American+Dream

=American Dream=

"I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." Martin Luther King, Jr., //I Have a Dream Speech//

Reading
We all have heard it, we all think about it, but just what is this idea of the "American Dream?" Wikipedia has attempted to discern this idea of the American Dream at [].

Watching
Get the movie, Pleasantville, from Carrie and watch it. Think about what you have read about the American Dream as you are watching the movie.

Then complete after you watch the movie and email it to me.

Learning
Create a new blog post analyzing the idea of the American Dream. Use the following questions as a guide for your writing:


 * 1) What is the American Dream?
 * 2) Is the American Dream the same for all Americans?
 * 3) Why is the idea of the American Dream so hard to define?
 * 4) In what ways has the American Dream remained the same and how has it become different in modern times (think reality shows, MTV Cribs, etc.)?
 * 5) With the current economic state of recession that we are experiencing how could that impact the American Dream?
 * 6) What is your American Dream?

//Your blog post must include an analysis of your individual American Dream//. Remember to follow our guidelines for netiquette, refer back to the reading and watching assignment in your reflection and create hyperlinks.

Doing
//US I: Coming to America//

You will be learning about immigration during the 1800's. Your job is to learn about the groups that came to America and research the reason why, but eventually you are to focus on one specific group of immigrants and present their story. You can choose from your favorite type of web 2.0 presentation tool for this project: blog, Google sites, Google presentation or Prezi. Once you have completed your presentation, publish it in a blog post with a brief explanation.

Must include:
 * general information on immigration
 * statistics about how many, when, and where they settled
 * why your group came to America
 * hardships they faced in America
 * important people or contributions to American society
 * Conclusion

//US II: Living Your American Dream//

Fill out to organize your thoughts for your American Dream essay. To help you compare, you could also complete the.

Then write a five paragraph essay describing your American Dream, using the information from the graphic organizer and venn diagram. This essay can be typed in a google doc and shared with me so we can work through the writing process. Once it is finalized, you will copy and paste it into a new blog post and publish it as your final blog post from US History.