Cultural Encounters in the USA
Cross-Cultural Dialogues and Mini-Dramas
by Andrew F. Murphy

from National Textbook Company
ISBN 0-8442-0715-2

I really think this is a good book for individual study. It includes 52 mini-dramas on inter-cultural themes. At the end of each mini-drama is a question for you to answer on American life. You are given four possible questions and you are instructed to check your answer in the back of the book. If you answered correctly, more information is provided about the full cultural context of the problem. If you choose an incorrect answer, your misunderstanding is explained and you are sent back to the passage to try again. As you resolve these mini-dramas, you will gain insights on a side range of topics from holiday celebrations to tipping, education, traffic rules, and more.