This manual is intended for anyone who already speaks some degree of English or studies it in close connection with the culture of English-speaking countries, primarily the United States. It can be used already at the initial stage when working on cultural studies materials on the topics "Cinema", "Theater", "Painting", "Music", "American songs", "Heroes of folklore", "American writers and their works", etc. It becomes indispensable in the presence in the curriculum of special linguistic courses in English, which are now introduced everywhere in educational institutions of various types. from lyceums, gymnasiums and schools, both mass and in-depth study of foreign languages, to institutes and faculties of foreign languages and philological faculties of universities . Each section of the manual opens with a list of realities that make up the minimum cultural literacy of Americans in this field of knowledge. The basis of his selection is the "Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Should Know", compiled by a professor at the University of Virginia E. D. Hrsch, together with specialists from various fields of knowledge. This dictionary has become a fundamental tool in the preparation of programs for secondary schools and colleges in the United StatesRecommended for high school students of secondary schools and schools with in-depth study of English, students of pedagogical colleges and universities, teachers of English.