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Junior Honors English: The Great Gatsby: read novel, writing marginal notes analyzing Fitzgerald's message/critiqe of the "American Dream"

Senior College Prep English: Raisin in the Sun essay due Tuesday, March 29th.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

The American Dream Today

Respond to the articles below.
1. Summarize article.
2. Provide personal reactions to information.

The American Dream Today:
1. “Who wants to Be a Millionaire: Changing Conceptions of the American Dream” by Matthew Warshauer
a. http://www.americansc.org.uk/Online/American_Dream.htm
2. “Save a Middle Class Dream” Robert Schwab
a. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-schwab/denver-union-rally_b_828703.html
3. “Kentuckians support Wisconsin at Rally for the American Dream” by Christopher Hignite
a. http://www.examiner.com/courts-in-lexington/kentuckians-support-wisconsin-at-rally-to-save-the-american-dream
4. “They have a Dream” by Mariacarmen Godoy-Andino
a. http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/they_have_a_dream/id_34153
5. The 2010 MetLife Study of the American Dream
a. http://www.metlife.com/business/insights-and-tools/industry-knowledge/metlife-study-of-the-american-dream/index.html?WT.mc_id=vu1234
6. “Two Thirds Feel American Dream Harder to Achieve: Americans not sure Government can Help” by Robert Longley
a. http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/moneymatters/a/baddream.htm
7. “Should undocumented immigrants have ‘a shot at the American dream’?” by Alan Shapiro
a. http://www.teachablemoment.org/high/immigration2.html

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