Two Sides of the American Dream
Two classic texts give you two different perspectives on the American Dream:
- "What is success?" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- "Harlem" by Langston Hughes
Read them in your textbook, and do the tasks there.
Then do more work here on the website.
Video: Defining the American Dream
The American Dream is alive, if not entirely well, according to this video.
Links
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New York Times video
(youtube.com)
Extra Tasks
Visual Material
Going Further
Links
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (About.com)
(history1800s.about. com) -
Langston Hughes - short biography
(americaslibrary.gov) -
Langston Hughes - biography and some poems
(poets.org)
