Teaching the American Dream

What does it mean to be an American? What is America's dream? These activities try to solve this complicated problem through music, literature and movies.

American Spirit: Song Analysis Pack (PDF) This worksheet shows three lyrics related to American Spirit. By analyzing these songs by "America the Beautiful" by Catherine Lee Bates, "Livin's 40 Hour Week" in Alabama, students can begin to see the meaning of "American spirit" in different periods.

What is America's dream? (PDF) This article by Forbes magazine contains comments on the concept of American dreams from American celebrities. Including post-reading questions

AMERICAN DREAM ESSAY (PDF) In this article, students create their own definitions of American dreams and encourage them to set three high school goals that satisfy their dreams.

OPRAH WINFREY's biography (PDF) This worksheet shows the background of the American dream model Oprah Winfrey.

SAM WALTON Biography (PDF) This worksheet shows the biography of the American dream model Sam Walton.

Rocky essay (PDF) Movie Rocky (1976) is a wonderful story reflecting American dreams. These questions ask students to analyze elements of American dreams in the movies.

"How rock makes this ordinary man a hero and make SYLVESTER STALLONE a star" (PDF)

JE: Wealth gap and social imbalance. I think America 's dream is very dying. We express "American Dream" as the ideology of the postwar 20th century, but in 2018 it has another meaning. I would like to write a book about poverty, race, and disturbing the class. Many wealthy people do not understand the situation of poor workers. They are working for two jobs and can not envelop their brains to those who still have to live in their cars. This is too abstract for some people. I always wanted to write a novel about the class. This is my novel about Western history. I want to cover everything running away in history. I always wanted to do it in class, but the range is wider. I write it sometimes anonymously. I started writing a blog for Mike Muñoz gardener to save the world. It looks like the 1996 website, this dark and jerky brown background, scary html and old little grass machine gif

Strangely, this is confusing message for many Americans. We realize our dreams and express our dream clearly, but in reality, I do not really know what foreigners mean "the American dream." When I was a fullbright scholar at Osaka University in Japan in 1995-96, I asked the students to write articles about American dreams. These Japanese college students not only heard American dreams, but also understood their significance clearly.

Since I was young, I have learned American basic philosophy, America's dream. American Dream tells us that everyone can pursue their dreams freely and unconsciously. Essentially, we learned this formula. It is the same concept that is hidden in the American dream. It tells us that people's success depends on the level of their effort, the degree of decision, the level of education, and the talented level. The American dream did not say that this formula applies only to certain classes, races, and gender. Therefore, there seems to be no prejudice, prejudice, discrimination. In other words, if America's dream, the ideological foundation of our country is not biased, our country is the same, anyone can succeed.