Is America Still Puritan?

SEE

1. In the picture is represented a turkey
2. The two characters sitting on it are two puritan people, a man and a woman
3. They wear an hat and a cloak, traditional clothes.

THINK

1. I think that both turkey and clothes have an historical significance.
2. Maybe the Thanksgiving Day
3. I think that the enormous turkey is a symbol that the scene is from today’s world

WONDER

1. Because they want to show their identity and thanks God for the harvest
2. /
3. Yes, it does. For example the tricolour flag and the hymn.

ANALYSIS

1. It demonstrated that “Americans solved more anagrams with salvation on the mind. They worked harder “
2. American students judged promiscuos women more harshly than Britains’ one did.
3. The word “we” in the second paragraph makes me think that the author is American.
4. The level of religous did not hinge o the results, however Americans “seemed to be guiding by something like puritans values”
5. It had a social change mostly because industrialization and immigration.

Exercice B2

1. G
2. E
3. A
4. F
5. B
6. C

HEADLINES

1. Some studies show that the work of American people reflect the protestant ethic
2. The researchers found that American solved more word puzzles with salvation on the mind
3. American students are more prudish than British ones.
4. Moral attitude in the American mind
5. The puritan values did not depend on the level of religious feeling
6. Puritans values survived in the American nation
7. Industrialization affected American way of think
8. It is possible to see traces of puritanism in the USA.