British & American Culture and Civilisation

NAME…………………………………………………
ASSIGNMENT
DEADLINE: OCT 16TH, 2019
ALL OF THE TASKS ARE COMPULSORY!

1. National Day Celebrations- short descriptions (UK, USA) -1p

2. Write out one paragraph from The Constitution of the UK and translate it into Romanian- 0.5p
3. Write 5 interesting facts about The Constitution of the USA- 0.5p
4. 10 American presidents- one statement about each of them! -1p
5. 10 facts about the British Royal Family! -1p
6. Write the biography of one of the personalities below (60-70 words): Margaret Thatcher, Joe Biden,
Tony Blair, David Cameron, Hillary Clinton, Jackie Kennedy, Colin Powell, Al Gore – 0.5p
7. Write 3 statements about each of the following: -0.5 p
United States Capitol, The Shard, The Pentagon, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Grand Canyon
8. Nobel Prize Winners (UK, USA) –choose 5 personalities and describe them in 40 words – 1p
9. The Best Universities (UK, USA)- choose 3 and write 7 statements about each! - 1p
10. Famous people (UK, USA)- write 2 examples for the following domains and provide a 30-word
description for each! -1p Science, Art, Literature, Sports, Entertainment -1p
11. Choose two of the following and write a description in about 100 words for each! -2p
 The best British videogames
 The best American TV-series
 The Flower-Power movement
 British Postmodernist Artists
 The best football team in UK
 Legends of NBA
 National Security: FBI and CIA
 Serial killers: Ted Bundy and Edmund Kemper
 The history of rave culture
 Famous women in English-speaking countries