Historical perpectives:

a. The rise and fall of the British Empire

b. The changes in the political, social, economic, and cultural aspects

Text:

1. “Introduction”: Britain and the Two World Wars

2. British History

Video:

English, Whose English?

The Question of Sovereignity (British Studies Selection)

The Making of the Nation

a. The different characteristics of the four peoples

b. The conflicts

c. National vs. regional identity

Text:

1. “The Importance of Not Being English”

2. “Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland” – Life in Modern Britain

3. “Ethnicity and Language” – British Cultural Identities

Multicultural Britain

a. The shaping of the multicultural society

b. The questions of national identity

Text:

“Ethnicity and Racism” – “Race in Britain Today”

Family Life

a. The importance of family in the society

b. Extended to nuclear family

c. Family ties and relationship

Text:

1. “Family and Personal Relationship (1)” – British Cultural Identities

2. “Families and Households” – Contemporary British Society

Gender

a. The changes of gender role

b. The impact of these changes in family life and society

Text:

1. “Gender, Sex, and the Family” – British Cultural Identities

2. “Gender” – Contemporary British Society

Youth

a. The causes and effects of youth problems

b. Youth cultures

c. Youth’s identity and its relation to family life

Text:

1. “Youth Culture” (10.4) – Contemporary British Society

2. “Youth” (A2) – British Culture and Society

3. “Youth Culture and Age” – British Cultural Identities

British and Indonesian Youth

a. Comparing and contrasting

Video:

Growing Apart at the Margins (British Studies Selection)

Education and Work

a. The influence of education on the kinds of profession

b. The educational system and its problems

Text:

1. “Education” – British Culture and Society

2. “Work” – British Culture and Society

3. “Education, Work, and Leisure” – British Cultural Identities

Leisure

a. The leisure industry in the middle class society – its origin and its impact

b. Comparing and contrasting leisure activities between classes

Text:

1. “Leisure” – British Culture and Society

2. “Leisure and Private Life” – Life in Modern Britain

3. “Time for a Drink: British Pub”

Sport

a. The sport industry

b. The meaning of sport in the British society

c. Hoologanism vs. bonek

Text:

1. “Sport and Competition” – Britain

2. Newspaper clippings

Media

a. Kinds of media and its audience

b. The power of media in the society

c. Media ownership

Text:

1. “The Media (1) – Broadcasting”

2. “The Media (2) – The Press”

British Culture and Society

Class System

a. The existing class system

b. The correlation between classes and politics

Britain in the World

a. The importance of Britain in the world

b. Britain and Indonesia

Text:

1. “Britain and the World” – British Culture and Society

2. “A View of Europe and the World” – Britain in Close-Up

This gives you the ability to explore what effect these colonies has had on modern Britain. For example our National dish is a Curry, due to our long standing connections with India!

Think about a little piddly country conquering the whole world if i may say. Its Amazing!!

And not forgetting the great minds it has produced in economics , science, literature…….simply awesome.

Aslo the reason why English is actually the only language which i feel will be ultimately the language of the world because of its ability to evolve so well.

Yeah also don’t forget to put in the atrocities that people of the world had to suffer under their rule.

LOLz

And i am not british.

Britain fought America to take their land but the Americcans want their own land they didnt want the King to rule America

king of britain