Eng Klausur ||||

consider the connection between the picture, the ounch line and any speech bubbles

• Issue: Decide what the issue is

• Presentation of charackters: real people? particular group?

• Scene/Setting: situation? where? who? what are they doing?

• Source: attitude presented by the paper? conservative or liberal? published)

• Punch line or written comment: direct speech? general statement? play of words or double meaning? parallel with past or present events?

• Introduction: Author + published

• Describtion: in the background, foreground, centre etc.

• Analysis

• Conclusion and Evaluation

• Agreeing / Disagreeing

• Giving an Opinion

• Defending

• Drawing conclusion

• Playing for time

• adding

• getting back on track

• interrupting

• belief that anyone can achieve success trough hard work

  -> economic inequality challenges whis ideal

• key factors:

  -> wealth gap

  -> housing crisis

  -> Education costs

• Dobbs v. Jackson (2022) overturned Roe v. Wade (1973)

  -> ending federal abortion

  => each state determines its abortion laws

  -> Republican-led states (Texas, Florida) have banned or

  heavily restricted abortion

  -> Democratic-led states (California, New York) continue

  to protect access

• some criminalize abortion, some offer sanctuary

  -> debate: pro-life & pro-choice

• long history

• key issues:

  -> undocumented Migrants: millions without legal status

  -> border security: U.S. - Mexico border -> asylim seekers =>

  calls for stricter enforcement

  -> DACA (deferred action for childhood arrivals): protects

  some individuals who arrived as children

• trump focuses on stricter border control

• centuries of systemic rasicm

  -> slavery to segregation and ongoing racial disparities#

• key historical events:

  -> Civil rights movements (1950s-60s)

  => Civil Rights- ; housing; Voting rights Act

  -> economic inequality

• Modern struggles

  -> Black lives Matter: police brutality

  -> gaps in wealth, education & healthcare

• significant progress but challenges remain

• Key Milestones:

  -> Obergefell vs. Hodges (2015): legalized same-sex

  marriages nationwide

  -> bostock vs. Clayton (2020): Expanded workplace

  protection under title VII

• Current challenges:

  -> over 500 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been introduced (trans

  people)

  -> restrictions on gender affirmative healthcare in minors,

  bans on trans athletes in school sports, censorship of

  LGBTQ+ topics in school

• highest rates of gun ownership and gun violence

• Key issues:

  -> Mass shootings: school & public places

  -> gun laws vary by state:

  • some have strict gun control & some allow open carry

    and permitless gun ownership

  -> Second amendment debates:

  • gun rights advocates -> individual freedoms

  • gun control advocates -> stricter regulations

• Recent policy changes:

  -> bipartisan safer communities act (2022)

  • expanded background checks for young buyers

  -> some states have enacted red-flag laws

  • courts are allowed to remove guns from individuals deemed dangerous