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
13.09.2021
ACCESS UPDATE: Is America Back?
President Joe Biden claims that "America is back", but is he correct?
09.11.2020
Election Watch 6: Winners and Losers
What an exciting presidential election 2020 has turned out to be, a real nail-biter full of surprises!
26.10.2020
Election Watch 5: The Final Push - Battleground States
The final, supercharged week of the presidential campaign has come to America.
19.10.2020
Election Watch 4: The Final Presidential Debate, October 22
The last two weeks have been a roller-coaster ride for those following the presidential campaign (or circus, as some have come to call it).
12.10.2020
Election Watch 3: Corona confusion and a cancelled debate
Since the chaotic and controversial Presidential Debate on September 29, events have turned even more dramatic in the American presidential campaign.
23.09.2020
Election Watch 2: The first presidential debate
On September 29, Donald Trump and Joe Biden square off for the first time in the race to become the next President of the United States.
09.09.2020
Election Watch 2020
The American presidential campaign has reached its final stage. Election Watch provides you with the questions and the information you need to follow these exciting, decisive weeks.
14.04.2020
ACCESS UPDATE: America vs. America
The impact of the corona virus on the USA
27.01.2020
ACCESS UPDATE: The Race Is On!
Learn about American Presidential Primaries.
14.08.2019
ACCESS UPDATE: Let the Games Begin!
Today, almost one and a half years before the American presidential election of November 2020, the mass media are already full of news about the coming contest.
13.08.2019
ACCESS UPDATE: Is Brexit finally about to happen?
It’s over three years since the British electorate said yes to leaving the European Union.
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.
