CONTENTS
REFACE: To the Student
To the Teacher
THE U.S.A.--A Quick Quiz
UNTT ONE-UNDERSTANDING AMERICANS:
WHAT THEY BELIEVE, HQW THEY LIVE
Chapter 1--The American Character
Chapter 2--Marriage, American Style
Chapter 3--American Famlly Life
Chapter 4--Religion in American Ufe
Chapter 5--Eating the American Way
Chapter 6--American Etiquette
Chapter 7--The American Economy
UNIT TWO-AMERICAN HOLIDAYS:
THEIR ORIGINS AND CUSTOMS
Chapter 8--Labor Day and the American Worker
Chapter 9--Columbus Day
Chapter 10--Halloween
Chapter 11--Thanksgivmg and the American Indians
Chapter 12--The Winter Holiday Season
(The observance of Martin LutherKing, Jr 's birthday is discussed
in Chapter 18, "The Black American.")
Chapter 13--Holidays Honoring Two Great Presidents
Chapter 14--Minor Holidays
Chapter 15--Easter and Passover
Chapter 16--Patriotic Holidays
UNIT THREE--THE SALAD BOWL:
CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE U.S.A
Chapter 17--A Nation of Immigrants
Chapter 18--The Black American
UNTT FOUR--MAJOR INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING
Chapter 19-American Education: The Fitst 12 Years
Chapter 20--Higher Education m the U.S.A.
UNTT FIVE--LEISURE TIME:
WHERE TO GO, WHATTO DO IN THE US-A.
Chapter 22--Leisure Time Activities
Chapter 22--LeisureTime ActivitieS
UNTT SIX-GOVERNMENT AND THE AMERICAN CITIZEN
Chapter 23--The Constitution and the Federal System
Chapter 24--Choosing the Nation's President
Chapter 25--Citizenship: Its Obligations and Privileges