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ist sie zunächst nur eine Option. Im Abi bzw. wenn Du sie bei der AUFGABE 2 ● ● Klausur unte yaq1 r Abi-Bedingungen auswählst, hast Du eine zweite, englischsprachige Textvorlage, auf die sich die weiteren Aufgaben beziehen. ● Überprüfe auch hier den genannten Operator (analyze; examine; characterize/write a characterization of; compare; contrast/juxtapose; describe; explain; illustrate/show; point out; depict; present; relate; put into the context of) und halte Dich an dessen Definition. Beachte, dass es bei diesen Operatoren wesentliche Unterschiede gibt. Wenn Bezüge zu im Unterricht gelesenen Texten gefordert sind, sei kreativ, aber auch präzise-Dein Leser muss Deine Bezüge nachvollziehen können, sie müssen stimmig sein. AUFGABE 3 Erneut gilt: Überprüfe den genannten Operator (comment (on); discuss; evaluate/assess; justify; interpret; (creatively) write + text type) und halte Dich an dessen Definition. In der Regel ist hier Dein Diskussions- und Bewertungsvermögen gefragt-Du sollst Argumente für Deine(n) Interpretation/Standpunkt präsentieren, aber auch mögliche Gegenargumente berücksichtigen und die Argumente insgesamt gegeneinander abwägen. Struktur: (1) introduction with claim (Deine "Behauptung” bzw. These) (2) main body with (counter)evidence (weakest arguments first, strongest last) (3) conclusion with reference to your above claim and outlook LIES ZUM ABSCHLUSS 30 BIS 45 MINUTEN KORREKTUR! 2 Year 1492 1607/08 THE HISTORY OF AMERICA "The formation of a nation” A Timeline of American/ United States History 1619/20 1620 Englisch-LK 1845 1848 1861-1865 1863 Q1 U.S.A 1896 1899 1900 1924/25 1925 1929 1931 Event American continent discovered by Christopher Columbus First (non-Puritan) permanent settlement established in Jamestown, Virginia 1630 1771-1789 Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography 1775-1783 American War of Independence 1776 Declaration of Independence 1787-1789 U.S. Constitution 1807 Further importation of African slaves prohibited by the U.S. Congress Monroe Doctrine 1823 1831 First African slaves brought to Jamestown First Puritan settlement ("Plymouth Plantation") established in Massachusetts after arrival on the Mayflower (Mayflower Compact) John Winthrop: "City upon a Hill" (cf. Matthew 5:14) Abolitionist newspaper The Liberator newly published by William L. Garrison John L. O'Sullivan, "Annexation" Seneca Falls Declaration (Declaration of Rights and Sentiments) American Civil War Emancipation Proclamation (January)/ Gettysburg Address (November) 1865-1870 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution 1865-1877 Reconstruction Era 1865-1965 1876 1890 1893 Jim Crow Era Battle of the Little Bighorn William James, Principles of Psychology Frederick J. Turner, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" Plessy v. Ferguson ("equal but separate"/ "separate but equal") Cumming v. Board of Education Albert J. Beveridge, "The Philippines Are Ours Forever" John B. Watson, Behaviorism ("Personality") F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Black Friday James Truslow Adams, The Epic of America 3 1938 1954 1954-1968 1955/56 1960 1963 1964 1965 1968 1995 2001 2009 2017 ● Important background information Long before the arrival of the first European settlers Native people lived in North America ● Orson Welles's radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells, 1895) Brown v. Board of Education American Civil Rights Movement Rosa Parks incident/ Montgomery Bus Boycott Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird Martin Luther King, "I Have a Dream" (August) Assassination of John F. Kennedy (November) Civil Rights Act Assassination of Malcom X (February) Voting Rights Act (August) Assassinations of Martin Luther King (April) and Robert F. Kennedy (June) DSM-IV published by American Psychiatric Association 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center (NYC) Inauguration of Barack Obama as first African-American U.S. president Inauguration of the current U.S. president, Donald J. Trump C. Columbus (Spanish) was the first European settler reaching North America in 1493 Small Spanish settlements grew to important cities, such as New Mexico, Los Angeles and San Francisco First successful English settlement was established in 1607, Jamestown New Netherland (Dutch Colony in the 17th century, later on taken over by the British) was centered on (Nowadays) New York City and traded with the Native Americans to the north → Dutch were tolerant of other religions and cultures New France was an area colonized by the France from 1534 to 1763, They had far reaching trading relationships with the Natives King Philip's war: conflict between the English settlers and the Native Americans - The Thirteen (British) Colonies were founded: Group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America founded in the 17th and 18th centuries Declared independence in 1776 Part of Britain's possessions in the New World 4 - ● - In the 18th century the British government operated it`s colonies under a policy of mercantilism (Wirtschaftspolitik), in which the central government administered it's possessions for the economic benefits of the mother country Colonies had a high degree of self-governance Between 1775 and 1783, Britain's American colonies fought the American War of independence and won During the war, the 13 colonies sent delegates (Abgeordnete) to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia -> passed the Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence (1776) The Declaration of Independence is one of the most important documents in the history of the United States of America Written and adopted on 4. July 1776 Says that the American colonies were allowed to form a new union (country) → No longer under British control! Most important words: "We hold these truths to be self-confident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed (festgelegt) by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, which among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." "all men" did not include black slaves Since 1640 slavery had been an essential part of the cotton- and tobacco- growing farm economy in the South (Dreieckshandel -> triangular trade between Europe; Africa; North America, especially the South) Why the Declaration of Independence (1776) did come up? American colonies were unhappy with British rule (high taxes on sugar and even tea) -> Boston Tea Party 1773: Protest against British Parliament taxes on tea USA was not a country but individual states (self-governance) All colonies belong to Great Britain In 1775 an open fight between British troops and colonists -> Beginning of the Revolution War until 1783 Americans did not want to pay taxes to Great Britain, mainly because they did not have any representative to the parliament -> felt like second class citizens Structure: 5