Reading Skill: Distinguishing between Facts and Opinions Unit 1 Climate Pre?Reading Section A How Will Climate Change Affect the World and Society? Section B Passage One Passage Two Passage Three Section C Text II Is Climate Change an "Existential Threat" — or Just a Catastrophic One? Questions for Reflection and Writing Unit 2 Art Pre?Reading Section A Why Do We Value Art? Section B Passage One Passage Two Passage Three Section C Text II Chinese Painting Questions for Reflection and Writing Unit 3 Holocaust Pre?Reading Section A Text I The Holocaust Section B Passage One Passage Two Passage Three Section C Text II "The Evidence Room": When Skills Are Used for Evil Questions for Reflection and Writing Unit 4 Ethnic Diversity Pre?Reading Section A Text I Analogies for America: Beyond the Melting Pot Section B Passage One Passage Two Passage Three Section C Text II What Do We Mean by Ethnicity and Diversity? Questions for Reflection and Writing Reading Skill: Outlining Unit 5 Travel Pre?Reading Section A Text I The Different Types of Tourism
Section B Passage One Passage Two Passage Three Section C Text II Why We Travel Questions for Reflection and Writing Unit 6 Work Pre?Reading Section A Text I Why All the Hard Work? Section B Passage One Passage Two Passage Three Section C Text II The Protestant Work Ethic Is Real Questions for Reflection and Writing Unit 7 Intellectual Property Pre?Reading Section A Text I A Question of Morals: The US Approach to Plagiarism, "Moral Rights", and Copyright Infringement Section B Passage One Passage Two Passage Three Section C Text II End Intellectual Property Questions for Reflection and Writing Reading Skill: Outlining Unit 8 Diplomacy Pre?Reading Section A Text I Geopolitics Is a Dinosaur! The Future Is a Community of Common Destiny Section B Passage One Passage Two Passage Three Section C Text II The Belt and Road Initiative: A New Model for Global Inclusive Development and Solidarity Questions for Reflection and Writing Reading Skill: Paraphrasing Unit 9 Technology Pre?Reading Section A Text I Artificial Intelligence: The Dawn of the Thinking Machines Section B Passage One Passage Two Passage Three
Section C Text II Ethics and Technology Questions for Reflection and Writing Unit 10 Economics Pre?Reading Section A Text I "How Long Can We Last?" Trump's Steel Tariffs Hit Home Section B Passage One Passage Two Passage Three Section C Text II The World Trading System at the Crossroads Questions for Reflection and Writing Unit 11 Law Pre?Reading Section A Text I End the Death Penalty for Good Section B Passage One Passage Two Passage Three Section C Text II Why Our Legal System Is Failing Us Questions for Reflection and Writing Unit 12 Politics Pre?Reading Section A The Crisis of Anglo?American Democracy Section B Passage One Passage Two Passage Three Section C Text II How Brexit Broke Britain Questions for Reflection and Writing Unit 13 Military Affairs Pre?Reading Section A Text I Wars Are Not Won by Military Genius or Decisive Battles Section B Passage One Passage Two Passage Three Section C Text II China and UN Peacekeeping Questions for Reflection and Writing Unit 14 Drama Pre?Reading Section A
Text I Introduction to Drama Section B Macbeth (an Excerpt) Questions for Reflection and Writing