《美国历史文化》是在内容依托教学理念指导下，基于国家哲学社会科学项目“英语专业基础阶段内容依托式教学改革研究”推出的系列英语教材之一。
《美国历史文化》适用于英语专业一、二年级学生，也适用于具有中学英语基础的非英语专业学生和英语爱好者学习。本教材具备以下主要特色：
遵循了全新的教学理念
以美国历史文化发展为线索，展现美国各段所史进程中的国家概况，既训练语言技能，也丰富相关知识。
涉及了系统的历史内容
帮助读者了解美国各段历史时期的重大事件，系统介绍美国历史文化发展背景。
引进了真实的教学材料
真实、地道的语言材料，穿插图表、照片等真实的视觉材料，表现手段活泼，效果生动直观。
设计了新颖的教材板块
每一单元均包括课前热身、课文正文、课后练习、辅助阅读、专有名词列表、娱乐园地等。结构安排系统合理，突出学生的主体地位。
提供了多样的训练活动
培养学生综合运用语言和知识进行沟通的能力、逻辑思维能力和探索求知的能力。
推荐了经典的学习材料
在每个章节的最后部分向学生推荐经典的书目、影视作品、名诗欣赏以及英文歌曲等学习资料，延伸课堂教学，激发学生的学习热情。
Unit 1 The Age of Exploration
Text A Early Exploration and Settlements
Text B Columbus’S Discovery of America
Text C Spanish Discovery o f the New World
Text D The Legacy of the Puritans
Text E The Thanksgiving Story
Unit 2 The Colonial America
Text A The Original l3 Colonies
Text B Colonial Liice of the Early Settlers
Text C Slavery in Colonial America
Unit 3 The Road to Independence
Text A The War o f Independence
Text B The American Revolution
Text C Causes of the American Revolution
Unit 4 The Young Republic Unit 1 The Age of Exploration
Text A Early Exploration and Settlements
Text B Columbus’S Discovery of America
Text C Spanish Discovery o f the New World
Text D The Legacy of the Puritans
Text E The Thanksgiving Story
Unit 2 The Colonial America
Text A The Original l3 Colonies
Text B Colonial Liice of the Early Settlers
Text C Slavery in Colonial America
Unit 3 The Road to Independence
Text A The War o f Independence
Text B The American Revolution
Text C Causes of the American Revolution
Unit 4 The Young Republic
Text A The Creation of a National Government
Text B Benj amin Franklin
Text C The Essence Of the Constitution
Unit 5 The Westward Movement
Text A The Frontier of the American West
Text B The Donner Party
Text C Louisiana Purchase
Unit 6 The Civil War
Text A Causes ofthe Civil War
Text B The Gettysburg Address
Text C Eye Witness Accounts of the Assassination
Text D Cost Of the War
Unit 7 Reconstruction（1865～1877）
Text A Reconstruction after the Civil War
Text B Education after the Civil War
Text C The Ku Klux Klan
Text D A Shattered Fairy Tale
Unit 8 The Gilded Age（1877-1917）
Text A The Gilded Age
Text B Industrialization
Text C The Gilded Age Society
Unit 9 America in World War Ⅰ（1914—1918）
Text A The U．S．A．and World War Ⅰ
Text B Wilson’S Declaration of Neutrality
Text C U．S．Entry into World War Ⅰ109
Unit 10 The Roaring Twenties
Text A The Roaring Twenties
Text B Formation of Modern American Mass Culture
Text C The Lost Generation
Unit 11 The Great Depression
Text A The Great Depression in America
Text B The Great Depression
Text C Iowa in the l920s and the l930s
TeXt D Franklin D．Roosevelt
Unit 12 America in World War Ⅱ
Text A W0rld War Ⅱ
Text B The Origins of World War Ⅱ
Text C War in Europe
Text D War in the Pacitic
Text E American Domestic Situation During World War Ⅱ
Unit 13 Postwar American Society
Text A American Society in the l950s
Text B The Postwar Economy：1945—1960
Text C Desegregation
Unit 14 American in Transition
Unit 15 Toward a New Century
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