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AMERICAN CULTURE
Teachers:
1. Võ Nguyễn Hồng Lam
2. Lê Hoàng Duy Thuần


GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY
How would you define culture?
Culture is the characteristics of a particular
group of people, defined by everything
from language, religion, cuisine, social
habits, music and arts…. Today, in the
United States as in other countries
populated largely by immigrants, the
culture is influenced by the many groups
of people that now make up the country.

Think, pair and share



If someone asked
you to describe
your country’s
culture, which of
these would you
mention?



Art

Beliefs
Cities
Climate
Customs
Dance
Food
Geography
Government
History
Holidays
Houses
Literature
Music
Other?

Types of Culture: Academic
• Elite or highbrow
• Generally taught in
colleges &
universities
• Examples: opera,
classical music,
ballet

Types of Culture: Popular
• Radio and
Television
• Ordinary life
Types of culture: Folk

• Traditional
materials,
customs, music,
dances, art
• Passed from
person to person
or within
members of a
group.
American geography
50 U.S. States and District of Columbia
Alabama (AL)
Alaska (AK)
Arizona (AZ)
Arkansas
(AR)
California
(CA)
Colorado
(CO)
Connecticut
(CT)
Delaware
(DE)
Florida (FL)
Georgia (GA)
Hawaii (HI)
Idaho (ID)
Illinois (IL)

Indiana (IN)
Iowa (IA)
Kansas (KS)
Kentucky
(KY)
Louisiana
(LA)
Maine (ME)
Maryland
(MD)
Massachusetts
(MA)
Michigan (MI)
Minnesota
(MN)
Mississippi
(MS)
Missouri (MO)
Montana (MT)
Nebraska
(NE)
Nevada (NV)
New Hampshire
(NH)
New Jersey
(NJ)
New Mexico
(NM)
New York (NY)
North Carolina

(NC)
North Dakota
(ND)
Ohio (OH)
Oklahoma
(OK)
Oregon (OR)
Pennsylvania
(PA)
Rhode Island
(RI)
South Carolina
(SC)
South Dakota
(SD)
Tennessee
(TN)
Texas (TX)
Utah (UT)
Vermont (VT)
Virginia (VA)
Washington
(WA)
West Virginia
(WV)
Wisconsin
(WI)
Wyoming
(WY)
Basic Facts

• Declared
independence, 1776
• 50 states
• Population:
306,109,742 as of
March 30, 2009.
• World’s 3
rd
largest
country by population
• Climate: mostly
temperate, but some
arctic and tropical.










Basic facts (Area)
• Total 3,717,813 sq mi
9,629,090 km2
• Land 3,536,294 sq mi
9,158,960 km2

• Water 181,519 sq mi
470,131 km²
• Latitude 38°0' N

• Longitude 97°0'W
Basic facts (Borders)
• Canada 5,526 miles8,893 km

• Mexico 2,067 miles3,327 km

• Coastlines 12,380 miles
19,920 km

U.S. Time Zones
Time in the United States, by law, is divided into
nine standard time zones covering the states and its
possessions
• UTC-11: Samoa Standard Time
• UTC-10: Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (HST)
• UTC-9: Alaska Standard Time (AKST)
• UTC-8: Pacific Standard Time (PST)
• UTC-7: Mountain Standard Time (MST)
• UTC-6: Central Standard Time (CST)
• UTC-5: Eastern Standard Time (EST)
• UTC-4: Atlantic Standard Time (ATC)
• UTC+10: Chamorro Standard Time
Declaring Independence 1776
“We hold these truths
to be self-evident, that

all men are created
equal, that they are
endowed by their
Creator with certain
inalienable rights, that
among these are Life,
Liberty and the pursuit
of Happiness”.

The American Civil War (1861-
65)
- Significant turning point
in American history
- Northern Union of states
defeated a secessionist
Confederacy of 11
southern slave states.
- Slavery was abolished
- National unity was
restored

Westward Movement
• 19
th
century
• Role of the frontier
in American history
• Impact on Native
Americans
• Impact on Anglo

Americans
Industrialization-Immigration-
Urbanization (1865-1900)
• American seen as the ―land of opportunity‖
for immigrants
• Industrialization contributed to class
formation (poor, middle class, wealthy)
The Great Depression (the
1930s)
An economic
downturn during
which about 25%
of the labor force
was unemployed

Many people
displaced

Long-term impact

Post-war: Prosperity—Protest-
-Technology
World War II
• Economic
recovery
• Global
involvement
• Women into the
workforce
• Prelude to Cold

War

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
IN THE UNITED STATES
Warm-up questions:

1. Do you agree with the quotation by Thomas Jefferson? Paraphrase
the quotation in your own words.

2. In the United States, who has more power, the president or
Congress? Why do you think so?

3. What are the two major political parties in the United States? What is
the main difference in their beliefs?
• ―A wise and frugal Government shall restrain men from injuring one
another, [and] shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own
pursuits of industry and improvements.‖
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)