Hovedmeny
Access to English: Social Studies
1: Small Islands, Big Horizons
Background: An Empire Emerges
Focus: Victorious Decline
Literary texts
2: The New World
Background: Becoming America
Focus: Superpower
Literary texts
3: Power and Pomp
Background: Democracy in Britain
Focus: Brexit - Untying the Knot
Other texts
4: We the People
Background: The Rules of the Game
Focus: On the Playing Field
Electing a President / Inaugural Address
The Handmaid's Tale / What Happenend
The Anglo-American World
5: The Changing Face of Britain
Background: Nostalgia Isn't What It Used to Be
Focus I: Social Fault Lines
Focus II: Devolution in the UK
Prose texts
Literary texts
6: The Divided States of America
Background: In the Pursuit of Happiness
Americanah
Focus I: The Great American Decline?
The Impact of Decline / American Debates
Focus II: Black America
The Help
I Have a Dream
Darkness in America / Another Day, Another Murder
Audio
Digging Deeper
Self-evaluation
Text Analysis Courses
Writing Courses
Toolbox
Archive
03.04.2019
ACCESS UPDATE: Ko Tātou Tātou – We Are One
Work with a moving speech.
23.01.2019
ACCESS UPDATE: Vote for Our Lives!
What happened to the campaign for stricter gun control laws?
07.01.2019
Access Update: Scotland after Brexit
What will happen to Scotland when Britain leaves the EU in March?
12.11.2018
ACCESS UPDATE: After the Midterms
Was it a "blue wave" or is President Trump the real winner?
25.10.2018
ACCESS UPDATE: Preview - Midterm Elections in the USA, November 6
Read a preview and work with tasks.
11.07.2018
Mid-term Elections
Mid-term elections are coming up in the USA in November.
25.04.2018
ACCESS UPDATE: Don't Shoot!
A mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida has intensified the debate on gun control in the USA.
08.03.2018
From the authors
A brief introduction to the new edition.
