exercises due: calendar week 49 (Friday)


A. Words

 

Learn the rest of the word list. This surely can't come as a surprise.


B. Background Information

 

The Manifest Destiny is among the most important ideas that coined the American identity. Therefore, it makes a lot of sense to do some background reading on it. Also, I promised you in class that I'd provide more information. You're welcome

 

This page gives you a lot of information and this summary concentrates on the good and bad outcomes of this idea. In addition to that, the video below has some interesting insight as to who actually used the term in which way.


This task is important:

This is a topic for the Abitur, so you might want to do this task...

 

What is America's role in the world today? Extract the most important pieces of information from this site and comment on how this reflects "Manifest Destiny".