Unit 1 Topic: The Power of Words Close Reading: “Pondering ‘Love” Further Reading: I. “Contrite Makes Right”
II. “The Language of the Eyes” Listening: “Inspiring Speakers” Writing: “Language and Thought” Unit 2 Topic: The Changing Face of Liberty Close Reading: “Race, Gender and the Deception of ‘Freedom’” Further Reading: I. “Tracing the Paths of Our Lady Liberty”
II. “Lady Liberty’s Male Relations” Listening: “The Statue of Liberty” Writing: “Emma Lazarus, ‘The New Colossus’” Unit 3 Topic: (Un)Romantic Relationships Close Reading: “Meaningful Relationships” Further Reading: I. “The Unromantic Generation”
II. “I Wish They’d Do It Right” Listening: “Dating” Writing: “Marrying Absurd” Unit 4 Topic: Fast Food, Soft Drinks Close Reading: “No Beef” Further Reading: I. “Custom-Made”
II. “Fallen Arches” Listening: “The Mc-Cola Culture: A Historical Review” Writing: “The Coca-Cola Company” Unit 5 Topic: Issues of Education Close Reading: “College Is a Waste of Time and Money” Further Reading: I. “Public and Private Language”
II. “On Being 17, Bright, and Unable to Read” Listening: “College Education” Writing: “Save Liberal Arts” Unit 6 Topic: Still Under the Gun Close Reading: “Countering Violence” Further Reading: I. “Of Arms and the Boy”
II. “Mothers March for Stricter Gun Laws” Listening: “An Argument against Gun Control” Writing: “Still Under the Gun” Unit 7 Topic: The American Dream Close Reading: “American Dreamer” Further Reading: I. “The American Immigrants”
II. “Divided We Stand” Listening: “American Dream” Writing: “Five Myths about Immigration” Unit 8 Topic: Teenage Problems in the U.S. Close Reading: “Perils of Prohibition” Further Reading: I. “Dubious Conception: the Politics of Teenage Pregnancy”
II. “Who Us? Stop Blaming Kids and TV” Listening: “A Teen Mom Copes with an Unplanned Pregnancy” Writing: “Juvenile Justice Is Delinquent” Unit 9 Topic: Pop Culture Icons Close Reading: “The Kingdom Comes” Further Reading: I. “Loving Las Vegas”
II. “Oh, Lucky Man!” Listening: “Michael Jackson” Writing: “Booming Amusement Parks” Unit 10 Topic: Images of America Close Reading: “Let’s Tell the Story of All America’s Cultures” Further Reading: I. “The Concept of Money”
II. “Selling Our Innocence Abroad” Listening: “Images of American Culture” Writing: “Here to Stay” Unit 11 Topic: The Language of Advertising Close Reading: “Under the Influence” Further Reading: I. “With These Words I Can Sell You Anything”
II. “Sex in the Ice Cubes” Listening: “How Advertisers Make Claims” Writing: “Euphemisms for the Fat of the Land” Unit 12 Topic: Pressures of Competition Close Reading: “The Winner Instinct” Further Reading: I. “Why Competition?”
II. “Is Winning Everything?” Listening: “Self Esteem in a Culture When Winning Is Everything and Losing Is Shameful” Writing: “Dealing with Success” Unit 13 Topic: The War on Drugs Close Reading: “Can Legalization Solve America’s Drug Problem?” Further Reading: I. “The Drug That Pretends It Isn’t” II. “War and Hypocrisy” Listening: “Drug Abuses” Writing: “The War on Drinks” Unit 14 Topic: Sports and Athletes Close Reading: “Rare Jordan” Further Reading: I. “Bad as They Wanna Be”
II. “Drugs and the Modern Athletes” Listening: “Steroids and Competitive Sports” Writing: “Next Athlete: Yao Ming” Unit 15 Topic: Music as Pop Culture Close Reading: “Girls ‘n’ Spice: All Things Nice?” Further Reading: I. “The Beatles”
II. “The Cultural Impact of Rock and Roll” Listening: “Remembering Presleymania” Writing: “Rock and Roll’s Evolving Audience” Unit 16 Topic: Battling against AIDS Close Reading: “Safe Sex and White Lies in the Time of AIDS” Further Reading: I. “Talking AIDS to Death”
II. “AIDS Orphans Tell UN of Their Plight” Listening: “Robby” Writing: “AIDS Hysteria”
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