UnitFourSocialHighlight

Lesson8SocialhighlightsintheUKandtheUSA

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LearningObjectivesAcquireageneralknowledgeofthesocialhighlightsintheUKandtheUSA,includingtheirethnic,employment,crimeandwelfareissues,etc.MakeacomparisonofthehighlightsissuesbetweentheUKandtheUSA

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TalkaboutthefollowingpicturesandsayasmuchasyoucanSame-SexWeddingMartinLutherKing,Jr.The2008FinancialCrisisTheWatergateComplexinWashington,DC

Same-sexmarriageSame-sexmarriage(alsoknownasgaymarriage)ismarriagebetweentwopeopleofthesamesex.Legalrecognitionofsame-sexmarriageorthepossibilitytoperformasame-sexmarriageissometimesreferredtoasmarriageequality,equalmarriageorgender-neutralmarriagebysupporters.Thelegalizationofsame-sexmarriageischaracterizedasredefiningmarriagebyopponents.Same-sexmarriagescanbeperformedinasecularcivilceremonyorinareligioussetting.

MartinLutherKing,Jr.MartinLutherKing,Jr.MartinLutherKing,Jr.(January15,1929–April4,1968),wasanAmericanBaptistminister,activist,humanitarian,andleaderintheAfrican-AmericanCivilRightsMovement.HeisbestknownforhisroleintheadvancementofcivilrightsusingnonviolentcivildisobediencebasedonhisChristianbeliefs.

The2008FinancialCrisisThefinancialcrisisof2007–08,alsoknownastheGlobalFinancialCrisisand2008financialcrisis,isconsideredbymanyeconomiststohavebeentheworstfinancialcrisissincetheGreatDepressionofthe1930s.Itthreatenedthecollapseoflargefinancialinstitutions,whichwaspreventedbythebailoutofbanksbynationalgovernments,butstockmarketsstilldroppedworldwide.Inmanyareas,thehousingmarketalsosuffered,resultinginevictions,foreclosuresandprolongedunemployment.

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