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American dreams 1
CONTENTS
We will look into the idea and promise of ’The American Dream’, explore what it means, and assess whether or not the dream is still alive today. As we move along, we will identify core American values and touch upon four versions of the American dream: The immigrant dream, the middleclass dream, the entrepreneurial dream and the new American dream (based on the podcast ‘The Origins of the American Dream’, BBC and Courtney Martin. ‘The New American Dream’, 2016 Tedtalk).
Key words are: Inequality, privilege, immigration and education.
Skriftligt fokus: Indledning til essay
Grammatik: Ordklasser, udvidet tid, relative + demonstrative pronominer, hovedsætninger og relativsætninger, konjunktioner
(30 sider)
TEXTS:
“Biden Should Finish the Wall”, NY Times, (2021. Article)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/opinion/biden-border-wall.html
Blecher, George. “More Than Coffee; New York’s Vanishing Diner Culture”, (NY Times, 2016. Article)
Carver, Raymond. ‘Neighbors’, (short story, 1971)
Churchwell, Sarah. 'A brief history of the American dream' in The Catalyst, (essay, Winter 2021)
https://www.bushcenter.org/catalyst/state-of-the-american-dream/churchwell-history-of-the-american-dream
Daniels, Lee. Precious, (film, 2009)
Hamilton, Bobb. 'A father tells his son about the Statue of Liberty', (poem, 1965)
Lazarus, Emma . 'The new colossus', (poem, 1883)
Martin, Courtney. ‘The New American Dream’, (Tedtalk, 2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPf0LjZAS14
Raymond, Nate. “Hollywood actors, CEOs accused of paying bribes, faking photos to scam U.S. college admissions”, Reuters, March 12, 2019. (Article)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-education-cheating-idUSKBN1QT1WJ
‘The Origins of the American Dream’, (00:00-10:53, BBC podcast, 2017)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b08k2fmj
Supplerende materiale:
Pink “Dear Mr. President” – Google the lyrics and watch the music video, see link below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmMS9XVIa00
Bruce Springsteen “American Land” - Google the lyrics and watch the concert, see link below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3yZRNPCBBs
Lil Wayne “God bless Amerika” - Google the lyrics and watch the music video, see link below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nb4EHY_2bI&t=83s
Bruce Springsteen “The River” - Google the lyrics and listen to the song, see link below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0FDIezoMtI
Holly Johnson “Americanos” – Google the lyrics and watch the music video, see link below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Svki4Rp9tlU&fbclid=IwAR2ft-uGXpc76XdUm3mQscByYC6-aP_L72RldpJ0dYoiBlxYHWPFtV99ftg
Madonna “American Life” – Google the lyrics and watch the music video, see link below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYduJw5LyFM
John Legend and Common “Glory” - Google the lyrics and watch the music video, see link below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEFRPLM0nEA
Public Enemy “Fight the power” – Google the lyrics and watch the music video, see link below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmo3HFa2vjg
Johnny Cash “Ragged old flag” - Google the lyrics and listen to the music/spoken word, see link below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfzJ8UBr-c0&t=81s
Housing Segregation and Redlining in America (Npr, 2018)
https://www.wgbh.org/news/2018/04/11/video-housing-segregation-everything
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