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America – The Freedom to Be

America – The Freedom to Be poster
Genre
language education
Country
Germany

How it feels

This German-produced TV series teaches English by exploring the history of U.S. states and Canadian provinces. It shows interviews with local people and discusses politics, education, and sports.

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What happens

America – People and Places, known earlier under the name America – The Freedom to Be and USA & Canada – The Freedom to Be, is a German English-language learning course in the form of a 13-part television series presenting the history of select states in the United States and provinces in Canada. The series explores the current situation of politics, education, sports, and freedoms in these states and provinces through interviews with different people living in the United States and Canada. The course is presented entirely in English. Produced by WDR, the program is an extension of its Fast Track English series. The series was also shown in the German educational television program Planet Schule (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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