Unit 1 Myths Tales
Section A Noah''s Ark
Section B Pandora''s Box
Section C The Animals of Aesop
Section D The Fisherman and the Jinni
Unit 2 Moments in History
Section A Babylon and the Law
Section B The Great Days of the Arabs
Section C The Middle Ages
Section D The American Civil War
Unit 3 Biographies of Celebrities
Section A Mahatma Gandhi
Section B Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Section C Bill Gates
Section D Stephen Hawking
Unit 4 Classics Appreciation
Section A The Declaration of Independence
Section B A Christmas Carol
Section C The Old Man and the Sea
Section D Some Curious Western Customs
Unit 5 Customs Traditions
Section A The Language and Culture of
Switzerland
Section B Chinese Calligraphy: Past and
Present
Section C The History of Valentine''s Day
Section D The Wines of France
Unit 6 Cultural Geography
Section A Maya, the Riddle of a Lost
Civilization
Section B The Byzantium
Section C Civilization of the Ancient Egypt
Section D The Caste System in India
Unit 7 Panorama of Life
Section A You''ve Got Blog
Section B Generation Gap? Sometimes
It''s Just Words
Section C The Debtor Generation
Section D Up a Tree, for the Fun of It
Unit 8 Global Focus
Section A Up Goes Shenzhou, Again
Section B Ripple Effects of Indonesia''s
Geological Events
Section C Why Nobodies Are the Real
Terrorist Threat
Section D Welcome to Beijing
Glossary