by a close friend or relative of the expec­tant mother.

3...

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Chapter 5 Religion

I. PRELISTENING

B. Vocabulary and Key Concepts

1. The U. S. government cannot ask for information on religious affil­iation on a mandatory basis.

2...

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Unit One I The Face of the People

Chapter 1 The Population

I. PRELISTENING

B. Vocabulary and Key Concepts

1. Most countries take a census every ten years or so in order to count the people and to know where they are living.

2. A country with a growing population is a country that is becoming more populous.

3...

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Unit Five The Official Side

Chapter 13 The Role of Government in the Economy

Assign one group member to write down the questions; all members will help plan and compose the questions. For the lecture on the role of government in the economy, write five short-answer questions that can be answered with a few words or one or two sentences...

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