ATESTAT

2008
1. British History
- Kings and Queens of Britain
- The Celts in Britain
- The Viking Rule in Britain
- Anglo-Saxon Britain
- The Norman Britain
- Ruling Houses of Britain
- The Middle Ages (The Tudor Kings and Queens, the Colonial Empire,
natural disasters)
- The Stuart Dynasty
- The English Renaissance
- The 18th Century (The Industrial Revolution, The Enlightenment)
- The 19th Century (ruling houses of Britain in this period, Queen Victoria)
- The 20th Century (the 2 World Wars)
- The End of the Colonial Empire
- The Commonwealth
- Present-day Britain
2. American History
- The Native population in North America
- The age of Empires in North America
- Colonial America
- The First 13 Colonies
- The American Revolution
- The American Constitution
- The Gold Rush to the West
- The Civil War
- The First World War
- The 1920s (The Roaring Twenties)
- The Great Depression
- The Second World War
- The Cold War
- The Vietnam War
- The Fight against Terrorism
3. UK Government (division of power, the role of the Queen/Prime Minister)
4. US Government – the Balance of Power, the Federal system
5. British and American Politics (elections, political parties)
6. Religion in the UK/USA(history, religious groups, religion today)
7. Racial and Cultural Minorities
8. Political Correctness
9. A Multicultural World (UK/USA)
10. Stereotypes
11. Human rights Organisations
12. Family Life
13. Education in the UK/USA
14. Customs
15. Environmental Issues
16. The Consumer Society
17. Health Issues
18. Mass Media
19. The Performing Arts (dance, theatre, music, opera and circus arts)
20. The Visual Arts
- Architecture
- The Cinema (From Still image to Motion Picture, From Silence to Sound)
- Painting
21. Tourism and Tourist attractions (UK/USA)
22. The English Speaking World (language particularities, countries and their icons,
culture, civilization)
23. British English vs American English
24. Festivals of the English Speaking World
25. Personalities (science, history, arts, politics, literature) of the English Speaking
World
26. Modern Day Realities (youth culture)
27. World’s Greatest Problems (violence, terrorism, drug abuse etc.)
28. British Literature
- The Elizabethan period
- The Enlightenment
- Romanticism
- The Victorian Period
- Modernism
- Post-modernism and Contemporary literature
29. American Literature
- The Literature of Exploration
- The Colonial Period
- The Revolutionary Period
- Romanticism – Transcendentalism
- The Black Literature
- Modernism and Experimentation
- The American Realism (1974-1945)
- Novels of Social Awareness
- 20th Century American Drama
30. Women writers and feminism