Unit 4 The Political System in the US and the UK

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1、TeachingPlanInstructor:CuiLuoqiangTeachingcontent:Unit9ThePoliticalSystemintheUSandtheUKTeachingperiod:4Teachingaims:•a.AcquireageneralideaaboutthepoliticalsystemsintheUKandUSA.•b..Learnaboutthefunctionsofmajorpoliticalpartiesandothergovernmentorgansi

2、nthesetwocountries.•c.Learnaboutthefunctionsofthestateleadersandpartyleadersinthesetwocountries.•d.MakeacomparisonofthepoliticalsystemsbetweentheUKandtheUSA.Difficultpoints:1.thefunctionsofthestateleadersandpartyleadersinthesetwocountries.2.Makeacompa

3、risonofthepoliticalsystemsbetweentheUKandtheUSAKeypoints:1.Thefunctionsofmajorpoliticalpartiesandothergovernmentorgansinthesetwocountries.2.ThegeneralideaaboutthepoliticalsystemsintheUKandUSA.TeachingAllotment:Period1-2:ReviewWarm-upDemonstration:Text

4、APOLITICALSYSTEMINTHEUKTheStructureofBritishGovernmentØTheExecutiveØMonarchØPrimeMinisterØTheCivilServiceØThelegislatureØParliamentØHouseofLordsØHouseofCommonsØTheJudiciaryCasestudyØLaborPartyØConsevativePartyPeriod3-4:Demonstration:TextBPOLITICALSYST

5、EMINTHEUSATheConstitutionandtheBillofRights–TheConstitution–TheStructureofAmericanGovernment•Thelegislativebranch(theCongress);•Theexecutivebranch(thePresident);14•Thejudicialbranch(theSupremeCourt)–AmoredetailedtreediagramØTheFederalSystem–4basicprin

6、ciples•republicanism•federalism•separationofpowerchecksandbalancesCasestudyDemocraticPartyRepublicPartySummaryAssignmentTeachingprocedure:Period1-2:ReviewT’llaskSssomequestionsaboutwhatthey’veleanredlasttime:Q1:WhenwastheU.Sfounded?Q2:whowasthesecondU

7、.SPresident?Warm-upTalkaboutthefollowingpictures:Whatrolesorfunctionsdotheyplayintheirrespectivepoliticalsystems?•BuckinghamPalace:Originallybuiltin1703,thepalaceisnowtheofficialLondonresidenceoftheBritishmonarchlocatedintheCityofWestminster.Thepalace

8、isasettingforstateoccasionsandroyalentertaining,andamajortouristattraction.•RoyalCoatofArmsoftheUK:TheofficialcoatofarmsoftheBritishmonarch,currentlyQueenElizabethII.These14armsareusedbytheQueeninherofficialcapacityasmonarch,andareofficiallykn